Category Archives: Streatham and Croydon North

All aboard the gravy train! Next stop: poll for South Norwood

Posted on July 26, 2024 by insidecroydon

EXCLUSIVE: Streatham and Croydon North MP’s parliamentary aide gets one of the jobs for the boys, and girls, as SPAD appointments are doled out. By WALTER CRONXITE, political editor Residents in South Norwood will be asked to go to the … Continue reading →

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Croydon’s MPs vote to keep the Tories’ two-child benefit cap

Posted on July 24, 2024 by insidecroydon

For some new MPs, last night was the first time they got to vote in the House of Commons. Croydon’s Labour MPs voted to support Tory policies that condemn more than 3,000 households in the borough to remain in poverty. … Continue reading →

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Three people rescued from house in Streatham Park blaze

Posted on July 12, 2024 by insidecroydon

Three people trapped by fire were rescued to safety from a house in Streatham Park in the early hours of this morning – the Fire Brigade remarking at the difficulty of their operation because of the way the three-storey building … Continue reading →

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After ‘The Croydon Effect’ comes Labour’s ‘The Thin Mandate’

Posted on July 10, 2024 by insidecroydon

So what’s next? How does last Thursday’s voting at the General Election pan out for Croydon’s part-time Mayor? WALTER CRONXITE, political editor, crunches some figures Croydon’s residents may well be relieved, delighted even, that apart from the possible, occasional local … Continue reading →

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Reed and Jones are handed jobs in Starmer’s new government

Posted on July 8, 2024 by insidecroydon

Political editor WALTER CRONXITE on the roles given to Croydon’s Labour MPs following last week’s General Election While the messaging out of Whitehall was of fast, decisive action by the new government on a number of headline issues – scrapping … Continue reading →

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How some of Croydon’s election results just don’t add up

Posted on July 6, 2024 by insidecroydon

CROYDON COMMENTARY: After his second election campaign in five months, PETER UNDERWOOD, who stood for the Green Party in Croydon East, reflects on how the number of votes cast ought to be a warning to the two larger parties We … Continue reading →

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#GeneralElection2024: final results for Croydon constituencies

Posted on July 5, 2024 by insidecroydon

Following our full and detailed live coverage of election night, here are the full, formal results from the General Election for Croydon’s seats.

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#GeneralElection2024: Through-the-night results coverage

Posted on July 4, 2024 by insidecroydon

#GE2024: HERE WE GO Welcome to Inside Croydon’s unmatched coverage of the 2024 General Election results night for south London. Working with our colleagues at GreenwichWire, we have reporters and citizen journalists at the counts in Croydon (natch), Sutton, Brixton … Continue reading →

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Desperate times, desperate measures: PM Sunak visits Purley

Posted on July 3, 2024 by insidecroydon

PICTURE EXCLUSIVE: They thought it was some kind of secret liaison at their local HQ in Purley. But WALTER CRONXITE, political editor, reports on the last roll of the dice by Croydon’s Tory MP Photos: GEORGE BURDICK and HUNTER SQUIRES … Continue reading →

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People power! Reed’s ‘sinister’ complaint is dropped by police

Posted on July 2, 2024 by insidecroydon

EXCLUSIVE: Zionist-supporting Labour front-bencher claimed he feared for his life when a small group of grannies and mums staged a protest calling for an end of the killing in Gaza. By STEVEN DOWNES Two pensioners from Croydon who were called … Continue reading →

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Council official: 50% of postal votes have not been returned

Posted on July 2, 2024 by insidecroydon

EXCLUSIVE: Croydon election officials worry that thousands of voters won’t be able to use their postal ballots before the July 4 deadline because of issues with Royal Mail. By STEVEN DOWNES Senior council officials in charge of overseeing this week’s … Continue reading →

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‘All I see is a divided country, with more racism and more upset’

Posted on June 28, 2024 by insidecroydon

First-time voter CAITLIN CLIFFORD speaks to other General Election first-time voters about whether they will vote next Thursday, and about what issues really matter to them, discovering  just how unpopular the son of a tool-maker is with sixth-formers  After weeks … Continue reading →

