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Croydon in crisis: Council has been axing jobs since January
EXCLUSIVE: The Town Hall leadership is spinning to giddying levels to pin the blame for the council’s parlous financial position on covid-19, the Tory government… indeed anyone but the people responsible: themselves. But it is now emerging that the council … Continue reading
Posted in Colonnades, Croydon Council, Croydon Park Hotel, Jo Negrini, Tony Newman
Tagged Croydon, Croydon Council, Jo Negrini, Labour, London, Tony Newman, Unison
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Council holds so few meetings it has dropped ‘six-month rule’
The pandemic lockdown has had such a marked impact on the business at the Town Hall that councillors have been told it no longer matters if they don’t attend meetings for six months. Our political editor, WALTER CRONXITE, reports Croydon’s … Continue reading
Electric House gets makeover for Britain’s 95th-best university
‘It’s a bit like saying Fulham are one of London’s top football teams.’ Our Town Hall reporter KEN LEE on the latest example of the council over-hyping its performance Unable to deliver the £1.4billion shiny new Westfield shopping mall that … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", Business, Croydon College, Croydon Council, Croydon School of Art, Education, Jo Negrini, Planning, South Bank Poly, Tony Newman, Whitgift Centre
Tagged Croydon, Croydon Council, Electric House, Hammersfield, Hammerson, Jo Negrini, Labour, London, London Borough of Croydon, South Bank Poly, Tony Newman, Westfield, Whitgift Centre
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Newman’s claims over diversity miss the real ‘need for change’
Black Lives Matter. But in Orwellian Croydon, some matter more than others, as our political editor WALTER CRONXITE reports While many in England will be rushing off to the pub tomorrow, Tony Newman will be using a Croydon Labour councillors’ … Continue reading
Posted in Alisa Flemming, Alison Butler, Callton Young, Chris Clark, Clive Fraser, David Wood, Jane Avis, Janet Campbell, Louisa Woodley, Oliver Lewis, Paul Scott, Sean Fitzsimons, Simon Hall, Stuart Collins, Tony Newman
Tagged Alison Butler, Callton Young, Clive Fraser, Croydon Council, David Wood, Jane Avis, Labour, Oliver Lewis, Paul Scott, Sean Fitzsimons, Simon Hall, Tony Newman
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Government holding back covid data that could help save lives
As many prepare to race off to their local pub tomorrow as the coronavirus lockdown is eased, Croydon’s council leader admits he does not have the information needed to make a proper judgement over local infection rates. KEN LEE reports … Continue reading
Brick by Brick could be blocked by rare butterfly’s tiny egg
The chair of the council’s planning committee has given a public undertaking that the application by Brick by Brick to build an ugly four-storey block of flats next to a wildlife reserve in New Addington has been shelved until a … Continue reading
Croydon in crisis: 500 jobs to go in council ‘reorganisation’
EXCLUSIVE: Our Town Hall reporter, KEN LEE, on the unhappy consequences of the council’s poor management that has created ‘the perfect financial storm’ Croydon Council is to launch wide-ranging consultations tomorrow, July 1, as it begins what in councilspeak they … Continue reading
Croydon in crisis: IFS report shows council was ill-prepared
Croydon Council’s mountain of debt and reduced reserves made it one of the country’s least-prepared local authorities for dealing with an emergency such as coronavirus. That’s the conclusion offered by the Institute for Fiscal Studies – IFS – in a … Continue reading
Croydon in crisis: BBC says at least five councils could go bust
WALTER CRONXITE reports on how local authorities across the country have been left high and dry by the government over meeting the ‘unsustainable’ costs of the coronavirus emergency Coronavirus has seen Croydon Council incur more costs than all but eight … Continue reading
Posted in Council Tax, Croydon Council, Jo Negrini, Tony Newman
Tagged coronavirus, Covid-19, Croydon, Croydon Council, Jo Negrini, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Tony Newman
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Council accused of ‘wildlife vandalism’ to help Brick by Brick
Our environment correspondent, PAUL LUSHION, on suspicions that a rare wildlife habitat in suburban Kenley has suffered the cruellest cut The council has been accused of an act of “wildlife vandalism”, with some angry residents of Wontford Road and Roffey … Continue reading
