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Category Archives: Streatham and Croydon North
Streatham Common Kite Day is coming back on May 10
After a hiatus in 2025, the Streatham Kite Day is back in 2026, this year being staged on Sunday, May 10, from 11am to 5pm. The event is London’s only free family-friendly kite festival, and combines world-class kite displays with … Continue reading
‘Red v Blue’ at Town Hall elections could suffer a Green-wash
Polling day in Croydon’s local elections, including its second mayoral vote, is on May 7. WALTER CRONXITE, Political Editor, sifts through recent opinion polls and by-election results, but has a warning from history of how ‘challenger parties’ can be swept … Continue reading
Posted in 2026 council elections, 2026 Croydon Mayor election, Addiscombe East, Chris Clark, Chris Philp MP, Claire Bonham, Council Tax, Croydon Greens, Croydon South, Croydon West, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Esther Sutton, Fairfield, Jeet Bains, London-wide issues, New Addington North, New Addington South, Old Coulsdon, Paul Scott, Peter Underwood, Ria Patel, Sarah Jones MP, Shirley North, Shirley South, Steve Reed MP, Streatham and Croydon North, Tony Newman
Tagged 2026 council elections, 2026 Croydon mayoral election, 2026 local elections, Alison Butler, Boris Johnson, Brick by Brick, Chris Philp MP, Claire Bonham, Cllr Esther Sutton, Cllr Ria Patel, Cllr Rowenna Davis, Conservative, Coulsdon, Council Tax, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon South, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Green Party, Hannah Spencer, Katherine Kerswell, Labour, Liberal Democrats, London, Mayor Jason Perry, New Addington, Peter Underwood, Rowenna Davis, Sarah Jones MP, Steve Reed OBE, Tony Newman, Tory, Zack Polanski
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Starmer shocker: could Gorton and Denton happen here?
Our resident psephologist, WALTER CRONXITE, crunches the numbers after a disastrous by-election result at Gorton and Denton for the Labour Prime Minister, with local elections across London, including in Croydon, just 70 days away The Green Party’s historic parliamentary by-election … Continue reading
Posted in 2026 council elections, 2026 Croydon Mayor election, Croydon East, Croydon West, Natasha Irons, Rowenna Davis, Sarah Jones MP, Steve Reed MP, Streatham and Croydon North
Tagged 2026 council elections, 2026 Croydon mayoral election, 2026 local elections, Andy Burnham, Camden, Cllr Rowenna Davis, Conservative, Council Tax, Croydon, Croydon Council, Gorton and Denton byelection, Green Party, Hackney, Hannah Spencer, Keir Starmer, Lambeth, Lewisham, London Borough of Croydon, Manchester, Natasha Irons MP, Sarah Jones MP, Southwark, Steve Reed OBE, Tony Newman, Tory, Zack Polanski
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Minister Reed challenged to release his Mandelson messages
The former DEFRA minister ignored all calls to nationalise the water industry. Now campaigners want to know why, and whether lobbying firm Global Counsel had any role in the matter Steve Reed, the MP for Streatham (and Croydon North, when … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Lambeth Council, South West Water, Steve Reed MP, Streatham and Croydon North, Sutton and East Surrey Water, Thames Water
Tagged Cat Hobbs, Channel 4, DEFRA, Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs, Dirty Business, Global Counsel, Jeffrey Epstein, Labour Together, Lambeth council, Morgan McSweeney, Peter Mandelson, Steve Reed OBE, Streatham and Croydon North, Thames Water, The Epstein Files, We Own It
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Farage and Tories in calls for MP Reed to resign as minister
It’s a case of Foxtrot Oscar for CLP chair Harman, as his former boss comes under increasing pressure over his role with Labour Together and his ‘deeply unprofessional and possibly unlawful’ handling of local elections. On the fifth anniversary of … Continue reading
Posted in Steve Reed MP, Streatham and Croydon North
Tagged 2026 council elections, Alan B'stard, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Deeply unprofessional, GMB, Good Mornting Britain, Incompetent, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Norfolk County Council, Oscar Harman, Possibly unlawful, Steve Reed OBE, Susanna Reid, Tory
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Cabinet Office to ‘look at the facts’ of Reed’s Labour Together
Journalist who wrote The Fraud calls for any investigation to be conducted completely independently of the government or Labour Party Six months after journalist Paul Holden revealed that he had been followed by private investigators, today the Cabinet Office said … Continue reading
Posted in Steve Reed MP, Streatham and Croydon North
