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Audit shows £9m shortfall in Hall’s property speculation deals
CROYDON IN CRISIS: Internal audit report will make very uncomfortable reading for the council leader and his finance chief, and shows worrying budget problems for most of the council-run schools. By WALTER CRONXITE, political editor It is barely a week … Continue reading
Posted in Adult Social Care, Business, Children's Services, Colonnades, Croydon Council, Croydon Park Hotel, Jo Negrini, Karen Jewitt, Katherine Kerswell, Schools, Simon Hall, Tony Newman
Tagged Alissa Flemming, Croydon, Croydon Council, General Purposes and Audit Committee, GPAC, Jo Negrini, Karen Jewitt, Katerine Kerswell, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Simon Hall, Tony Newman
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Adrian Dennis: ‘A legacy of honesty, integrity and decency’
Tributes to the life and works of Adrian Dennis, the former Thornton Heath Labour councillor who died last week, have flooded in from a wide range of former colleagues and friends, including a former Deputy Mayor of London. Dennis, who … Continue reading
Victory for Friends’ group as council abandons park land sale
Thousands of objections from residents have forced Croydon Council into a U-turn on its scheme to flog off a Victorian park lodge and a strip of Grangewood Park. But as our Town Hall reporter, KEN LEE, has discovered, despite declaring … Continue reading
Posted in Alison Butler, Callton Young, Community associations, Croydon Council, Croydon parks, Environment, Friends of Grangewood Park, Karen Jewitt, Pat Clouder, Property, Simon Hall, Thornton Heath
Tagged Callton Young, Croydon Council, Croydon North, Friends of Grangewood Park, Grangewood Park, Karen Jewitt, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Pat Clouder, Thornton Heath
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Jackpot for Thornton Heath campaign as slots arcade rejected
Extraordinary scenes in Thornton Heath tonight, where the council has broken the habit of a lifetime and actually listened to residents. Croydon Council announced today that it has refused permission to an operator of “adult gaming centres” to open a … Continue reading
Newman and Scott given a free pass on Woodside selection
WALTER CRONXITE reports on a week of surprises and disappointments (for some) as Croydon Labour’s candidate selection process limps on Tony Newman and Paul Scott, half of the Town Hall “Gang of Four” who have an iron grip on the … Continue reading
Posted in Andrew Rendle, Callton Young, Clive Fraser, Fairfield, Hamida Ali, Jane Avis, Karen Jewitt, Matthew Kyeremeh, Pat Clouder, Patsy Cummings, Paul Scott, South Norwood, Thornton Heath, Tony Newman, West Thornton, Woodside
Tagged Croydon Council, Fairfield, Labour, South Norwood, Thornton Heath, West Thornton, Woodside
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‘Invisible’ Selva suffers knock-out blow from Muhammad Ali
Seconds out! Round four… Political editor WALTER CRONXITE on the latest twists in Labour’s selection saga Alison Butler, the deputy leader of the Labour group on Croydon Council, survived a re-selection scare when members in Bensham Manor this week duly … Continue reading
Posted in Alison Butler, Bensham Manor, Broad Green, Humayun Kabir, Jamie Audsley, Karen Jewitt, Manju Shahul Hameed, Matthew Kyeremeh, Mike Selva, Muhammad Ali, Pat Clouder, Stuart Collins, Thornton Heath
Tagged Alison Butler, Bensham Manor, Broad Green, Croydon Council, Jamie Audsley, Labour, Muhammad Ali, Thornton Heath
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Labour deputy leader Butler is under threat of de-selection
Croydon Labour’s long-delayed local election candidate selection process is beginning to look like a cross between House of Cards and Game of Thrones, as WALTER CRONXITE reports Alison Butler, the all-powerful deputy leader of the Labour group on Croydon Council, … Continue reading
Posted in 2018 council elections, Addiscombe East, Alison Butler, Andrew Pelling, Andrew Rendle, Bensham Manor, Broad Green, Croydon Council, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Humayun Kabir, Jamie Audsley, Jane Avis, John Wentworth, Karen Jewitt, Louisa Woodley, Maggie Mansell, Manju Shahul Hameed, Mike Selva, New Addington, Norbury, Oliver Lewis, Shafi Khan, Sherwan Chowdhury, South Norwood, Stuart Collins, Thornton Heath, Tony Newman, Waddon
Tagged Alison Butler, Andrew Pelling, Bensham Manor, Broad Green, Cornelius Lionel, Jamie Audsley, Maggie Mansell, Mike Selva, Momementum, Norbury and Pollards Hill, Stuart Collins, Thornton Heath, Waddon
