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Add poor time management to Mayor’s long list of failings
TOWN HALL SKETCH: Jason Perry missed the kick-off of the big match in Leipzig, and managed to deliver his annual ‘state of the borough’ speech without a single mention of the cash-strapped council’s finances. By WALTER CRONXITE, Political Editor Jason … Continue reading
Posted in Adam Kellett, Commissioners, Conrad Hall, Council Tax, Croydon Council, New Addington South, Scott Roche, Stuart King
Tagged 2026 council elections, 2026 Croydon mayoral election, 2026 local elections, Adam Kellett, Cllr Scott Holman, Conservative, Council constitution, Croydon, Croydon Council, Green Party, Labour, Liberal Democrats, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, Reform Ltd, Reform UK, Scott Roche, The Green Party, Tory
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Rubbish councillor Roche finally sacked from Mayor’s cabinet
Jason Perry’s ‘top team’ for his second term in charge of the Town Hall sees a belated call-up for a 76-year-old pensioner, and an overdue axing for a work-shy colleague. KEN LEE reports Scott Roche, the Conservative councillor for Shirley … Continue reading
Posted in Alasdair Stewart, Andrew Stranack, Croydon Council, Croydon parks, Environment, Fly tipping, Housing, Jason Cummings, Jeet Bains, Luke Shortland, Lynne Hale, Margaret Bird, Mayor Jason Perry, Ola Kolade, Refuse collection, Richard Chatterjee, RIPI II: Fairfield Halls, Robert Ward, Scott Roche, Selsdon and Addington Village, Shirley South, Simon Brew, Veolia, Yvette Hopley
Tagged Cllr Alasdair Stewart, Cllr Jason Cummings, Cllr Robert Ward, Cllr Scott Roche, Conservative, Council Cabinet, Council Tax, Croydon, Croydon Council, Fly-tipping, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, Tory, Veolia
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#BINMAGEDDON: Veolia performance is worse under new deal
CROYDON IN CRISIS: The rubbish contractor handed a £40m eight-year contract by Mayor Jason Perry, just two years after he sacked them for underperforming, is now taking longer to clear fly-tips than under their old deal. NORA BERRY reports Figures … Continue reading
Posted in Community associations, Croydon Council, Fly tipping, Mayor Jason Perry, Norbury, Norbury Park, Refuse collection, Scott Roche, Veolia
Tagged Cllr Scott Roche, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, fly-tip, Fly-tipping, Litter Free Norbury, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, Scott Roche, Tony Hooker, Tory, Veolia
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Council lied about risk assessments for axed lollipop patrols
CROYDON IN CRISIS: First, they failed to hold a public consultation over the ending of school street patrols. Then, they failed to inform the affected schools. Now, following an investigation by this website, it is confirmed that the council deliberately … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Services, Croydon Council, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Katherine Kerswell, Mayor Jason Perry, Oasis Academy, Ryelands Primary and Nursery, Schools, Scott Roche, Selsdon, Shirley North, Shirley South, Transport, Woodside
Tagged Cllr Scott Roche, Councillor Claire Bonham, Croydon, Croydon Council, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Cypress Infants and Juniors, Cypress Infants and Juniors (Upper Norwood and Crystal Palace), Greenvale Primary, Katherine Kerswell, Labour, Lollipop ladies, Lollipop men, Lollipop patrols, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, Monks Orchard Primary, Norbury, Norbury Manor, Norbury Manor Primary, Oasis Academy Ryelands, Orchard Way Primary (Shirley), Orchard Way Primary School, School road safety patrols, Selsdon, Shirley, Tory, Upper Norwood and Crystal Palace, Woodside
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Here’s the safety reports your council did not want you to see
EXCLUSIVE: Here are the six road safety assessment reports that Croydon Council lied about, and then tried to withhold from the public After breaking the news that Croydon Council was to axe six primary school road safety patrols – “lollipop … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Services, Croydon Council, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Katherine Kerswell, Mayor Jason Perry, Oasis Academy, Ryelands Primary and Nursery, Schools, Scott Roche, Selsdon, Shirley North, Shirley South, Transport, Woodside
Tagged Cllr Scott Roche, Councillor Claire Bonham, Croydon, Croydon Council, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Cypress Infants and Juniors, Cypress Infants and Juniors (Upper Norwood and Crystal Palace), Greenvale Primary, Katherine Kerswell, Labour, Lollipop ladies, Lollipop men, Lollipop patrols, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, Monks Orchard Primary, Norbury, Norbury Manor, Norbury Manor Primary, Oasis Academy Ryelands, Orchard Way Primary School, School road safety patrols, Selsdon, Shirley, Tory, Upper Norwood and Crystal Palace, Woodside