Tagged Cabinet Office, Croydon, Croydon North, Jeffrey Epstein, Josh Simons MP, Keir Starmer, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Morgan McSweeney, Paul Holden, Peter Mandelson, Sir Keir Starmer, Steve Reed MP, Streatham and Croydon North, Sunday Times, The Fraud: Keir Starmer Morgan McSweeney and the Crisis of British Democracy
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MP Reed gets dragged into the scandal over Peter Mandelson
The Croydon MP and friend of Morgan McSweeney is ‘disingenuous’ in his claims over how his aide blocked debate about the controversial appointment of Ambassador to the United States. By STEVEN DOWNES, Editor, Inside Croydon Mostly, here at Inside Croydon, … Continue reading
Posted in Steve Reed MP, Streatham and Croydon North
Tagged Croydon, Dominic Curran, Downing Street, Epstein Files, Good Morning Britain, ITV, ITV News, Jeffrey Epstein, Keir Starmer, Labour, Lord Mandelson, MHCLG, Ministry of Housing Communities and Local Government, Morgan McSweeney, Oscar Harman, Peter Mandelson, Prime Minister, Sir Keir Starmer, Steve Reed, Steve Reed MP, Streatham and Croydon North, Streatham and Croydon North CLP, Susanna Reid, The Fraud, The Fraud: Keir Starmer Morgan McSweeney and the Crisis of British Democracy, Thornton Heath
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Minister Reed buckles under lobbying for ‘feudal’ landlords
BARRATT HOLMES, housing correspondent, on how an election promise to scrap ground rents for leaseholders has been watered down to something which now won’t take full effect until the year 2066 Groups representing leaseholders and renters have accused the Labour … Continue reading
‘If you think parks are protected, think again’ says CPRE report
Despite receiving £23m in grants for the up-keep of Croydon’s parks, only eight of the council’s 127 open spaces have Green Flag status. GIANELLA A BASILE looks over a new report which details more than 50 green spaces under threat … Continue reading
Posted in Ashburton Park, Bromley Council, Croydon Council, Croydon parks, Environment, Gianella A Basile, Heathfield House, Housing, Lambeth Council, Lloyd Park, London-wide issues, Mayor Jason Perry, Merton, Norwood Grove, Refuse collection, Ria Patel, Steve Reed MP, Uncategorized
Tagged CPRE London, Croydon, Croydon Council, Dame Judi Dench, Friends of Lloyd Park, Gianella A Basile, Green Belt, Heathfield House, Lloyd Park, London Borough of Croydon, Metropolitan Open Land, Norwood Grove, Steve Reed OBE, TCV, The Conservation Volunteers
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Starmer visits Ikea Croydon – but not to assemble new cabinet
Keir Starmer, the son of a tool-maker, managed a quick, and secretive, visit to Ikea in Croydon this morning. It was suggested that he may have been looking for a new cabinet, because the one he’s got in Downing Street … Continue reading
Posted in 2026 council elections, 2026 Croydon Mayor election, Croydon East, Croydon West, Natasha Irons, Rowenna Davis, Sarah Jones MP, Steve Reed MP, Streatham and Croydon North
Tagged Croydon, Croydon East, Croydon West, Ikea, Keir Starmer, Natasha Irons MP, Prime Minister, Sarah Jones MP, Sir Keir Starmer, Steve Reed OBE, Streatham and Croydon North
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Reed’s loyal Streatham SPAD gets transferred into No10
Political Editor WALTER CRONXITE on a Whitehall transfer which may have considerable significance Steve Reed, the MP for Streatham (and Croydon North if he can be bothered), who has been implicated in spying on his colleague councillors in Lambeth and … Continue reading
Posted in 2026 council elections, Mike Bonello, Steve Reed MP, Streatham and Croydon North, Tony Newman, Woodside
Tagged Croydon, Downing Street, Green Party, Keir Starmer, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Mike Bonello, Morgan McSweeney, No10, No10 Downing Street, Oscar Harman, Paul Holden, Sir Keir Starmer, Southwark Council, Steve Reed OBE, Streatham and Croydon North, The Fraud, The Fraud: Keir Starmer Morgan McSweeney and the Crisis of British Democracy, Tony Newman, Woodside, Zack Polanski
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MP Reed spent Christmas tweeting link to Inside Croydon
Housing minister’s attack against the Green Party leader may have back-fired, as the cabinet member flagged up reports linking him to the unlawful hacking of this website. By STEVEN DOWNES The illegal hacking of this website in 2021 has been … Continue reading
Posted in 2026 council elections, 2026 Croydon Mayor election, Croydon Greens, Inside Croydon, Lambeth Council, Steve Reed MP, Streatham and Croydon North
Tagged Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon North, Green Party, Labour, London, London Borough of Croydon, Paul Holden, Steve Reed OBE, Streatham and Croydon North, The Fraud, The Fraud: Keir Starmer Morgan McSweeney and the Crisis of British Democracy, Zack Polanski
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MP Jones putting her Croydon constituents on remote control
