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Clacton gets Carswell, as McKenzie looks to Croydon again
Clacton’s to get Douglas Carswell. Croydon North looks as if it will get Winston McKenzie as its next UKIP parliamentary candidate. Again. As UKIP puffs out its chest at the thought of becoming a proper, grown-up political party, with a … Continue reading
Tory candidate Mohan gets lost again over Croydon North
Making Croydon a London Living Wage borough? Tick. Announcing free swimming in the council’s pools this summer for all Croydon’s children? Tick. Introduce a £1 million scheme to make good use of the borough’s empty homes? Tick. Making the Tory … Continue reading
Posted in 2015 General Election, Alison Butler, Boris Johnson, Broad Green, Croydon Council, Croydon North, Dudley Mead, Fairfield, Housing, Jason Perry, London Assembly, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Mike Fisher, Property, Simon Hall, Steve O'Connell, Stuart Collins, Tim Pollard, Vidhi Mohan, West Thornton
Tagged Alison Butler, Boris Johnson, Broad Green, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon North, Fairfield, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Simon Hall, Tony Newman, Tory, West Thornton
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Lights! Action! Candid cameras switched on at the Town Hall
STEVEN DOWNES found himself watching the first live webcast meeting of the new Croydon Council. He watched it so you didn’t have to… I nearly missed it, because I was listening to the first in the new series of I’m … Continue reading
Posted in Bernard Weatherill House, Bishop of Croydon, Capita, Croydon Council, Local media, Maggie Mansell, Mike Fisher, Steve O'Connell, Tim Pollard, Tony Newman, Vidhi Mohan
Tagged Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon North, Kathy Bee, Labour, Maggie Mansell, Mike Fisher, Tony Newman, Tory, Vidhi Mohan
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Aimless opposition could make for an extended honeymoon
THE VIEW FROM THE BACK BENCHES: Last night’s first council cabinet meeting of the new Labour administration was full of interesting announcements for Waddon councillor ANDREW PELLING So that’s what my Labour colleagues have been up to over the last … Continue reading
Posted in Andrew Pelling, Bernard Weatherill House, Bishop of Croydon, Boris Johnson, Croydon Council, Dudley Mead, Environment, Fly tipping, Housing, Mike Fisher, Phil Thomas, Refuse collection, Steve Reed MP, Taberner House, Tony Newman, URV, Vidhi Mohan, Waddon
Tagged Andrew Pelling, Boris Johnson, Conservative, Council Tax, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon North, Labour, Mike Fisher, Steve Reed OBE, Stuart Collins, Taberner House, Tony Newman, Tory
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Council CEO parrots Tory party line in official press releases
Amid more accusations of “dirty” campaigning ahead of Thursday’s Town Hall elections, formal complaints have already been filed with the Electoral Commission over alleged abuse of public office by some of the most senior employees at Croydon Council. With the … Continue reading
Posted in 2014 council elections, Boris Johnson, Crime, Croydon Council, Julie Belvir, Kenley, Knife crime, Nathan Elvery, Policing, Simon Hoar, Tim Pollard, Vidhi Mohan
Tagged Boris Johnson, Conservative, Council Tax, Croydon, Croydon Council, Nathan Elvery, Simon Hoar, Tim Pollard, Vidhi Mohan, Waddon
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Whoops! Tories drop West Thornton from election advert
WALTER CRONXITE, our man outside the Croydon Tories’ head office in Purley with a rolled up copy of the local paper and a iPhone 5S in his pocket, reports on another example that shows that politicians take the electorate for … Continue reading
De-selected Pollard quickly finds Fairfield ward an easy Fitze
Congratulations to the Pollard family, who had to go barely 24 hours facing the horrible prospect of living like ordinary, hard-working Croydon residents and no longer receiving their annual “allowances” total of £67,354 for their part-time roles as Croydon councillors. … Continue reading
Posted in 2014 council elections, Andrew Stranack, Boris Johnson, David Fitze, Fairfield, Heathfield, Helen Pollard, Jan Buttinger, Jason Perry, Kenley, Maria Gatland, Mayor of London, Michael Neal, South Croydon, Steve Hollands, Steve O'Connell, Sue Winborn, Vidhi Mohan
Tagged Andy Stranack, Boris Johnson, Conservative, Council Tax, Croydon, Croydon Council, David Fitze, Fairfield, Fairfield Halls, Heathfield, Helen Pollard, Jason Perry, Kenley, Maria Gatland, Mike Fisher, South Croydon, Steve O'Connell, Tim Pollard, Tory
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“Dog-gate”: Councillor bites back to get £75 fine refunded
Roy Barnes, who was fined £75 by the council’s bounty hunter contractors when walking his dog through Queen’s Gardens, is to get all his money back thanks to an intervention by local councillor Karen Jewitt. Queen’s Gardens is the public … Continue reading
Off their trolley: council’s sorry whip-round for families in crisis
If you had any doubt whether the people of Croydon need to help the homeless and poor of the borough, because they cannot rely on their elected councillors to provide food and other assistance, then they have only to consider this … Continue reading
Cummings joins Labour’s candidate list in Fairfield ward
Patsy Cummings was last night selected by Labour to be their third candidate in Fairfield ward at next May’s local council elections. Cummings joins Clive Fraser and David Wood, who were selected in June, on the Labour slate for the … Continue reading
Council risks legal action over decision to sell Riesco china
Croydon Tories deliberately ignored the council’s legal advisers to push through the pawn shop sale of the borough’s Riesco Collection. A confidential document, obtained by Inside Croydon, shows that Steve O’Connell, the cabinet member for finance, and Tim Pollard, the … Continue reading
Man who lost Upper Norwood takes charge of Tory selection
It appears that there may be at least 300 career politicians among the Conservative party, all desperate to get a state-paid job for life. So overwhelming has been the response for applications to be the Tory candidate in ultra-safe Croydon … Continue reading
Pollard ducks decisive meeting on £13m Riesco sale
Councillor Sara Bashford spoke up in the Town Hall council chamber last night and tried to justify Croydon’s sale of 24 items from the borough’s priceless Riesco ceramics collection by claiming that thousands of Croydon school children who visit the … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Coulsdon East, Croydon Council, Croydon Natural History and Scientific Society, Donald Speakman, Dudley Mead, Education, Fairfield Halls, Jan Buttinger, Jeet Bains, Julie Belvir, Kenley, Purley, Riesco Collection, Sara Bashford, Selsdon & Ballards, Simon Hall, Steve O'Connell, Stuart Collins, Terry Lenton, Tim Pollard, Toni Letts, Vidhi Mohan
Tagged Arts Council, British Museum, Croydon, London Borough of Croydon, Lottery Heritage Fund, Museum Association, Museum of Croydon, Steve O'Connell
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UKIP criticises favouritism for councillors over furniture “gifts”
Croydon Council’s controversial disposal of thousands of pounds-worth of furniture from Taberner House, ahead of staff being moved into the £140 million new glass palace office building, has raised further complaints of an abuse of public property, with suggestions that … Continue reading
Posted in 2014 council elections, Charity, Church and religions, Community associations, Council Tax, Croydon Council, Fairfield, Mike Fisher, Schools, Shirley North, URV, Vidhi Mohan
Tagged Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Labour, London, London Borough of Croydon, Mike Fisher, Taberner House
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