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Perry misleads parents as he confirms lollipop patrol cuts
Town Hall reporter KEN LEE on how Croydon’s £84,000 per year Mayor is ignoring parents and pushing through cuts on road safety patrols for little children to make a saving of £58,000 Whatever the “review” was that Jason Perry’s council … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Services, Croydon Council, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Katherine Kerswell, Mayor Jason Perry, Rowenna Davis, Schools, Scott Roche
Tagged Cllr Scott Roche, Croydon, Croydon Council, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Katherine Kerswell, Labour, Lollipop ladies, Lollipop men, Lollipop patrols, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, School road safety patrols, Tory
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Time to act is now. But our council is ignoring climate change
CROYDON COMMENTARY: The glaciers are melting faster than the glacial pace of progress at our council. TRACEY HAGUE takes Town Hall bosses to task, six years after they declared a climate emergency Croydon Council declared a climate emergency in 2019. … Continue reading
Posted in 2026 council elections, Activities, Climate Crisis Commission, Community associations, Croydon Community Energy, Croydon Council, Croydon Green Network, Croydon Greens, Environment, Scott Roche, Tracey Hague
Tagged Climate emergency, Cllr Scott Roche, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Community Energy, Croydon Council, Croydon Green Network, Green Party, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Net zero, The Green Party, Tory, Tracey Hague
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Mayor gets his mumbler to suggest a ‘review’ of lollipop cuts
Has Mayor Perry’s council backed down from ending lollipop road safety patrols at six of the borough’s primary schools? That’s what it sounded like at this week’s Town Hall meeting, as KEN LEE reports Did one of Croydon Mayor Jason … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Services, Claire Bonham, Croydon Council, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Katherine Kerswell, Mayor Jason Perry, Rowenna Davis, Schools, Scott Roche, Waddon
Tagged Cllr Claire Bonham, Cllr Scott Roche, Croydon, Croydon Council, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Katherine Kerswell, Labour, Liberal Democrats, Lollipop ladies, Lollipop men, Lollipop patrols, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, School road safety patrols, Tory, Waddon
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The Toss-cars 2025: We name Croydon’s laziest councillors
It’s Inside Croydon’s annual round-up of official figures which show which of our 70 elected councillors have been asking the most questions. And which councillors need to be seriously questioned, after they’ve effectively given a grand ‘up yours’ to the … Continue reading
Posted in Adele Benson, Alisa Flemming, Brigitte Graham, Callton Young, Clive Fraser, Croydon Council, Fatima Zaman, Jason Cummings, Mayor Jason Perry, Norbury Park, Richard Chatterjee, Scott Roche, Sherwan Chowdhury, Shirley North, Shirley South, Tamar Barrett (was Nwafor), Tony Pearson
Tagged Brigitte Graham, Clive Fraser, Conservative, Councillor allowances, Croydon, Croydon Council, Fatima Zaman, Labour, Liberal Democrats, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, Richard Chatterjee, Scott Roche, Sherwan Chowdhury, Tory, Toss-cars
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Council failed to tell affected schools about their lollipop cuts
CROYDON IN CRISIS: ‘Mayor Perry must really hate Croydon’s children’ says one local politician who criticises recent Town Hall pay hikes while the council was planning to axe school road safety patrols to save just £58,000 per year. By our … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Services, Claire Bonham, Croydon Council, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Katherine Kerswell, Mayor Jason Perry, Rowenna Davis, Schools, Scott Roche, Waddon
Tagged Castlemaine Avenue, Cllr Claire Bonham, Cllr Rowenna Davis, Cllr Scott Roche, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Green Party, Katherine Kerswell, Labour, Liberal Democrats, Lollipop ladies, Lollipop men, Lollipop patrols, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, Melville Avenue, Peter Underwood, School road safety patrols, Tory, Waddon
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BINMAGEDDON 2: Clinical waste collections halved in new deal
CROYDON IN CRISIS: Residents and carers using a special service to dispose of hygiene waste were given less than two weeks’ notice that the service was being discontinued – potentially creating ‘a health and safety issue of enormous proportions’. By … Continue reading
Councillor’s workplace issue: House of Fraser or Commons?
