Category Archives: Andrew Pelling

Could Newman back ‘shoot Trump’ Skipper for Assembly?

Posted on December 29, 2018 by

Political editor WALTER CRONXITE has found Croydon Town Hall’s political ‘elite’ on manoeuvres, hopeful of selection for bigger, better allowances. But is the local Labour leader going to back a complete outsider? Despite campaign groundwork being laid for a snap … Continue reading →

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Croydon NHS say they’re ‘saving’ £20m by denying treatments

Posted on December 27, 2018 by

Our health correspondent, ALAN FINLAY, on the latest cuts by stealth being implements in the NHS in Croydon, and across the country Croydon NHS is saving £20million a year through what they call “demand management”. To most reasonable people, it … Continue reading →

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GPs told not to prescribe for colic, diarrhoea or threadworms

Posted on December 14, 2018 by

A senior Town Hall figure says that he is “appalled” that Croydon’s NHS has asked the borough’s doctors to stop giving prescriptions for minor ailments. The move follows guidance from NHS England on those health conditions that should now be … Continue reading →

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Mayhem in Downing Street. And some of it is Barwell’s fault

Posted on December 12, 2018 by

WALTER  CRONXITE, political editor, on the latest piece of Conservative Party in-fighting to throw the nation into crisis It is entirely possible that, tomorrow morning, Gavin Barwell, Jason Cummings and Mario Creatura will all be in a queue in Fisher’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Andrew Pelling, Chris Philp MP, Croydon Central, Croydon North, Croydon South, Gavin Barwell, Mario Creatura, Paul Scully MP, Steve Reed MP | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 2 Comments

Public’s Town Hall questions on Binmageddon get censored

Posted on October 10, 2018 by

KEN LEE, our Town Hall reporter, sat through nearly four hours of Monday’s Town Hall meeting, so that you didn’t have to… A mere 90 days since the last full meeting of the council, and most of the borough’s councillors … Continue reading →

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We don’t want to deselect Progress MP Reed say Momentum

Posted on September 10, 2018 by

Political editor WALTER CRONXITE on backing for Croydon North’s centrist MP from a surprising source Steve Reed OBE must have had a relaxed weekend after he received a ringing endorsement of his position as MP for Croydon North from the … Continue reading →

Posted in Andrew Fisher, Andrew Pelling, Croydon North, Jane Avis, Niro Sirisena, Steve Reed MP, Tony Newman | Tagged , , , , , | Leave a comment

Failing church secondary could re-open to new pupils in 2020

Posted on August 8, 2018 by

GENE BRODIE, our education correspondent, on how the council and the church are planning to re-open a Waddon secondary school – once all its current pupils have left St Andrew’s High could re-open as a church secondary in 2020 – … Continue reading →

Posted in Alisa Flemming, Andrew Pelling, Coombe Wood School, Education, Robert Canning, Schools, St Andrew's, Waddon | Tagged , , , , , | Leave a comment