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Category Archives: Woodside
Brick by Brick under ‘review’ in council emergency budget
CROYDON IN CRISIS: Our political editor, WALTER CRONXITE, reports on the publication of a 24-page document which is an admission of six years of failure, and which comes ahead of ‘the most difficult few months the council has seen’ Brick … Continue reading
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Posted in Brick by Brick, Children's Services, Colm Lacey, Croydon Council, Jo Negrini, Katherine Kerswell, Simon Hall, Tony Newman
Tagged Brick by Brick, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Emergency Budget, Jo Negrini, Katherine Kerswell, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Simon Hall, Tony Newman, Tory
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Veteran councillor in call to hunt down whistleblowers
The council press office should be made ‘to defend’ Labour councillors, while council staff who talk to this website need to be hunted down according to one Newman loyalist who has warned colleagues that the leader’s job ‘is not open’. … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon Council, Jo Negrini, Simon Hall, Toni Letts, Tony Newman
Tagged Croydon, Croydon Council, Jo Negrini, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Simon Hall, Toni Letts, Tony Newman
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Croydon in crisis: Emergency budget cuts may not be enough
EXCLUSIVE: There’s simmering discontent among the Town Hall’s ruling Labour group over their leadership’s inconsistent messaging, secretiveness and bungling, while the council’s new chief exec has made a good first impression. By STEVEN DOWNES “It’s like a fresh breeze through … Continue reading
Libraries, pool and Arena may not open because of cash crisis
CROYDON IN CRISIS: More embarrassment for Tony Newman as Croydon-owned sports centre in his ward remains closed, while fears have been revived that the Labour-run council could flog off some libraries for housing Several of the borough’s public libraries and … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon Council, Croydon FC, Croydon Harriers, GLL - Better, Leisure services, Libraries, Simon Hall, Sport, Tony Newman, Woodside
Tagged Bradmore Green Library, Coulsdon Library, Croydon, Croydon Arena, Croydon Council, Croydon Public Libraries, GLL, Greenwich Leisure, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Norbury Library, Purley Library, Purley Pool, Shirley Library, Simon Hall, Tony Newman, Woodside
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Children’s services suffers 30% cut in social workers
CROYDON IN CRISIS: Concerns are growing at Fisher’s Folly that cutbacks on hiring agency workers, implemented since January this year, could adversely impact some of the borough’s most vulnerable. KEN LEE reports Croydon Council’s children’s services department, which was given … Continue reading
‘Nuffink to do with us, guv’: council chiefs blame everyone else
The council will have only its second full meeting since March, with an Extraordinary Council Meeting being staged on September 28, called as a result of a motion of no confidence in council leader Tony Newman and his finance chief … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon Council, Simon Hall, Tony Newman
Tagged Croydon, Croydon Council, Labour, Simon Hall, Tony Newman
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Newman excludes councillors from emergency budget details
20% budget cuts expected to be announced Jo Negrini’s pay-off figure confirmed as £440,000 Redundancy process for 400 council workers enters final two weeks Katherine Kerswell begins work as interim chief exec Tony Newman and Simon Hall will be presenting … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon Council, Jo Negrini, Katherine Kerswell, Simon Hall, Tony Newman
Tagged Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Jo Negrini, Katherine Kerswell, Labour, Simon Hall, Tony Newman, Tory
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Newman’s ‘sickening’ defence of Negrini’s £400,000+ pay-off
Newman failed to brief party colleagues on departing CEO’s pay-off ‘Golden handshake’ to Negrini may be even bigger than first estimated Negrini was given a £4,000 pay rise just days before she left Croydon Threat of backbench revolt by Labour … Continue reading
Posted in Alison Butler, Andrew Pelling, Bensham Manor, Croydon Council, Jamie Audsley, Jo Negrini, Joy Prince, Paul Scott, Robert Canning, Simon Hall, Tony Newman, Waddon