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‘I’ll lie in the doorway to stop chicken shop’ vows councillor
A Thornton Heath councillor has vowed to lie down in the doorway of a landmark pub to stop any redevelopment of the site into a fried chicken outlet. Karen Jewitt, one of Thornton Heath’s two Labour councillors, was responding to … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Karen Jewitt, Pat Clouder, Property, Pubs, Thornton Heath
Tagged Karen Jewitt, Labour, Thomas Farley, Thornton Heath
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Cummings selection video highlights fault-lines in local Labour
WALTER CRONXITE reports on the latest public arm-wrestle among the Blairites and Corbyn supporters in the party in Croydon Labour’s selection of a candidate to stand for the council vacancy in South Norwood in a by-election to be staged in … Continue reading
Little Progress in Croydon, as Newman backs another loser
WALTER CRONXITE says there were plenty of Croydon mentions at the Labour conference, but few signs that those in charge of the local party are about the embrace enthusiasm for the leadership any time soon As Croydon’s Labour politicians and … Continue reading
Posted in 2018 council elections, Alison Butler, Andrew Pelling, Brick by Brick, Croydon Central, Croydon Council, Croydon North, Croydon South, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, David White, Housing, Jane Avis, Jo Negrini, John Wentworth, Karen Jewitt, Sadiq Khan, Sarah Jones MP, South Norwood, Steve Reed MP, Thornton Heath, Tony Newman, Waddon
Tagged Andrew Pelling, Croydon Central, Croydon Council, Croydon North, Croydon South, Jeremy Corbyn, Labour, Sarah Jones MP, South Norwood, Thornton Heath, Tony Newman, Waddon
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New pub donates old pictures to locals at Stanley Halls
The Antic Pub Co, which recently acquired the William Stanley pub in South Norwood from Wetherspoons, has been as good as its word, donating a wide collection of old photos and pictures which used to adorn the wall of the … Continue reading
Robbed Norwood charity sends thanks to community donors
An appeal from a Norwood lunch club to replace stolen food and equipment has hit its target in less than 24 hours – thanks in part to a donation from one local businessman who read about the charity’s plight on … Continue reading
Posted in Charity, Karen Jewitt, Nick Mattey
Tagged Croydon, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Karen Jewitt, Nick Mattey, South Norwood, Thornton Heath
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Thieves steal £500-worth of food intended for charity meals
Thieves have broken into a hall in South Norwood which provides lunches for the elderly and adults with learning difficulties, and stolen around £500-worth of food and equipment, much of it paid for through donations raised by the community group’s … Continue reading
South Norwood community centre seeks lunch club volunteers
The South Norwood and Woodside Community Association is appealing for volunteers to assist with its lunch club. SNWCA is a small charity based in the South Norwood High Street area. The lunch club is for older people on Mondays, Wednesdays … Continue reading
Posted in Charity, Community associations, Karen Jewitt, South Norwood, Woodside
Tagged South Norwood, Woodside
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Labour official says party knew of councillor court case in 2013
A long-time official of the local Labour Party has condemned them for selecting and promoting a councillor with links to the Conservative Party. Adrian Dennis is the Croydon alderman who reported his concerns over Labour councillor Matthew Kyeremeh’s political links … Continue reading
Bollards! Latest crash underlines danger on Grange Road
Further proof of the need for better enforced speed controls on key routes through Croydon was delivered by another out-of-control motorist on the eve of the end of the council’s 20mph consultation. Inside Croydon‘s loyal reader sent us this picture, … Continue reading
Posted in Community associations, Croydon Council, Croydon North, Cycling, Environment, Karen Jewitt, Matthew Kyeremeh, Pat Clouder, Thornton Heath, Thornton Heath Neighbourhood Association, Transport
Tagged Adrian Dennis, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon North, Labour, London, London Borough of Croydon, Matthew Kyeremeh, Peter Morgan, Thornton Heath, UKIP
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Council’s 20mph consultation looking like a political car crash
One of Croydon’s Labour council’s flagship policies appears to have been driven down a dead-end road. The local Labour group’s 20mph proposal for residential streets is in a state of crisis, faced with energetic opposition from the motoring lobby, otherwise … Continue reading
