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Fisher fears defections to UKIP and bans “musical chairs”
While contractors were moving in £3 million-worth of new furniture to Croydon Council’s palatial new offices over the past week, Mike Fisher, the leader of the Conservative-run council behind the building of the £140 million edifice to local authority vanity, … Continue reading
Posted in 2014 council elections, Fairfield, Mike Fisher, Shirley North, Thornton Heath, Vidhi Mohan
Tagged Conservative, David Cameron, London, Operation Black Vote, Tory, UK Independence, UKIP
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Bishop’s son selected to fight Fairfield for Labour
The son of a former Bishop of Croydon has been selected as a Labour candidate in Fairfield ward for next year’s council elections. David Wood, 41, grew up in Fairfield ward, having been brought up in the Bishop’s house in … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", 2014 council elections, 2015 General Election, Clive Fraser, David Fitze, David Wood, Environment, Fairfield, Karen Jewitt, Planning, Sue Winborn, Vidhi Mohan, Woodside
Tagged Andrew Pelling, Croydon, Croydon Central, Fairfield, Labour, London, South Norwood, Wilfred Wood
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Few takers for Croydon’s £1.1m post-riots rates scheme
Eighteen months after the Croydon riots, and a senior councillor has been forced to admit that a £1.1 million scheme that was to attract 2,000 jobs to the worst affected areas of the borough has yet to get underway, mired … Continue reading
Boris takes us for a ride but not by tram to Crystal Palace
Transport for London is about to publish a seven-year investment plan that includes not a penny for the tram extensions promised in the London election campaign earlier this year by Mayor Boris Johnson and Steve O’Connell, the Assembly Member for … Continue reading
Boris’s cunning plan: too high, too many, too central
CROYDON COMMENTARY: The Mayor of London’s “cunning plan” for Croydon is flawed in important respects, says ANDREW PELLING – too much housing crammed into the centre of the borough, in too many high-rise blocks, and by ignoring other parts of … Continue reading
Posted in Andrew Pelling, Ashburton, Boris Johnson, Broad Green, Cane Hill, Cherry Orchard Gardens, Commuting, Coulsdon, Croydon 8/8, Croydon Central, Croydon Council, Croydon North, East Croydon, Environment, Fairfield, Health, Housing, IYLO, London Assembly, London Road Traders Association, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Menta Tower, Planning, Property, Purley, Ruskin Square, Schools, Transport, URV, Vidhi Mohan, West Croydon, West Croydon Community Forum
Tagged Andrew Pelling, Boris Johnson, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, London, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor
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Locals file complaint to Archbishop over neglected properties
The South Croydon Community Association, a group of concerned residents and businesses in the South End area, has lodged a formal complaint with the Archbishop of Canterbury and the Charity Commission about the Whitgift Foundation’s management of its estimated £90-million … Continue reading
Posted in Fairfield, Michael Neal, Old Palace, Simon Hoar, South Croydon, South Croydon Community Association, Trinity School, Vidhi Mohan, Waddon, Whitgift Foundation, Whitgift School
Tagged Croydon, Foundation, South Croydon, Steve O'Connell, Stile Harold Williams, Tesco, Whitgift Foundation
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Regeneration posts that fail to offer a long-term future
CROYDON COMMENTARY: Loyal reader CRO CRUSADER was unimpressed by our council squandering £350,000 in over-generous pay-offs to departing senior staff. But it also highlights a lack of continuity at the Town Hall in this vital area Given the austerity that … Continue reading
Posted in Allders, Croydon Council, Housing, Jason Perry, Jon Rouse, Menta Tower, Planning, Property, Ruskin Square, Simon Hoar, South Croydon, Stephen McDonald, Steve O'Connell, Tim Pollard, Transport, Vidhi Mohan
Tagged Allders, Bank of America, Croydon, London Borough of Croydon, Ruskin Square, Tim Pollard
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South End residents and businesses look to oust Tesco
The first meeting of a new residents group for people living and working in and around the South End area of South Croydon made a strong case against allowing Tesco to open another Express store, using the Whitgift Foundation-owned Swan … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Business, Church and religions, Croydon Council, Fairfield, Housing, Local media, Parking, Planning, Property, Pubs, Restaurants, South Croydon, Vidhi Mohan, Waddon, Waste incinerator, Whitgift Foundation
Tagged Croydon, Croydon Council, Grant Shapps, London, London Borough of Croydon, South Croydon, White Label, Whitgift Foundation
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Secret meeting planned to decide on deadly £1bn incinerator
Next week, Croydon Council is to make a £1 billion decision, which could threaten the long-term health of generations of local people. All the decisive discussions will be conducted in secret behind closed doors. The ruling Conservative group’s “cabinet” will … Continue reading
Posted in Clare Hilley, Croydon Central, Croydon Council, Croydon Greens, Dudley Mead, Environment, Jason Perry, London-wide issues, Margaret Mead, Mike Fisher, Phil Thomas, Planning, Sara Bashford, Simon Hoar, Steve O'Connell, Thornton Heath, Tim Pollard, Vidhi Mohan, Waddon, Waste incinerator, West Croydon
Tagged Croydon, London, London Borough of Croydon, Phil Thomas, Steve O'Connell, Waddon
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Croydon 8/8: Council chief admits mistakes were made
For once, and unlike Nero, council leaders were not fiddling while Croydon burned. They were holding a meeting. Tuesday night, mercifully, was comparatively quiet in Croydon, although there were some minor disturbances reported around Norwood. With all police leave in … Continue reading
Posted in Boris Johnson, Business, Crime, Croydon 8/8, Croydon Council, Dudley Mead, Jon Rouse, London-wide issues, Mike Fisher, Steve O'Connell, Tim Pollard, Vidhi Mohan
Tagged Croydon, Croydon Council, London, London Borough of Croydon, Mad Max, Mike Fisher, Steve O'Connell, Streatham High Road
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Now Croydon Tories take “society” out of “Big Society”
February looks like being a month of meetings and protest in Croydon, as local residents air their discontent over the council’s plans to abolish the Neighbourhood Partnerships, for the “massive” saving of just £60,000 per year. That saving amounts to … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon Council, Vidhi Mohan
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