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Crisis in Lambeth as CEO’s arrest follows latest £50m bail-out

Posted on June 26, 2024 by insidecroydon

The neighbouring borough’s financial problems continue to mount, as amid reports of rows with the Labour-run council’s leader, the most senior employee at Brixton Town Hall has had his collar felt for drugs, booze and driving offences Brixton Town Hall … Continue reading →

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Sutton and Cheam election hustings, Cheam Road, June 29

Posted on June 19, 2024 by insidecroydon
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Voters being taken for granted as ‘battleground’ moves south

Posted on June 18, 2024 by insidecroydon

As postal voters start to receive their ballot papers ahead of the General Election on July 4, others in parts of Croydon are beginning to feel that their votes are being taken for granted by Tories and Labour, as our … Continue reading →

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Questions, questions: General Election hustings dates (so far)

Posted on June 11, 2024 by insidecroydon

If you have a question to put to an election candidate, or to a political party which is seeking your vote in Croydon, here’s a way you can try to get some answers Hustings used to be the way for … Continue reading →

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Council’s proxy election email manages to get its dates wrong

Posted on June 10, 2024 by insidecroydon

It is just the first working day since the candidates’ list for the Croydon constituencies was published, and Croydon Council has been forced to issue its first public apology for its latest cock-up. In charge of managing the elections in … Continue reading →

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2024 General Election: Croydon’s candidates list for July 4

Posted on June 7, 2024 by insidecroydon

Nominations of candidates to stand in the General Election on July 4 closed at 4pm today. Candidates for three Croydon constituencies – Croydon East, Croydon West and Croydon South – were supposed to be published by 5pm on the council … Continue reading →

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Kerswell opts to go ‘in-house’ and stage count at Fisher’s Folly

Posted on June 7, 2024 by insidecroydon

The count for three of Croydon’s parliamentary constituencies after voting closes in the General Election on July 4 will take place in the council’s offices at Fisher’s Folly, it has been decided. It will be the first time since the … Continue reading →

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Make sure you are registered to vote – deadline June 18

Posted on June 5, 2024 by insidecroydon

To make sure that you have a vote in the General Election on July 4 – whether you are in any of Croydon’s four constituencies: Croydon East, Croydon South, Croydon West and Streatham and Croydon North – you need to … Continue reading →

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Philp fighting for survival as Tories face capital punishment

Posted on June 4, 2024 by insidecroydon

WALTER CRONXITE, political editor, on the stark news contained within the latest, most extensive piece of opinion polling, one month before election day With General Election day exactly one calendar month away, the latest and most extension polling done yet … Continue reading →

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Splash and purge: just another five weeks of campaigning to go

Posted on May 30, 2024 by insidecroydon

It started with a damp squib, but as the days have passed, the campaign has got steadily murkier. ANDREW FISHER assesses the first week of the 2024 General Election A week ago, in a wet Downing Street, Rishi Sunak, the … Continue reading →

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FREE: Our podcast answers the important election questions

Posted on May 30, 2024 by insidecroydon

Why vote? That is a question for many of us ahead of the July 4 General Election. In our latest, special episode of the Croydon Insider podcast, a panel of experts tries to answer some of the questions put to … Continue reading →

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LibDems name their candidates and Philp forgets he’s a Tory

Posted on May 28, 2024 by insidecroydon

Finally, days after the General Election was announced, Croydon’s Liberal Democrats have got around to confirming their four candidates for July 4 – details of which Inside Croydon had reported on weeks ago. The LibDems, who have had only a … Continue reading →

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Now south London’s water supply is tested for sickness bug

Posted on May 25, 2024 by insidecroydon

Croydon MP Steve Reed has today hit out at the monopoly water companies after reports of sickness among people in south London which has prompted Thames Water to test its supplies for possible contamination. People in Beckenham and Sydenham have … Continue reading →

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