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Category Archives: Stuart King
Carserides gets new job as a lobbyist offering inside influence
Who does your local councillor really represent? It’s a reasonable question for all residents to ask, particularly those in South Norwood. By WALTER CRONXITE, Political Editor Just who does Labour councillor Louis Carserides represent? It’s not an unreasonable question for … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon Council, Louis Carserides, South Norwood, Stephen Lawrence-Orumwense, Steve Reed MP, Streatham and Croydon North, Stuart King, Tony Newman
Tagged Amro, Cllr Stuart King, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon Park Hotel, Hammersfield, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Louis Carserides, Red Rose Associates, Simon Hall, South Norwood, Stephen Lawrence-Orumwense, Steve Reed OBE, Streatham and Croydon North, Terrapin Group, Tony Newman, Tory, Westfield
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From tantrum to grovel, Perry shifts posture for Commissioners
TOWN HALL SKETCH: When Mayor’s deputy tells a council meeting that, ‘Aside from the finances, we are performing well’, it is clear that outside help is urgently required. By WALTER CRONXITE, Political Editor “Data!” Croydon Mayor Jason Perry had just … Continue reading
Posted in 'Future Croydon', Callton Young, Commissioners, Council Tax, Croydon Council, Improvement Board, Katherine Kerswell, Lynne Hale, Mayor Jason Perry, Rowenna Davis, Section 114 notice, Stabilisation Plan, Stuart King
Tagged Cllr Callton Young, Cllr Rowenna Davis, Cllr Stuart King, Commissioner, Conservative, Council Tax, Council transformation, Croydon, Croydon Council, Improvement and Assurance Panel, Improvement Panel, Jim McMahon, Katherine Kerswell, Lynne Hale, Mario Creatura, Mayor Jason Perry, MHCLG, Ministry of Housing Communities and Local Government, Section 114 Notice, Tony Pearson, Tory, Transformation plan
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Jewitt tops councillor charts for a second successive year
After the brickbats for the work-shy do-littles who populate our Town Hall Chamber, today we celebrate those elected representatives who keep busy by keeping council officials busy They will be dancing down Sauchiehall Street tonight, as proud Scot Karen Jewitt … Continue reading
Posted in Amy Foster, Claire Bonham, Croydon Council, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Fairfield, Gayle Gander, Karen Jewitt, Lynne Hale, Mayor Jason Perry, Ria Patel, Robert Ward, Rowenna Davis, Samir Dwesar, Simon Fox, Stuart King, Thornton Heath, West Thornton, Woodside
Tagged Cllr Amy Foster, Cllr Claire Bonham, Cllr Karen Jewitt, Cllr Rowenna Davis, Cllr Stuart King, Conservative, Councillor allowances, Croydon, Croydon Council, Gayle Gander, Green Party, Labour, Liberal Democrats, London Borough of Croydon, Lynne Hale, Mayor Jason Perry, Ria Patel, Samir Dwesar, Sherwan Chowdhury, Simon Fox, Tory, Toss-cars
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Crisis? What crisis? Perry ducks emergency Town Hall meeting
EXCLUSIVE: Council bosses push back opposition calls for an urgent meeting to debate the government announcement about installing Commissioners to run the borough’s affairs. By STEVEN DOWNES Crisis? What crisis? Croydon’s Mayor Jason Perry won’t allow any emergency discussion at … Continue reading
Posted in Commissioners, Council Tax, Croydon Council, Improvement Board, Katherine Kerswell, Mayor Jason Perry, Section 114 notice, Stabilisation Plan, Stuart King
Tagged 15% Council Tax hike, Angela Rayner, Commissioners, Conservative, Council Tax, Croydon, Croydon Council, Government, Government Commissioners, Improvement and Assurance Panel, Improvement Board, Jim McMahon, Katherine Kerswell, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, MHCLG, Ministry of Housing Communities and Local Government, Section 114, Section 114 Notice, Tory
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Tory Mayor’s ‘Our Croydon’ printed with £35k of YOUR money