A Croydon MP who receives almost £200,000 per year, to pay for aides and a constituency office, has her phone staffed for just four hours each week. WALTER CRONXITE, Political Editor, on how at least one of Croydon’s well-funded MPs … Continue reading
Posted in Chris Philp MP, Croydon East, Croydon South, Croydon West, Natasha Irons, Sarah Jones MP, Steve Reed MP, Streatham and Croydon North
Tagged Chris Philp MP, Constituency office, Croydon East, Croydon South, Croydon TUC, Croydon West, David White, Erskine May, Jeremy Corbyn, Labour, Natasha Irons MP, Nose in search of a bum, Palestine Action, Palestine hunger strikers, Qesser Zuhrah, Sarah Jones MP, Steve Reed OBE, Streatham and Croydon North, Teuta Hoxha, Whitgift Centre
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Labour government to give Croydon £120m funding boost
Multiple-year settlements for councils in England and an end to the postcode lottery that has been local authority funding from Whitehall, as £78bn is allocated in effort to ‘end deprivation’. By STEVEN DOWNES Croydon Council will receive an extra £40million … Continue reading
Posted in 2026 council elections, 2026 Croydon Mayor election, Council Tax, Croydon Council, Croydon Greens, Mayor Jason Perry, Peter Underwood, Rowenna Davis, Steve Reed MP
Tagged Alison McGovern MP, Conservative, Council Tax, Croydon, Croydon Council, Green Party, Labour, London, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, MHCLG, Ministry of Housing Communities and Local Government, Peter Underwood, Steve Reed OBE, Streatham and Croydon North, Tory
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That was the year that was – and 2026’s prospects look bleak
ANDREW FISHER, in his final iC column of 2025, considers the past year in Croydon, and how that might affect next May’s Town Hall elections. PLUS: How Your Party’s grassroots are being denied money and data to be able to … Continue reading
Posted in 2026 council elections, 2026 Croydon Mayor election, Andrew Fisher, Croydon Council, Croydon Greens, Croydon South, Croydon West, Katherine Kerswell, Mayor Jason Perry, Peter Underwood, Rowenna Davis, Section 114 notice, Streatham and Croydon North
Tagged 2026 council elections, 2026 Croydon mayoral election, 2026 local elections, Andrew Fisher, Cllr Rowenna Davis, Conservative, Council Tax, Croydon, Croydon Council, Green Party, Jeremy Corbyn, Katherine Kerswell, Labour, Liberal Democrats, London, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, Peter Underwood, Tory, Your Party, Zack Polanski, Zarah Sultana
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Build, baby! Build! 626 flats in Mitcham and none ‘affordable’
Housing correspondent, BARRATT HOLMES, on a developer-friendly decision which might yet set the trend for all of London This is what you get when you “Build, baby! Build!” Merton Council has granted planning approval for 626 homes on the Mitcham … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", Business, Housing, London-wide issues, Merton, Mitcham, Property, Steve Reed MP, Whitgift Centre
Tagged Berkeley Homes, Build Baby Build, GLA, Greater London Authority, Hammersfield, Housing secretary, Labour, Meron, Merton Council, Mitcham, Mitcham Gasworks, St William, Steve Reed OBE, Westfield, Whitgift Centre
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Reed confirms council funding formula will favour Croydon
#FUNDCROYDONFAIRLY: Government announces it will re-set its system for deciding grants to local government and, at last, cash-strapped Croydon might receive a fairer share. EXCLUSIVE by STEVEN DOWNES The Labour government has today announced that it is to scrap “outdated … Continue reading
Posted in 2026 council elections, 2026 Croydon Mayor election, Council Tax, Croydon Council, Housing, Mayor Jason Perry, Rowenna Davis, Steve Reed MP
Tagged 2026 Croydon mayoral election, 2026 local elections, Cllr Rowenna Davis, Conservative, Council Tax, Croydon Council, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, MHCLG, Ministry of Housing Communities and Local Government, Steve Reed OBE, Tory, Waddon
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Reed orders MPs to vote against environmental protections
Labour government is ignoring scientific advice on the risks posed by proposals in their new Bill, while senior ministers have been cosying up to lobbyists for developers, reports PAUL LUSHION, our environment correspondent Croydon MP Steve Reed, the former environment … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon parks, Croydon West, Environment, Sarah Jones MP, Steve Reed MP, Streatham and Croydon North, Wildlife
Tagged Croydon, Croydon East, Croydon RSPB, Croydon West, Ellie Chowns MP, House of Lords, Labour, London Wildlife Trust, National Trust, Planning and Infrastructure Bill, RSPB, Sarah Jones MP, Steve Reed OBE, Streatham and Croydon North