Posted in Commuting, Croydon Council, Croydon North, Environment, Karen Jewitt, Kathy Bee, Matthew Kyeremeh, Pat Clouder, Policing, South Norwood, Thornton Heath, Thornton Heath Neighbourhood Association, Transport
Tagged Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon North, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, South Norwood, Thornton Heath, Tony Newman
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Thornton Heath lawyer wants to give major parties a wigging
VOTE 2014: It is not just some among the black and minority ethnic Conservatives in Croydon who feel that they have been overlooked by their own party. Thornton Heath lawyer Dwain Coward, previously a Labour supporter, has become so disillusioned … Continue reading
Posted in 2014 council elections, Coulsdon West, David Osland, Karen Jewitt, Louisa Woodley, Pat Clouder, Thornton Heath, Woodside
Tagged Conservative, Coulsdon, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon North, David Osland, Labour, Liberal Democrats, Stephen Lawrence, Thornton Heath, Tory, UKIP
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Are you local? New Addington’s Royston Vasey campaign
VOTE 2014: Labour needs to win both New Addington seats if they are to have any chance of winning control of the Town Hall, but they have been handicapped by internal wrangles and Tory accusations of being “outsiders” Labour’s determination … Continue reading
Posted in 2014 council elections, George Ayres, Karen Jewitt, Louisa Woodley, New Addington, Oliver Lewis, Tony Pearson
Tagged Conservative, Council Tax, Croydon, Croydon Council, Crystal Palace FC, Green Party, Jim Clugston, Labour, Liberal Democrats, London, London Assembly, Louisa Woodley, New Addington, Oliver Lewis, Thornton Heath, Tony Pearson, Tory
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“Dog-gate”: Councillor bites back to get £75 fine refunded
Roy Barnes, who was fined £75 by the council’s bounty hunter contractors when walking his dog through Queen’s Gardens, is to get all his money back thanks to an intervention by local councillor Karen Jewitt. Queen’s Gardens is the public … Continue reading
The Croydon Mayor who always had a smile and kind word
KAREN JEWITT pays tribute to former Croydon Mayor Wally Garratt, who has died this week When I first came on the council, Wally Garratt was my friend and guardian and fellow colleague in the Labour Party. Wally, who served as … Continue reading
Posted in Community associations, Croydon Council, Karen Jewitt, Pat Clouder, Thornton Heath
Tagged Christmas, Croydon, Grandad, Labour, London, Politics, Thornton Heath
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Councillor Woodley misses out in Thornton Heath selection
The members of the local Labour party made their voices heard again last night, when Louisa Woodley was not re-selected in Thornton Heath ward to stand in next May’s Town Hall elections. Woodley is the latest sitting councillor to come … Continue reading
Five into three won’t go in Thornton Heath selection race
Labour party members in Thornton Heath ward will get a lesson in basic arithmetic on Monday night: five into three won’t go. Thornton Heath is the latest ward Labour party to conduct its selection process for candidates for next May’s … Continue reading
Gray day for “rising star”, as Smith loses selection battle
Paul Smith, the Labour councillor for West Thornton and member of the shadow cabinet, has not been selected to stand at next May’s Town Hall elections. He is the fourth serving Labour councillor in Croydon to miss out on selection … Continue reading
Posted in 2014 council elections, Alison Butler, Bensham Manor, Bernadette Khan, Broad Green, Gerry Ryan, Humayun Kabir, Karen Jewitt, New Addington, Paul Smith, Selhurst, South Norwood, Thornton Heath, West Thornton, Woodside
Tagged Bensham Manor, Broad Green, Croydon, Emily Benn, Labour, New Addington, South Norwood, Thornton Heath
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Councillor Smith to contest Labour’s West Thornton short-list
Carnage at a Croydon Labour meeting in West Thornton ward this week, when no fewer than three sitting councillors who had put themselves forward for selection failed even to be short-listed by local party members. The three councillors who did … Continue reading
Posted in Bernadette Khan, Gerry Ryan, Humayun Kabir, Karen Jewitt, Paul Smith, Selhurst, West Thornton, Woodside
Tagged Bensham Manor, Croydon, Croydon Central, Emily Benn, Labour, New Addington, Thornton, Thornton Heath
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