CROYDON IN CRISIS: Jason Perry has been accused of misusing public money on a thinly-disguised propaganda rag to boost his election chances. But there’s also serious questions about how the project was ever passed by the government’s ‘improvement panel’. EXCLUSIVE … Continue reading
Posted in 2026 council elections, 2026 Croydon Mayor election, Council Tax, Croydon Council, Improvement Board, Katherine Kerswell, Local media, Mayor Jason Perry, Section 114 notice, Stuart King, Tony McArdle
Tagged 27%, Cllr Stuart King, Conservative, Council Tax, Croydon, Croydon Council, Eric Pickles, Improvement and Assurance Panel, Katherine Kerswell, Kim Jong Un, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, North Korea, Our Croydon, Propaganda, Susie Rundle, Tony McArdle, Tory
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What a load of old rubbish! And that’s just inside the Town Hall
There’s only a handful of opportunities each year for the public to question the way their council is being run, but as ANDREW FISHER, pictured right, discovered when watching last night’s full council meeting, it is increasingly obvious that the … Continue reading
Posted in 2026 council elections, 2026 Croydon Mayor election, Andrew Fisher, Callton Young, Christopher Herman, Claire Bonham, Council Tax, Crime, Croydon Council, Fly tipping, Heathfield House, Jason Cummings, Katherine Kerswell, Live Facial Recognition cameras, Mayor Jason Perry, Refuse collection, Ria Patel, Rowenna Davis, Simon Fox, Stuart King, Veolia, Waddon
Tagged Andrew Fisher, Cllr Callton Young, Cllr Christopher Herman, Cllr Jason Cummings, Cllr Ria Patel, Cllr Rowenna Davis, Cllr Stuart King, Conservative, Council Tax, Croydon, Croydon Council, Gaza, Green Party, Heathfield House, Israel, Labour, Liberal Democrats, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor, Mayor Jason Perry, Pension fund, Rowenna Davis, Tory, Waddon
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Protests mount as Perry rejects petitions with 5,000 signatures
CROYDON IN CRISIS: MP Natasha Irons says that ‘democracy is being undermined by Croydon Council’, as the Conservative-controlled authority is refusing to debate the situation at the carers’ centre on George Street and the on-off-on-again sale of listed building Heathfield … Continue reading
Posted in Adult Social Care, Carers First, Community associations, Croydon Council, Croydon East, Heathfield House, Katherine Kerswell, Mayor Jason Perry, Natasha Irons, Ria Patel, Stephen Lawrence-Orumwense, Stuart King
Tagged Cllr Ria Patel, Cllr Stuart King, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Carers Centre, Croydon Carers Support Centre, Croydon Council, Croydon East, Heathfield House, Katherine Kerswell, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, Natasha Irons MP, Stephen Lawrence-Orumwense, Tory
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Gone missing: Mayor ducks Town Hall cabinet for three months
EXCLUSIVE: Key public meetings have been cancelled, without any explanation, as Jason Perry is accused of wanting to run the borough by Trump-style edict. By WALTER CRONXITE, Political Editor Jason Perry, the Mayor of a borough that is £1.4billion in … Continue reading
Posted in 2026 council elections, 2026 Croydon Mayor election, Council Tax, Croydon Council, General Purposes and Audit Committee, Improvement Board, Katherine Kerswell, Mayor Jason Perry, Ria Patel, Section 114 notice, Stuart King
Tagged Cllr Ria Patel, Cllr Stuart King, Conservative, Council Cabinet, Council meetings, Council Tax, Croydon, Croydon Council, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, Ria Patel, STUART KING, Tory
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They voted to raise your Council Tax, then to increase their pay
TOWN HALL SKETCH: Things don’t sound too good in the Chamber these days, and it is not just because the council has hired a cheaper contractor for its audio system. As tempers frayed at the most important meeting of the … Continue reading
