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Category Archives: Wandsworth Council
Council spent thousands to pay-off its own staff driving fines
Cash-strapped Croydon Council, under failed Mayor Jason Perry, has been spending thousands of pounds of tax-payers’ money to pay off staff and contractors’ parking fines – while at the same time boasting about a “zero tolerance” crackdown on illegal parking. … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, Croydon Council, Lewisham, Mayor Jason Perry, Parking, Wandsworth Council
Tagged Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Hackney, Labour, Lewisham, London, London Borough of Croydon, LTN, LTN fine refunds, LTN refunds, Mayor Jason Perry, parking fines, Tory, Wandsworth
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Councillors make call to divest from Israeli-linked companies
More than 150 councillors from across London’s boroughs and London Assembly members have signed a letter demanding divestment of council pension funds from corporations which fund or support Israeli abuses against Palestinians. Yet only one of Croydon’s 70 councillors has … Continue reading
Posted in Bexley, Bromley Council, Dave Tchil, Kingston, Lambeth Council, Ria Patel, Sheldon Vestey, Southwark Council, Sutton Council, Wandsworth Council
Tagged Bexley, Bromley, CIV, Cllr Ria Patel, Croydon, Croydon Council, Gaza, Green Party, Israel, Labour, Lambeth, Liberal Democrats, London Collective Investment Vehicle, Martin Abrams, Palestine, Palestine Solidarity Campaign, Ria Patel, Southwark, Sutton Council
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Remembering the asylum: plaque unveiling and book launch
There’s an unveiling of a green heritage plaque and a book launch going on in Tooting this afternoon, to commemorate “the thousands of lives lived” at the site of the old Tooting Bec Asylum. There’s hardly a trace of the … Continue reading
Help turn the tide for our waterways with the Big River Watch
Environmental charity wants the public to join in with an important citizen science survey this month While multi-national water monopolies and the government continue to fail the environment and the people by allowing millions of gallons of sewage and effluent … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Croydon parks, Education, Environment, London-wide issues, Merton, Mitcham, Sutton Council, Wandle Park, Wandsworth Council, Wildlife
Tagged Big River Watch, Carshalton, Carshalton Ponds, Croydon, London, Mitcham, River Wandle, Rivers Trust, South Croydon, Sutton, Waddon Ponds, Wandle, Wandle Park
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Parking wardens stop issuing tickets in four London boroughs
More than 200 parking wardens and environmental officers across Wandsworth, Richmond, Lambeth and Kingston have stopped issuing tickets as a form of industrial action. This is the continuation of a dispute which has seen members of the GMB union take … Continue reading
Ombudsman creates league table of London’s failing councils
The Housing Ombudsman has launched a special investigation into Lewisham Council, which is guilty of “repeated failings”. The watchdog said it would carry out the probe into the south London council after issuing it with 16 “severe maladministration” findings in … Continue reading
Posted in Alison Butler, Bexley, Bromley Council, Croydon Council, Housing, Lambeth Council, Lewisham, London-wide issues, Merton, Southwark Council, Sutton Council, Wandsworth Council
Tagged Alison Butler, Bexley, Brick by Brick, Bromley, Croydon, Croydon Council, Housing Ombudsman, Labour, Lambeth, Lewisham, Merton, Richard Blakeway, Southwark, Sutton
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Council planners opt to block Wimbledon’s ‘corporate ecocide’
News from the far end of the tram network shows that council planning departments really can say “No” to big-money interests, after planners rejected proposals from the All England Club to build a massive stadium and dozens of tennis courts … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Community associations, Croydon parks, Environment, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Merton, Outside Croydon, Planning, Wandsworth Council, Wildlife
Tagged AELTC, All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, Ant and Dec, lawn tennis, Merton Council, Natasha Irons, Piers Morgan, Tennis, Wandsworth Council, Wimbledon, Wimbledon championships, Wimbledon Park, Wimbledon Park Golf Club, Wimbledon tennis
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Charity offers youngsters chance to be Junior River Rangers
