Category Archives: Waddon

Council pension fund makes £19m in General Election gamble

Posted on December 12, 2019 by

Croydon Council’s pension fund has made £19million in just a few weeks, through a gamble on the value of the pound sterling on foreign exchanges since August. That’s according to Andrew Pelling, the Waddon councillor who chairs the council’s pensions … Continue reading →

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Waddon Christmas Fair, St George’s Barrow Road, Nov 16

Posted on November 14, 2019 by
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SPAC-backing Tory campaigned on Remembrance Sunday

Posted on November 11, 2019 by

Political editor WALTER CRONXITE reports on the latest, and late, entry to the Croydon General Election campaign After much dither and delay, and some serious second thoughts among local Tories, the Conservatives have finally got round to announcing the name … Continue reading →

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Olga who? Another knock-back for Newman over selection

Posted on November 2, 2019 by

WALTER CRONXITE on how the Labour Party is parachuting into Croydon South a General Election candidate, after a ‘selection’ which even ‘Toxic’ Tony Newman could not fix For the second General Election in succession, Labour Party HQ has decided to … Continue reading →

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Calls for Sutton’s CEO to resign over secret letter to Morrison’s

Posted on October 24, 2019 by

Our investigations editor, CARL SHILTON, on an attempted land grab by a council chief executive that has caused anger among councillors in two boroughs – and which has favoured the work of a senior Croydon councillor’s firm of architects There … Continue reading →

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Harvest of Talents, St George’s Barrow Road, Oct 12

Posted on October 8, 2019 by
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Long-Bailey announces eco-industry ‘Gigafactory’ for Croydon

Posted on September 26, 2019 by

Possibly lost amid the panicked and rushed “serious incident” announcement from Croydon Labour on Tuesday was one of the most significant statements to emerge from the 2019 Labour Party conference staged in Brighton. Shadow business secretary Rebecca Long-Bailey revealed plans … Continue reading →

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