Posted in 'Future Croydon', Amy Foster, Avril Slipper, Callton Young, Christopher Herman, Claire Bonham, Council Tax, Croydon Carers, Croydon Council, Croydon Greens, Esther Sutton, Ian Parker, Jason Cummings, Katherine Kerswell, Kola Agboola, Mayor Jason Perry, Ria Patel, Rowenna Davis, Sean Fitzsimons, Section 114 notice, Stuart King
Tagged 2025 Council budget, Claire Bonham, Conservative, Council Tax, Croydon, Croydon Council, Jason Cummings, Kola Agboola, Labour, Liberal Democrats, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, Ria Patel, Rowenna Davis, STUART KING, Tory
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Labour accuse Perry of ‘mismanagement’ of Town Hall finances
CROYDON IN CRISIS: Opposition councillors say residents will be ‘horrified’ by Tory Mayor’s request to government for ‘a staggering’ £136million bail-out Pay more. Get less. That was the reaction from Croydon Labour this morning in response to Tory Mayor Jason … Continue reading
MP Reed claims those who left borough broke ‘have now gone’
WALTER CRONXITE, political editor, checks the ‘facts’ where other local news outlets dare not look Steve Reed OBE, the MP who was Labour’s front bench spokesperson on local government at the time that the council for the area he is … Continue reading
Posted in Alisa Flemming, Alison Butler, Brick by Brick, Callton Young, Council Tax, Croydon Council, Croydon North, David Evans, Environment, Fairfield Halls, Lambeth Council, Manju Shahul Hameed, Mayor Jason Perry, Paul Scott, Report in the Public Interest, RIPI II: Fairfield Halls, Sean Fitzsimons, Section 114 notice, Simon Hall, Steve Reed MP, Streatham and Croydon North, Stuart Collins, Stuart King, The Penn Report, Tony Newman
Tagged Alisa Flemming, Alison Butler, Brick by Brick, Clive Fraser, Council Tax, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon North, Croydon Park Hotel, David Evans, Fairfield Halls, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Paul Scott, Sean Fitzsimons, Simon Hall, Steve Reed OBE, Streatham and Croydon North, Tony Newman
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Manchester Mayor can’t provide answers to Croydon problems
WALTER CRONXITE, political editor, on the early start to the 2026 local election campaign Croydon’s 2026 mayoral election campaign is well and truly underway – and the Labour Party has not even started its candidate selection process yet. In a … Continue reading
Posted in 2026 council elections, 2026 Croydon Mayor election, Brick by Brick, Callton Young, Council Tax, Croydon Council, London-wide issues, Mayor Jason Perry, Mayor of London, Rowenna Davis, Section 114 notice, Stuart King, Tony Newman
Tagged Andy Burnham, Callton Young, Conservative, Council Tax, Croydon, Croydon Council, Labour, London, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, Rowenna Davis, Steve Reed OBE, STUART KING, Tory, Waddon
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Mayor Perry will hike Council Tax by more than 5% if allowed
CROYDON IN CRISIS: In a trick of political deviousness, Chancellor Rachel Reeves might be able to claim she has not broken a manifesto commitment while Croydon’s Mayor will keep to his ‘pledge’. But ordinary residents will all end up paying … Continue reading
More than 200 families split up by council’s housing department
CROYDON IN CRISIS: As it struggles to find suitable accommodation for the borough’s homeless families, official figures show that the council has split up one family placed in temporary accommodation for 12 years. EXCLUSIVE by STEVEN DOWNES Official council figures, … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon Council, Housing, Mayor Jason Perry, Stuart King, Susmita Sen
Tagged Concord House, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Gilroy Court, Housing, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, STUART KING, Temporary accommodation, Thornton Heath, Tory, Windsor House
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Mayor Perry is caught in a ‘bad lie’ over Addington golf talks
CROYDON IN CRISIS: Council’s Bertie Wooster-like leader has got himself into a tangle over talks with an exclusive private members’ club over plans to develop a tract of protected public land. EXCLUSIVE by STEVEN DOWNES Mayor Jason Perry’s Conservative-run council … Continue reading