An environmental charity is giving primary school-aged children the chance to become Junior River Rangers in Carshalton and along the Wandle during London Rivers Week. The South East Rivers Trust is staging nature scavenger hunts, craft activities and river dipping … Continue reading
Council to splash the cash on restoring Tooting Bec Lido
The nearest public lido to Croydon is to close next month for a (fingers crossed) nine-month £3million restoration project. Recent summer heatwaves have made open-air swimming pools hugely popular, and with the closure of the Purley Way Lido in 1979, … Continue reading
Tories blame Boris as Westminster and Wandsworth fall
Political editor WALTER CRONXITE reports on a ‘dangerous political moment’ for the Conservative Prime Minister When Boris Johnson got up this morning, he was living in a Labour-controlled local council. Labour won Westminster City Council yesterday, the first time since … Continue reading
Posted in 2022 council elections, 2022 Croydon Mayor election, Addiscombe East, Boris Johnson, Croydon Council, Fairfield, London-wide issues, Mark Allison, Merton, New Addington North, New Addington South, Outside Croydon, Sadiq Khan, Sutton Council, Wandsworth Council
Tagged 2022 Local Elections, City of Westminster, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Green Party, Labour, Liberal Democrats, Merton Council, Richmond, Sadiq Khan, Sutton, Wandsworth Council
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All Croydon parks ‘under threat’ says environmental campaign
A shocking report from charity CPRE London highlights how the council’s Local Plan has put every open space in the borough at risk from development, writes PAUL LUSHION, our environment correspondent Croydon, and its planning protection-lite revised Local Plan, has … Continue reading
Posted in Bromley Council, Charity, Community associations, Croydon Council, Croydon parks, Environment, Friends of Addiscombe Railway Park, Friends of Ashburton Park, Friends of Croham Hurst Woods, Friends of Crystal Palace Park, Friends of Farthing Downs, Friends of Grange Park, Friends of Grangewood Park, Friends of Haling Grove, Friends of Heavers Meadow, Friends of Lloyd Park, Friends of Marlpit Lane Bowling Green, Friends of Millers Ponds, Friends of Norbury Hall Park, Friends of Selsdon Woods, Friends of Shirley Windmill, Friends of South Croydon Rec, Friends of South Norwood Country Park, Friends of Spa Wood, Friends of Stambourne Woods, Friends of Wandle Park, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Merton, Sadiq Khan, Southwark Council, Sutton Council, Wandsworth Council, Waste incinerator
Tagged Alice Roberts, Beddington Farmlands, Bromley, Campaign for Protection of Rural England, CPRE, CPRE London, Croydon, Croydon Council, Labour, Local Plan, Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, Sutton, Tooting Common, Waddon
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Help to Buy fuels London’s house price inflation say Lords
A parliamentary report out today underlines that £29bn-worth of housing subsidies have simply helped to boost several Tory donors’ profits, reports our housing correspondent, BARRATT HOLMES The cost of an average home in Croydon increased by 4 per cent in … Continue reading
Liability Johnson could see Tories lose Wandsworth – and more
Political editor WALTER CRONXITE reports on some extraordinary polling for the Conservatives which exposes how deeply unpopular their bungling Prime Minister has really become A senior Conservative peer is predicting that his party will lose the flagship boroughs of Wandsworth … Continue reading
Posted in 2022 council elections, 2022 Croydon Mayor election, Bexley, Boris Johnson, Bromley Council, Jason Perry, London-wide issues, Sutton Council, Val Shawcross, Wandsworth Council
Tagged Boris Johnson, City of Westminster, Conservative, Croydon Council, Labour, Liberal Democrats, London, London Borough of Wandsworth, Mayor, Sutton Council, Tory, Wandsworth Council, Westminster City Council
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Creatura needs help from ‘Bust-up Boris’, as LibDems win seat
Two south London council by-elections in the past week suggest the LibDems might have a chance of breaking Croydon’s political duopoly, reports our political editor, WALTER CRONXITE Boris Johnson’s selection by the 0.15per cent of the population which comprises the … Continue reading
Posted in Boris Johnson, Chris Philp MP, Coulsdon, Croydon Central, Croydon Council, Croydon South, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Mario Creatura, Merton, Old Coulsdon, Sarah Jones MP, Wandsworth Council
