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Perry stages scrutiny stitch-up to dodge the tough questions
CROYDON IN CRISIS: Halfway through his term of office, and the executive Mayor has broken cross-party understandings to dodge scrutiny – appointing a climate crisis sceptic to chair the council’s environment scrutiny committee. WALTER CRONXITE, political editor, reports It took … Continue reading
Posted in Alasdair Stewart, Andrew Price, Croydon Council, Croydon Greens, Environment, Park Hill and Whitgift, Richard Chatterjee
Tagged Alasdair Stewart, Andrew Price, Conservative, Council Tax, Croydon, Croydon Council, Green Party, Labour, Liberal Democrats, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, Mike Fisher, Ria Patel, Tony Newman, Tory
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Grumbled recriminations but little is changed at the Town Hall
Fuelled by a double espresso and a Count Binface discounted croissant, political editor WALTER CRONXITE reports from ExCel on the outcome of a couple of Croydon sideshows As news seeped out from ExCel last night of the two Croydon sideshows … Continue reading
Posted in 2024 London elections, Andrew Price, Jade Appleton, Jess Hammersley-Rich, Mike Bonello, Park Hill and Whitgift, Tony Newman, Woodside
Tagged 2024 London elections, Andrew Pelling, Andrew Price, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon East, Green Party, Jade Appleton, Jess Hammersley-Rich, Labour, Liberal Democrats, London, London Elections, London elections 2024, Melanie Felten, Mike Bonello, Park Hill and Whitgift, Tony Newman, Tory, Vote rigging, Woodside
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With 48% turn out in outer London, Khan’s team gets the jitters
Our political editor, WALTER CRONXITE, on Labour’s post-polling nervousness and confirmation that in Croydon council by-elections, things are never done as quickly as you might hope Have you ever met a poor bookmaker? No, me neither, which is why when … Continue reading
Posted in 2024 London elections, Andrew Price, Jess Hammersley-Rich, Katherine Kerswell, London Assembly, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Park Hill and Whitgift, Sadiq Khan, Susan Hall, ULEZ, ULEZ expansion, Woodside
Tagged Andrew Price, Conservative, Croydon, ExCel Centre, Green Party, Harrow hairdresser, Jess Hammersley-Rich, Katherine Kerswell, Labour, Liberal Democrats, London, London Assembly, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor, Mayor of London, Mayor Sadiq Khan, Sadiq Khan, Susan Hall, Tory
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NUTS! Croydon Labour blunders into new cover-up shock
Embroiled in a series of controversies, the latest being the cover-up of the vote rigging for their own Croydon East parliamentary selection, the local Labour Party blundered into a cover-up of a different sort in Coulsdon on Saturday. And no, … Continue reading
Posted in 2024 General Election, 2024 London elections, Andrew Price, Ben Taylor, Carole Bonner, Chris Philp MP, Coulsdon, Croydon Central, Croydon East, Croydon South, Croydon West, Jason Cummings, Jess Hammersley-Rich, London Assembly, London-wide issues, Mayor Jason Perry, Mayor of London, Natasha Irons, Park Hill and Whitgift, Sarah Jones MP, Steve Reed MP, Susan Hall, Woodside
Tagged 15% Council Tax hike, Ben Taylor, Chris Philp MP, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon East, Croydon East CLP, Croydon South, Croydon West, Jason Cummings, KamiKwasi Kwarteng, Labour, London, Mayor Jason Perry, Sarah Jones MP, Steve Reed OBE, Susan Hall, Tory, Trussonomics
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Labour official in police probe picked for ward by-election
By our political editor, WALTER CRONXITE Local Labour official Melanie Felton was this afternoon named as the party’s candidate for the Park Hill and Whitgift council by-election. The public vote will take place on May 2, the same date as … Continue reading
Tories picked Price for Park Hill before Appleton had resigned
Our political editor, WALTER CRONXITE, on the latest bail-out from the Conservative-run council’s back benches Croydon Tories had selected their candidate for the forthcoming Park Hill and Whitgift council by-election before their current councillor had even announced that she was … Continue reading