Posted in Addington, Addington Hills, Addington Residents' Association, Business, Community associations, Croydon Council, Croydon parks, Environment, Golf, Jason Cummings, Mayor Jason Perry, Planning, Property, Shirley Heath, Shirley South, Sport, Stuart King, The Addington GC, Wildlife
Tagged Addington Hills, Bertie Wooster, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Jason Cummings, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, Peter Underwood, Shirley Heath, Shirley South, Stuart Collins, The Addington Golf Club, Tory
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Perry plans £100m more cuts in country’s first AI-driven council
CROYDON IN CRISIS: ‘Transformation’ project is set to be rubber-stamped at this week’s cabinet meeting (it will be approved without anything resembling a debate). But according to council insiders, it is ‘rushed’, ‘full of risks’ and just a ‘Trojan horse’ … Continue reading
Posted in 'Future Croydon', Adult Social Care, Children's Services, Claire Bonham, Council Tax, Croydon Council, Croydon Greens, Improvement Board, Katherine Kerswell, Mayor Jason Perry, Peter Underwood, Stuart King
Tagged 'Future Croydon', Claire Bonham, Conservative, Council Tax, Croydon, Croydon Council, Green Party, Katherine Kerswell, Labour, Liberal Democrats, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, Peter Underwood, STUART KING, Tory
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There’s good reason politicians are more unpopular than ever
After a week of two budget debates, one in the House of Commons, one at Croydon Town Hall, ANDREW FISHER reckons it is time that our politicians stopped pretending… British politics are in a dire state, nationally and locally, as … Continue reading
Posted in Andrew Fisher, Council Tax, Croydon Council, Mayor Jason Perry, Stuart King
Tagged #FundCroydonFairly, 15% Council Tax hike, Andrew Fisher, Budget 2024, Conservative, Council budget, Council Tax, Croydon, Croydon Council, Jason Cummings, Jeremy Hunt, Keir Starmer, Labour, Mayor Jason Perry, Pay More Get Less, Rachel Reeves, Say No To 15%, The Budget, Tory
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King gets his bluff called over Tory cuts and Council Tax hike
CROYDON IN CRISIS: It was déjà vu all over again at last night’s budget meeting, where ‘steadfast’ opposition melted as soon as the borough’s opposition councillors were given a stern talking to. TOWN HALL SKETCH by STEVEN DOWNES Anyone out … Continue reading
Posted in Claire Bonham, Council Tax, Croydon Council, Croydon Greens, Esther Sutton, Jane West, Jason Cummings, Katherine Kerswell, Mayor Jason Perry, Ria Patel, Stuart King
Tagged 15% Council Tax hike, Claire Bonham, Conservative, Council Tax, Croydon, Croydon Council, Esther Sutton, Fund Croydon Fairly, Jane West, Jason Cummings, Katherine Kerswell, Labour, Liberal Democrats, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, Pay More Get Less, Ria Patel, STUART KING, Tory
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Cummings’ budget rejected before his big Newsnight moment
CROYDON IN CRISIS: The government has just found £2.5bn in ‘exceptional financial support’ for 19 councils. But Mayor Jason Perry and his finance chief have an anxious week after having had their unbalanced budget rejected in a Town Hall meeting. … Continue reading
Posted in Adult Social Care, Children's Services, Chris Philp MP, Council Tax, Croydon Council, Improvement Board, Jason Cummings, Mayor Jason Perry, Ria Patel, Section 114 notice, Stuart King
Tagged 15% Council Tax hike, BBC Newsnight, Conservative, Council budget, Council Tax, Croydon, Croydon Council, Department for Levelling Up, DLUHC, Fund Croydon Fairly, Improvement and Assurance Panel, Improvement Panel, Jason Cummings, Labour, LGA, Local Government Association, London, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, Michael Gove, Newsnight, Pay More Get Less, Ria Patel, S114, S114 notice, Say No To 15%, STUART KING, Tory, Unbalanced budget
