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Our neighbourhoods are under attack. It’s time to fight back
CROYDON COMMENTARY: Aggressively acquisitive developers, operating mainly across the suburban southern parts of the borough, allied to a council planning department that seems to wave through most of their schemes for blocks of flats, is causing great distress for existing … Continue reading
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Tagged Coulsdon, Croydon, Croydon Council, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Paul Scott, Purley, Sanderstead
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Newman stifles report which alleges conspiracy over selection
WALTER CRONXITE, our political editor, on a leaked report over the rumbling row in Croydon Labour over a selection stitch-up that saw Tony Newman’s favoured candidate put forward for last November’s Fairfield council by-election A internal party report, leaked to … Continue reading
Posted in Caragh Skipper, Chris Clark, Croydon Central, David White, Fairfield, Jose Joseph, Niro Sirisena, Sarah Jones MP, Tony Newman, Uncategorized
Tagged Caragh Skipper, Chris Clark, Clive Fraser, Croydon Central, Croydon Council, Fairfield, Jack Buck, Jose Joseph, Labour, Niro Sirisena, Sarah Jones MP, Tony Newman
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Mayor Khan facing ‘the most fragmented Assembly ever’
Like last month’s European elections, the London Mayor and Assembly votes in May 2020 will be conducted using a form of proportional representation. As WALTER CRONXITE reports, based on the Euro poll, that could cause even further discomfort for Croydion’s … Continue reading
Posted in 2020 London elections, Charlie Mansell, London Assembly, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Neil Garratt, Sadiq Khan, Shaun Bailey, Sutton Council, Uncategorized
Tagged Brexit, Brexit Party, Conservative, Croydon, Jamie Audsley, Labour, Liberal Democrats, London, London Assembly, Mayor, Neil Garratt, Patsy Cummings, Sadiq Khan, Shaun Bailey, Sian Berry, Siobhan Benita, Sutton Council, Tory, UKIP
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Scott’s cunning plan to squeeze in 3,000 new homes per year
KEN LEE on how increased housing targets have forced the council into a rapid rethink of its Local Plan Just like Baldrick, Paul Scott has got a cunning plan. Another one. Controversial Town Hall figure Scott has been booked to … Continue reading
Posted in Alison Butler, Chris Philp MP, Croydon Central, Croydon Council, Croydon South, Housing, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Paul Scott, Planning, Property, Purley Way, Sadiq Khan, Sarah Jones MP, Tony Newman, Uncategorized
Tagged Alison Butler, Chris Philp MP, Conservative, Croydon Central, Croydon Council, Croydon South, Labour, London, Mayor, Paul Scott, Purley Way, Sadiq Khan, Sarah Jones MP, Shirley, Tory
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Is Scott set to dig for planning victory over Purley ‘skyscraper’?
EXCLUSIVE: Our housing correspondent BARRATT HOLMES on a possible breakthrough to solve a development crisis across the capital A document leaked from the council’s planning department suggests that a solution may have been found to one of the longest running … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon Council, Inside Croydon, Paul Scott, Planning, Uncategorized
Tagged Inside Croydon
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Buckley talks about his rocky road to success, TMRW, Feb 5
Russell Buckley is the guest at TMRW, the internet café and events space on Croydon High Street, for the first in a series of talks with successful entrepreneurs who had rocky starts. Buckley is a veteran of the dot.com boom, … Continue reading
