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Category Archives: Michael Neal
Here’s the Mayor and 33 Croydon Tory councillors who THREE times voted in favour of hitting you with a 15% Council Tax hike
JASON PERRY. Mayor of Croydon Elected in May 2022 with a margin of fewer than 600 votes. Is paid £82,000 per year by the council. His office answers the phone just 20 hours per week. Stood on a election promise … Continue reading
Posted in Adele Benson, Andrew Stranack, Council Tax, Croydon Council, Fatima Zaman, Helen Redfern, Ian Parker, Jade Appleton, Jason Cummings, Jeet Bains, Joseph Lee, Lynne Hale, Margaret Bird, Maria Gatland, Mario Creatura, Mayor Jason Perry, Michael Neal, Ola Kolade, Richard Chatterjee, Robert Ward, Scott Roche, Simon Brew, Simon Fox, Sue Bennett, Tony Pearson, Yvette Hopley
Tagged 15% Council Tax hike, Conservative, Council Tax, Croydon, Croydon Council, Mayor Jason Perry, Tory
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Council’s planners lose multiple cases at appeal and in court
Independent inspectors and judges at the High Court continue to rule against decisions made by Croydon’s planning department. Yet those making these dubious, developer-friendly decisions remain in place Research for Inside Croydon has found at least another 11 planning cases … Continue reading
Posted in Aventier, Business, Community associations, Croydon Council, Heather Cheesbrough, Housing, Lynne Hale, Maria Gatland, Mayor Jason Perry, Michael Neal, Nicola Townsend, Paul Scott, Planning, Sanderstead, Yvette Hopley
Tagged Aventier, Church Hill Holdings, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, David Sullivan, Heather Cheesbrough, Labour, Lynne Hale, Mayor Jason Perry, New Place Associates, Nicola Townsend, Paul Scott, Planning, Planning Committee, Planning Inspectorate, Sanderstead, Steve Whiteside, Tory, West Ham United
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Cancelled planning committees are ‘shouting incompetence’
There’s growing concerns over the disorganisation of the council planning department, after last night’s scheduled meeting of the planning committee in the Town Hall Chamber had to be cancelled because of “issues with publication of reports”. The cancellation means that … Continue reading
Tiverton. Wakefield. Can South Croydon be an election shock?
CROYDON IN CRISIS: With the two major parties in turmoil in Croydon, alternative candidates, seeking the ‘none of the above’ vote, are hopeful ahead of next week’s council by-election, reports WALTER CRONXITE, political editor Having broken the borough’s political duopoly … Continue reading
Posted in 2022 council elections, Andrew Pelling, Claire Bonham, Coulsdon, Croydon Council, Croydon South, Mayor Jason Perry, Michael Neal, Peter Underwood, Richard Howard, South Croydon
Tagged Andrew Pelling, Ben Taylor, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon South, Danielle Denton, Green Party, John Jefkins, Labour, Liberal Democrats, Mayor, Mayor Jason Perry, Peter Underwood, South Croydon, Tory
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Planning chief’s position untenable as developers’ charter axed
Town Hall correspondent PEARL LEE on the seismic shift going on in the council’s planning department Croydon’s part-time Mayor, Jason Perry, will deliver on one of his key promises tonight when, at his first council cabinet meeting since his election … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Chris Philp MP, Coulsdon, Croydon Council, Croydon South, Heather Cheesbrough, Housing, Kenley, Mayor Jason Perry, Michael Neal, Paul Scott, Planning, Property, Sanderstead, Shifa Mustafa
Tagged Conservative, Coulsdon, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon Local Plan, Heather Cheesbrough, Jan Slominski, Kenley, Labour, Mayor Jason Perry, Michael Neal, Nicola Townsend, Paul Scott, Planning, Sanderstead, SPD2, Tory
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Labour try to pass off Coulsdon address for South Croydon
CROYDON LABOUR IN CRISIS: The blundering local campaign organisation has dropped another clanger with its declaration of its candidate’s address for a ward by-election. By STEVEN DOWNES Croydon Labour’s by-election campaign in South Croydon, already causing discontent among grassroots party … Continue reading
Posted in 2022 council elections, Croydon South, Jason Perry, Maria Gatland, Mayor Jason Perry, Michael Neal, New Addington, South Croydon
Tagged Ben Taylor, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon South, Greens, Jason Perry, Labour, Liberal Democrats, Mayor, Mayor Jason Perry, South Croydon, Tory, UKIP
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Tory quits party over selection for South Croydon safe seat
Our south of the borough correspondent, PEARL LEE, reports on acrimony and manoeuvrings among the Conservatives over their choice of by-election candidate Danielle “Dani” Denton has been selected by the Conservatives as their candidate in the South Croydon ward by-election … Continue reading
Labour officials pick ‘worst-ever’ candidate for by-election