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Time is running out to help protect Croydon’s open spaces
The London Wildlife Trust is celebrating the successful reintroduction of a species to a site in Croydon – while also calling on all residents to lobby their MPs over the Planning and Infrastructure Bill, which is due for a crucial … Continue reading
Posted in Chris Philp MP, Croydon East, Croydon parks, Croydon South, Croydon West, Environment, Hutchinson's Bank, Natasha Irons, Sarah Jones MP, Steve Reed MP, Streatham and Croydon North, Wildlife
Tagged Chris Philp MP, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon East, Croydon South, Croydon West, Glow-worms, Hutchinson's Bank, Labour, London Wildlife Trust, Natasha Irons MP, Planning and Infrastructure Bill, Sarah Jones MP, Steve Reed OBE, Streatham and Croydon North, Tory
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Now even Mayor Perry agrees we need to Fund Croydon Fairly
Columnist ANDREW FISHER, and this website, have been lobbying government to #FundCroydonFairly since early 2023. So why did it take Mayor Jason Perry so long to catch on? In 2023, this website helped to launch a campaign for fair funding … Continue reading
Posted in 2026 council elections, 2026 Croydon Mayor election, Andrew Fisher, Council Tax, Croydon Council, Mayor Jason Perry, Rowenna Davis, Steve Reed MP
Tagged 2026 Croydon mayoral election, 2026 local elections, Cllr Rowenna Davis, Conservative, Council Tax, Croydon Council, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, MHCLG, Ministry of Housing Communities and Local Government, Tory, Waddon
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Labour’s Davis tells minister Reed to fund Croydon fairly
Simultaneously, two of the borough’s mayoral candidates have decided to demand better government grants for the council. By WALTER CRONXITE, Political Editor Something very strange happened in Croydon yesterday. The leader of one of the larger political groups said: “For … Continue reading
Posted in 2026 council elections, 2026 Croydon Mayor election, Council Tax, Croydon Council, Housing, Mayor Jason Perry, Rowenna Davis, Steve Reed MP
Tagged 2026 Croydon mayoral election, 2026 local elections, Cllr Rowenna Davis, Conservative, Council Tax, Croydon Council, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, MHCLG, Ministry of Housing Communities and Local Government, Tory, Waddon
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Nobody thought having two Surrey councils was a good idea
CROYDON (AND SURREY) COMMENTARY: By a stroke of Steve Reed’s ministerial pen, one part of Surrey is to have just 20 councillors to represent 160,000 people. For SHASHA KHAN, pictured right, that is ‘a devastating attack on our representative democracy’ … Continue reading
Posted in East Surrey Council, Epsom and Ewell, Outside Croydon, Reigate and Banstead Council, Shasha Khan, Steve Reed MP, Surrey, Tandridge District Council, West Surrey Council
Tagged Cllr Shasha Khan, East Surrey Council, Epsom and Ewell, Hooley Merstham and Netherne, Labour, MHCLG, Ministry of Housing Communities and Local Government, Reigate and Banstead, Shasha Khan, Steve Reed OBE, Surrey, Surrey County Council, Tandridge, Tandridge District Council, West Surrey Council, Woking, Woking Borough Council
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Reed approves Surrey county council split and £500m write-off
Bankrupt Woking to get an unprecedented debt write-off from government, but new West Surrey Council to be burdened with £4.5bn of borrowing from Day 1 in 2027 Twelve local authorities in Surrey, including Tandridge, Epsom and Ewell and Reigate and … Continue reading
Posted in East Surrey Council, Epsom and Ewell, Outside Croydon, Reigate and Banstead Council, Steve Reed MP, Surrey, Tandridge District Council, West Surrey Council
Tagged East Surrey Council, Epsom and Ewell, Labour, MHCLG, Ministry of Housing Communities and Local Government, Reigate and Banstead, Steve Reed OBE, Surrey, Surrey County Council, Tandridge, Tandridge District Council, West Surrey Council, Woking, Woking Borough Council
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How MP Reed used antisemitism to discredit Labour rivals
The Fraud: Keir Starmer, Morgan McSweeney and the Crisis of British Democracy, by Paul Holden, has already been a deeply impactful book which has claimed the scalp of Downing Street’s director of strategy and, quite plausibly, No10’s director of communications, … Continue reading
Posted in Andrew Fisher, Inside Croydon, Steve Reed MP, The Andrew Fisher Interview, Under The Flyover
Tagged Andrew Fisher, Croydon, Labour, London, Morgan McSweeney, Patreon, Paul Holden, Spotify, Steve Reed OBE, The Andrew Fisher Interview, The Fraud, The Fraud: Keir Starmer Morgan McSweeney and the Crisis of British Democracy
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