Category Archives: Simon Hoar

Croydon was vulnerable after being short-changed for decades

Posted on August 11, 2011 by insidecroydon

In his first regular commentary on life in the borough, ANDREW PELLING, the former local councillor, London Assembly member and MP, offers some answers to a fundamental question about 8/8 – why Croydon? Why Croydon? It is a good question. … Continue reading →

Posted in Andrew Pelling, Boris Johnson, Broad Green, Business, Coulsdon, Crime, Croydon 8/8, Croydon Council, Gavin Barwell, Jon Rouse, Ken Livingstone, London-wide issues, Malcolm Wicks MP, Mayor of London, New Addington South, Planning, Purley Way, Shirley North, Simon Hoar, Steve O'Connell, Thornton Heath, West Croydon, Whitgift Centre | Tagged , , , , , , | 5 Comments

Pollard back at the Hub of action after council reshuffle

Posted on May 19, 2011 by insidecroydon

We have heard unconfirmed reports that the Conservative group that controls Croydon council has undergone a reshuffle. While the ruling Tory group has more than 30 councillors to choose from, council leader Mike Fisher trusts his backbenchers so little that … Continue reading →

Posted in Business, Croydon Council, Education, Gavin Barwell, Sanderstead, Simon Hoar, Steve O'Connell, Tim Pollard, URV | Tagged , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Croydon keeps secret £4m in planning payments

Posted on April 19, 2011 by insidecroydon

Now Croydon Council is flouting new government laws on “openness” and “transparency” by deliberately withholding vital information over nearly £4 million of spending last month on just two items by the planning department.

Posted in Croydon Council, Planning, Simon Hoar | Leave a comment

AV or not AV, that is the question

Posted on April 7, 2011 by insidecroydon

Four weeks today, and Croydon and the rest of London ought to be going to the polls. While much of the rest of the country will also be voting in some form of local elections, the only thing for Londoners … Continue reading →

Posted in Clare Hilley, Croydon Central, Croydon North, Croydon South, Gavin Barwell, Malcolm Wicks MP, Richard Ottaway MP, Simon Hoar | Leave a comment

MP Barwell: Councillors should apologise over parking

Posted on February 10, 2011 by insidecroydon

As Pyrrhic victories go, this must be among the most depressingly deflating. Croydon residents had forked out their own hard-earned to pay for leaflets and publicity, they had given up countless hours to canvass and speak to their neighbours around … Continue reading →

Posted in Croydon Council, Gavin Barwell, Parking, Phil Thomas, Simon Hoar, Vidhi Mohan | Leave a comment

Councillor in charge of parking proposals gets 2 free permits

Posted on January 27, 2011 by insidecroydon

Another explanation for some Croydon councillors’ apparently ambivalent attitude towards voicing opposition to proposals for Draconian new parking restrictions comes in today’s Croydon Guardian. Our ruling Tory councillors will be entirely unaffacted by any changes to parking restrictions, since they … Continue reading →

Posted in Croydon Council, Fairfield, Mike Fisher, Parking, Simon Hoar, South Croydon, Waddon | Leave a comment

Tory councillors oppose parking changes. Sort of

Posted on January 24, 2011 by insidecroydon

Inside Croydon would like to apologise to its reader. For six months or more now, Inside Croydon has been reporting on certain events surrounding Croydon  on the basis that the council was being run according to policy decisions of the … Continue reading →

Posted in Clare Hilley, Croydon Council, Fairfield, Parking, Simon Hoar, South Croydon, Waddon | Leave a comment

Councillors plan £12,500 junket to South of France

Posted on November 15, 2010 by insidecroydon

A meeting at Croydon Council this week will further underline the self-serving, money-grabbing nature of our local “representatives”. Mike Fisher, the leader of the Croydon’s ruling Tory group, and henchman Simon Hoar are expected to push through plans for a … Continue reading →

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Directors in mass walk-out from development company

Posted on August 7, 2010 by insidecroydon

The Croydon Economic Development Company has suffered a mass walk-out of directors less than a month before the organisation is set to be wound-up.

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Tory Council’s cuts policy could face Waddon by-election test

Posted on July 21, 2010 by insidecroydon

The slash-and-burn Conservative-run Croydon Council could have its public spending cuts put to the vote in Waddon ward, after a High Court judge today ordered an investigation into the handling of the election on May 6. The judge’s ruling is … Continue reading →

Posted in Jon Rouse, Simon Hoar, Waddon | 1 Comment

Casualties of Croydon Cuts: 60 jobs to go at enterprise group

Posted on July 19, 2010 by insidecroydon

The Croydon Economic Development Company may not be among the most sympathetic of victims of the Conservative-led Council’s swingeing cuts, all being discussed at a Town Hall meeting tonight. But with all the CEDC‘s 60 employees at A M P … Continue reading →

Posted in Business, Croydon Council, Simon Hoar, Steve O'Connell | Leave a comment