CROYDON LABOUR IN CRISIS: Emergency resolution from constituency party blames Local Campaign Forum for multiple failures in local elections. EXCLUSIVE by STEVEN DOWNES Labour officials have hand-picked as a candidate for the South Croydon election re-run someone who three weeks … Continue reading
Posted in 2022 council elections, Cane Hill Park Residents' Association, Carole Bonner, Coulsdon, Coulsdon West, Croydon North, Croydon South, David White, Fieldway, Jason Perry, Maria Gatland, Michael Neal, New Addington, Old Coulsdon, Oliver Lewis, South Croydon, Steve Reed MP, Stuart King, Waddon
Tagged Ben Taylor, Conservative, Coulsdon, Croydon Council, Croydon North, Croydon South, Labour, New Addington, South Croydon, Steve Reed OBE, Tory
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Tory Mayor’s unnecessary ward by-election set for June 30
The South Croydon ward by-election will be held on Thursday, June 30, the council has announced. The by-election is a needless expense for the cash-strapped council that has been caused by Tory Mayor Jason Perry putting himself forward as a … Continue reading
Tories accused of ‘pandering to prejudice’ over cycle lanes
The Conservatives’ Mayoral candidate is contradicting his own party leader over a roads improvement scheme in South Croydon Jason Perry, the Conservative candidate to become the first executive Mayor of Croydon, has launched a petition which warns against “traffic chaos” … Continue reading
Posted in 2022 council elections, 2022 Croydon Mayor election, Boris Johnson, Cycling, Environment, Jason Perry, London-wide issues, Maria Gatland, Michael Neal, Parking, South Croydon, TfL, Transport, Val Shawcross
Tagged 2022 Mayoral election, Boris Johnson, Brighton Road, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Mayor, Croydon Mayoral election 2022, Democratically Elected Mayor for Croydon, Jason Perry, Maria Gatland, South Croydon, Tory
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Pollard’s manifesto makes election a question of honesty
ELECTION COUNTDOWN: Four years ago, the Conservatives in Croydon demonstrated their contempt for the electorate by not even bothering with a manifesto. This time round, as political editor WALTER CRONXITE reports, what they have produced is simply not very credible … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", 2018 council elections, Alison Butler, Bernard Weatherill House, Boxpark, Brick by Brick, Carillion, Chris Philp MP, Community associations, Croydon Council, Housing, Jason Perry, Libraries, Maria Gatland, Michael Neal, Mike Fisher, Paul Scott, Planning, Purley, Shirley North, Tim Pollard, Tony Newman, Waste incinerator, Whitgift Centre
Tagged Alison Butler, Chris Philp MP, Conservative, Croydon, Hammersfield, Hammerson, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, North Shirley, Paul Scott, Purley, South Croydon, Tim Pollard, Tony Newman, Tory, Westfield, Whitgift Centre
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Council backs developers to allow Croham flat conversions
Inside Croydon Towers received the following letter in its bulging sack of mail this week. It is a damning account of how Croydon Council’s attitude to planning protection is affecting residents’ lives adversely I moved from Wallington to Croydon in … Continue reading
Godfrey dismisses Tory ‘scaremongering’ over Fairfield Halls
A Croydon council cabinet member has hit out at what has been described as deliberate scaremongering and “opposition for opposition’s sake” from a Conservative councillor, who last night announced to a community association annual meeting that the Fairfield Halls was … Continue reading
Scouring Croham’s campaign for anything that might inspire
VOTE 2014: Over the next couple of weeks, we will preview the local elections with a look at key wards and the key issues. With 15 candidates from seven parties or groups standing in Croham, with the Greens, UKIP and … Continue reading
Posted in 2014 council elections, Croydon Greens, Croydon South, Gordon Ross, Jason Perry, Jon Bigger, Maria Gatland, Michael Neal, Parking, Property, Pubs, Shasha Khan, South Croydon
Tagged Conservative, Croydon, Croydon South, Green Party, Jason Perry, John Jefkins, Labour, Liberal Democrats, Maria Gatland, South Croydon, South Croydon, Tory, UKIP
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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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Labour select councillor from Kent to stand in Croham
Croydon Labour’s selection process for candidates to stand in next May’s local elections has stumbled into another potential controversy, after Chris Clark was chosen to stand in Croham ward in 2014. Clark is currently a councillor in Ashford in Kent, … Continue reading
Digging in to plant seeds of new community feeling
The borough is to get another community garden, this time in Birdhurst Avenue off Coombe Road in South Croydon. Ahead of the celebrity official opening on Saturday, HILARY GEE outlines the neighbours’ hard work This time last year, the green … Continue reading
£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
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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