EXCLUSIVE: It’s not just Chancellor Rachel Reeves who struggles to get her CV right, as SANDRA STEAD, our in-house number-cruncher, uncovers a fifth case of an elected representative in Croydon failing to keep proper records in their register of interest … Continue reading
Posted in Claire Holland, Clive Fraser, Croydon Council, London Councils, London-wide issues, Louis Carserides, Mayor Jason Perry, Scott Roche, Shirley South, Simon Fox, South Norwood, Stephen Lawrence-Orumwense, Streatham and Croydon North, Waddon
Tagged Chris Philp MP, Clive Fraser, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon South, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Louis Carserides, Mayor Jason Perry, Scott Roche, Simon Fox, Stephen Lawrence-Orumwense, Tory, Waddon
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Perry’s ‘nice little earner’ – Tory Mayor’s undeclared £10,000
CROYDON IN CRISIS: Elected figures across the capital are pocketing generous ‘bonuses’ – all paid for by Council Tax-payers, just for attending a few committee meetings for the London Councils organisation. EXCLUSIVE by WALTER CRONXITE, political editor Croydon’s Tory Mayor … Continue reading
Posted in Claire Holland, Clive Fraser, Croydon Council, London Councils, London-wide issues, Louis Carserides, Mayor Jason Perry, Scott Roche, Shirley South, South Norwood, Stephen Lawrence-Orumwense, Streatham and Croydon North
Tagged Clive Fraser, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Louis Carserides, Mayor Jason Perry, Scott Roche, Stephen Lawrence-Orumwense, Tory
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Directors leave scrutiny short of answers over council job cuts
KEN LEE reports from the frontline of budget discussions at the cash-strapped council, after a meeting where everyone is working very, very hard, but no one in charge bothered to turn up equipped to provide any answers Councillors from both … Continue reading
Posted in Alasdair Stewart, Croydon Council, Heather Cheesbrough, Karen Agbabiaka, Kristian Aspinall, Libraries, Louis Carserides, Scott Roche, Stella Nabukeera
Tagged 2025 Council budget, Alasdair Stewart, Budget, Conservative, Council Tax, Croydon, Croydon Council, Heather Cheesbrough, Jo Negrini, Karen Agbabiaka, Katherine Kerswell, Kristian Aspinall, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Louis Carserides, Scrutiny and Overview Committee, Scrutiny committee, Steve Iles, Tory
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South Norwood councillor quits as special advisor at DEFRA
CROYDON IN CRISIS: Louis Carserides is a third councillor forced to alter their register of interests after questioning from Inside Croydon, as the long-time aide of MP Steve Reed quits his government job. EXCLUSIVE by STEVEN DOWNES An Inside Croydon … Continue reading
Posted in Clive Fraser, Croydon Council, Louis Carserides, Scott Roche, Shirley South, South Norwood, Stephen Lawrence-Orumwense, Steve Reed MP, Streatham and Croydon North
Tagged Clive Fraser, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Louis Carserides, Paul Scully MP, Scott Roche, Shirley, Shirley South, South Norwood, Stephen Lawrence-Orumwense, Steve Reed OBE, Streatham and Croydon North, Tory
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Cabinet member Roche goes months without updating register
Another week, and another Croydon councillor has been found out as breaking the council’s code of conduct by failing to update their declarations of interest in a timely manner. This time it is Conservative council cabinet member Scott Roche, who … Continue reading
Official: Croydon’s roads continue to become more dangerous
Transport correspondent JEREMY CLACKSON on the shocking increases in road collisions – and deaths – in Croydon, as safety improves elsewhere around the country Croydon has achieved the dubious distinction of having the second-biggest increase in road casualties across London … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon Council, Environment, London-wide issues, Mayor Jason Perry, Mayor of London, Scott Roche, TfL, Transport
Tagged Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Department for Transport, DfT, London, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor, Road Traffic Collisions, TfL, Tory, Transport for London
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Mayor sneaks in night-time parking charges across borough
Our motoring correspondent, JEREMY CLACKSON, goes through the small print of the Tory council’s latest wheeze to make an extra £1m a year from residents – including charging drivers of zero-emissions cars seven times more than previously One of the … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Community associations, Coulsdon, Croydon Council, East Coulsdon Residents' Association, Environment, Mayor Jason Perry, Nick Hibberd, Old Coulsdon, Parking, Scott Roche
Tagged Alasdair Stewart, Charlie King, Conservative, Coulsdon, Croydon, Croydon Council, East Coulsdon Residents' Association, ECRA, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, Parking, Scott Roche, Tory
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Toss-cars 2024: We name Croydon’s most work-shy councillors
IT’S TOSS-CAR TIME Now is the time when Inside Croydon can reveal those councillors who really couldn’t give a toss, the ones who have done least to hold Mayor Perry, chief exec Katherine Kerswell and their officials to account, or … Continue reading
Posted in Alisa Flemming, Croydon Council, Jason Cummings, Norbury Park, Richard Chatterjee, Scott Roche, Shirley North, Shirley South, Sue Bennett
Tagged Clive Fraser, Conservative, Councillor allowances, Croydon, Croydon Council, Labour, Liberal Democrats, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, Mike Bonello, Richard Chatterjee, Scott Roche, STUART KING, Tory, Toss-cars
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Toss-cars 2024: How much work has your councillor done?