Tagged Boris Johnson, Chris Philp MP, Conservative, Coulsdon, Croydon Central, Croydon South, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Labour, Liberal Democrats, Merton Council, Tory, Wandsworth Council
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Security warning for demonstrations over European elections
WALTER CRONXITE on how Croydon and other London local authorities have been told to prepare for the worst: European elections in May Jo Negrini, Croydon’s barely competent £200,000 per year council chief executive, confirmed to Monday night’s full council meeting … Continue reading
Posted in 2019 European elections, Bromley Council, Croydon Council, Jo Negrini, Kingston, Lambeth Council, Southwark Council, Surrey, Sutton Council, Wandsworth Council
Tagged Conservative, Croydon Council, Jo Negrini, Labour, Lambeth, London Borough of Croydon, London Borough of Sutton, Southwark, Tory, UKIP
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Croydon’s well-paid councillors pay their Council Tax on time
WALTER CRONXITE on a new report that shows that in neighbouring boroughs, some councillors have not been punctual in paying their Council Tax bills Yet further evidence has emerged that Croydon Council Tax-payers may be forking out far too much … Continue reading
Posted in Alison Butler, Bromley Council, Council Tax, Croydon Council, Lambeth Council, London-wide issues, Outside Croydon, Southwark Council, Surrey, Sutton Council, Tony Newman, Wandsworth Council
Tagged Bromley Council, Conservative, Council Tax, Croydon, Croydon Council, Labour, Lambeth council, London Borough of Croydon, London Borough of Sutton, Southwark, Tony Newman, Tory
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Edward Kieszkiewicz art exhibition: Jan 21-Feb 1
Posted in Art, Outside Croydon, Wandsworth Council
Tagged Art, Edward Kieszkiewicz, exhibition, Kieszkiewicz, London, Poland, Polish, Tooting, Wandsworth
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Sutton Tories look north for infusion of fresh blue blood
The Conservative party in Sutton are clearly unconcerned that they are perceived to be a party of arrogant posh boys who don’t know the price of a pint of milk (copyright 2012 N Dorries). They have selected the heir presumptive … Continue reading
Cashflow gets the Wandle rolling on a green way to the Thames
Croydon, Wandsworth, Sutton and Merton are to benefit from another £2 million grant for environmental work to further “de-urbanise” the River Wandle, one of the first industrialised and culverted of London’s Thames tributaries. In Croydon, that will help transform the … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Environment, Outside Croydon, Phil Thomas, Planning, South Croydon, Waddon, Walks, Wandsworth Council, Wildlife
Tagged Carshalton, Croydon, London, Merton Priory, Morden Hall Park, River Wandle, South Croydon, Waddon
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£30m library deal referred for scrutiny – by report’s author
It was past 9pm last night, Bank Holiday Monday, when the official Croydon Council Twitter feed spluttered into life (double time for someone in the press office, perhaps?), offering a link to some new content on the official council website. … Continue reading
Questions Pollard must answer over libraries shambles
Tim “Yes but No but Yes” Pollard ought to come under intense pressure at an emergency meeting at Croydon Town Hall tonight over his handling of the tendering process for the outsourcing of the management of the borough’s libraries if … Continue reading
Emergency meeting called on sell-off of public libraries
There will be an emergency meeting of Croydon Council on Monday evening, when Tim Pollard will be called to account for the shambolic handling of the Conservative-led administration’s attempts to sell-off the borough’s libraries. The opposition Labour group has called … Continue reading
Tree recycling saves council thousands – but not in Croydon
Residents have saved more than £6,000 by taking part in this year’s Christmas tree recycling programme. Sadly for Croydon, these are Lambeth residents saving their council and their own money. In total, 85 tons of Christmas trees have been collected … Continue reading
UKIP joins forces with Labour for library judicial review
Croydon’s Conservative-run council is forcing through policies that are so unpopular that the local Labour group is joining forces with UKIP to oppose them. This unlikely political alliance has come about to seek a judicial review of Croydon Council’s decision … Continue reading