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21% Council Tax hike but Perry has a pay rise for his mates
There’s a protest planned outside Croydon Town Hall tomorrow for the first of two council budget meetings You pay more. You get less. Long-suffering residents will be protesting outside Croydon Town Hall tomorrow evening, and again the following Wednesday, March … Continue reading
Posted in Adult Social Care, Callton Young, Community associations, Council Tax, Croydon Council, David White, Esther Sutton, Libraries, Mayor Jason Perry, Ria Patel, Stuart King
Tagged 15% Council Tax hike, Conservative, Council Tax, Croydon, Croydon Assembly, Croydon Council, David White, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, Say No To 15%, Tory
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Noisy Gaza protestors send Campbell’s audience scurrying
Warmonger Alastair Campbell was forced to scuttle upstairs as his speaking engagement in Croydon last night descended into disorganised farce. The event was a campaign fund-raiser organised by Labour MP Sarah Jones, although in reality it was just as much … Continue reading
Starmer’s ‘moral compass is broken’ says Labour ex-councillor
EXCLUSIVE: While the borough’s Labour MPs and councillors continue to support the party line on Israeli war crimes in Gaza, one senior member has quit with a highly critical parting shot. By STEVEN DOWNES Robert Canning, an ex-councillor described as … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon South, Robert Canning, Stuart King, Waddon
Tagged Croydon, Croydon Central, Croydon North, Croydon South, Gaza, Israel, Keir Starmer, Labour, London, Sarah Jones MP, Steve Reed OBE, Waddon
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Perry’s Tories opt to send in the heavies to borough’s poorest
CROYDON IN CRISIS: After hiking Council Tax by 15%, the Tory Mayor and his finance chief are now using ‘an in-house army of bailiffs’ to go after residents on benefits who have fallen into arrears. By STEVEN DOWNES While Jason … Continue reading
Posted in Council Tax, Croydon Council, Mayor Jason Perry, South West London Law Centres, Stuart King
Tagged 15% Council Tax hike, Conservative, Council Tax, Council Tax arrears, Covid-19, Croydon, Croydon Council, Jason Cummings, Labour, Mayor Jason Perry, South West London Law Centre, STUART KING, Tory, Universal Credit
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Jewitt sacked while Newman Numpties scramble back to power
CROYDON IN CRISIS: ‘Lazy’ Clive Fraser and Sean Fitzsimons, long-time loyal supporters of the Labour leadership which crashed the council’s finances, did not have to wait too long before being handed jobs under new(ish) leader Stuart King. EXCLUSIVE by STEVEN … Continue reading
Posted in Alisa Flemming, Amy Foster, Brigitte Graham, Christopher Herman, Clive Fraser, Croydon Council, Croydon North, Karen Jewitt, Leila Ben-Hassel, Louis Carserides, Mayor Jason Perry, Mike Bonello, Patsy Cummings, Sean Fitzsimons, Simon Hall, Steve Reed MP, Stuart King, Tony Newman, Tony Pearson
Tagged Brigitte Graham, Christopher Herman, Clive Fraser, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Karen Jewitt, Labour, Liberal Democrats, Mike Bonello, Sean Fitzsimons, Simon Hall, South Norwood, Steve Reed OBE, STUART KING, Thornton Heath, Tony Newman, Tory
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Jewitt says there was no wrong-doing – by her charity’s boss
CROYDON IN CRISIS: Many senior figures in the local Labour Party continue to try to deny that there was anything wrong with the way the former leaders behaved in the lead-up to the borough’s bankruptcy, as a speech at the … Continue reading
Posted in Charity, Croydon Council, CVA, Karen Jewitt, RIPI II: Fairfield Halls, Simon Hall, South Norwood, Stuart King, The Penn Report, Thornton Heath, Tony Newman, Woodside
Tagged #PennReport, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Karen Jewitt, Labour, Penn Report, Rob Elliott, Simon Hall, South Norwood, South Norwood and Woodside Community Association, The Penn Report, Thornton Heath, Tony Newman, Tory
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