With the council’s annual meeting and Trumptonesque ‘mayor-making’ at the Town Hall just a week away, Inside Croydon can today unveil official figures to show who are the councillors doing the most to hold Mayor Jason Perry, chief exec Katherine … Continue reading
Posted in Claire Bonham, Croydon Council, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Mike Bonello, Richard Chatterjee, Scott Roche, Shirley North, Shirley South, Woodside
Tagged Clive Fraser, Conservative, Councillor allowances, Croydon, Croydon Council, Labour, Liberal Democrats, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, Mike Bonello, Richard Chatterjee, Scott Roche, STUART KING, Tory, Toss-cars
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Pro-car Perry’s cycle lane ‘vandalism’ could cost council £1m
Susan Hall fan-boy Jason Perry, after operating a web page that gave encouragement to ULEZ vandals, is about to commit his own act of vandalism on a piece of public infrastructure that he has undermined from the start, reports JEREMY … Continue reading
Posted in Community associations, Commuting, Croydon Council, Croydon Cycling Campaign, Cycling, Environment, Karen Agbabiaka, London-wide issues, Mayor Jason Perry, Mayor of London, Parking, Purley Oaks and Riddlesdown, Scott Roche, South Croydon, TfL, Transport, ULEZ, Waddon
Tagged Brighton Road, Brighton Road Cycle Corridor, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon Cycling Campaign, London, London Assembly, London Borough of Croydon, London Cycling Campaign, Mayor, Mayor Jason Perry, Purley, Purley and Riddlesdown, Purley and Woodcote, Scott Roche, South Croydon, TfL, Tory, Transport for London, Waddon
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Licensed to print money: incinerator’s five latest breaches
Viridor’s polluting incinerator at Beddington Lane broke the strict terms of its operating licence five times during December, according to data released by the operator. Viridor failed to issue its usual two-weekly update during December – at a time when … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Croydon Council, Environment, Kingston, Merton, Paul Scully MP, Refuse collection, Scott Roche, Sutton Council, Waste incinerator
Tagged Beddington, Beddington incinerator, Beddington Lane, Croydon, Environment Agency, Infant mortality, Kingston, Manuel Abellan, Merton, Pollution, radioactive waste, Scott Roche, SLWP, South London Waste Partnership, Sulphur dioxide, Sutton, Viridor, Volatile Organic Compounds
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Council ignores the public and rolls out cashless parking trials
The generation of Croydon residents who have always thought RingGo was the drummer in The Beatles could be in for a nasty, and expensive, shock if they park their car in New Addington, Purley or Addiscombe come the new year, … Continue reading
Posted in Addiscombe East, Addiscombe West, Business, Croydon Council, Environment, Mayor Jason Perry, New Addington South, Parking, Purley, Scott Roche
Tagged Addiscombe West, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, New Addington, Parking, Purley, RingGo, Scott Roche, Tory
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Perry splashes the cash on publicity and mowing grass in May
Croydon’s pro-pollution Mayor has now declared war on wildlife, as he has ignored the #NoMowMay advice of none other than Sir David Attenborough. By PERCY FLAMETHROWER, our municipal horticultural correspondent So much for the sonnet’s “Darling buds of May”. Jason … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon Council, Croydon parks, Environment, Mayor Jason Perry, Scott Roche, Wildlife
Tagged #NoMowMay, 15% Council Tax hike, Climate Crisis, Conservative, Council Tax, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon parks, Grass cutting, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, Scott Roche, Tory
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