Tagged Alison Butler, Croydon Council, Jamie Audsley, Jo Negrini, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Paul Scott, Robert Canning, Simon Hall, Tony Newman, Waddon
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Unison: ‘irresponsible’ job cuts will have ‘devastating impact’
Trade union officials have strongly criticised Croydon Council’s plans to axe more than 400 jobs, saying that the on-going review is being rushed through “with little thought” and without proper consultation, and describing the job cuts at the Labour-run local … Continue reading
Posted in Adult Social Care, Children's Services, Croydon Council, Tony Newman
Tagged Croydon, Croydon Council, Jo Negrini, Labour, Tony Newman, Unison, Yvonne Green
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Croydon in crisis: Whitehall imposes new chief exec on council
EXCLUSIVE: Borough to get its third CEO in two weeks, as government parachutes in a ‘safe pair of hands’ on Newman’s Croydon clique. By STEVEN DOWNES A hastily arranged meeting of Croydon Council’s appointments committee will convene this morning to … Continue reading
Croydon in crisis: Council makes 20% cuts to adult services
KEN LEE, our Town Hall reporter, on the latest cuts at the council While Jo Negrini was having her lawyers haggle over the size of her six-figure pay-off for leaving her job as chief executive of the council, the scale … Continue reading
‘Autocratic’ CEO took ‘bizarre decisions that make you weep’
The fall-out from Jo Negrini’s time in charge of the council could have a lasting impact, as a senior council figure breaks their silence about their ‘out of control’ former boss In a withering attack on the departing chief executive, … Continue reading
Posted in Brick by Brick, Croydon Council, Jo Negrini, Tony Newman
Tagged Brick by Brick, Croydon, Croydon Council, Jo Negrini, Labour, Tony Newman
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£400,000 ‘golden handshake’ is Negrini’s reward for failure
EXCLUSIVE: Croydon’s political leadership to come under increasing pressure as the full extent of the deal they cut with chief executive is revealed. By STEVEN DOWNES Jo Negrini will receive more than £400,000 under the terms of the deal that … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon Council, Jo Negrini, Simon Hall, Tony Newman
Tagged Croydon, Croydon Council, Jo Negrini, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Simon Hall, Tony Newman
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Henderson leaves Croydon and ‘legacy of love and hope’
The executive director of the borough’s children’s and education services left the council on Friday with an emotional message to colleagues, saying it was “the best job I ever had”. By STEVEN DOWNES Eleventh-hour efforts to persuade Robert Henderson to … Continue reading
21,000 residents petition for elected mayor referendum
A costly legal battle is expected, as council leader looks to block the democratic will of the people. STEVEN DOWNES reports After 18 months of meetings and door-knocking, a campaign group led by seven residents’ associations has today handed in … Continue reading
Posted in 2020 London elections, 2020 Mayor Referendum, Addington Residents' Association, Chris Philp MP, Community associations, Croydon Council, Croydon South, East Coulsdon Residents' Association, HADRA, Tony Newman
Tagged Chris Philp MP, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon South, Gerry Meredith-Smith, Joanne Milligan, Labour, Tony Newman, Tory
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‘This is an acid test of council’s approach to democracy’
Here’s the full text of the letter from the democratically elected mayor for Croydon campaign, delivered by hand today at the Town Hall. It includes the detailed legal argument, based on counsel’s advice, that supports DEMOC’s claim that the referendum … Continue reading
Is the end nigh? Newman facing cash crisis triple whammy
76% of readers think Tony Newman is not fit to be council leader 21,000 residents sign petition calling for a democratically elected mayor Whitehall bail-out for cash-strapped council to carry onerous conditions Tony Newman might be wishing he never came … Continue reading
Posted in Alison Butler, Croydon Council, Croydon South, Jo Negrini, Lisa Taylor, Paul Scott, Tony Newman
Tagged Alison Butler, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon South, Jo Negrini, Labour, Paul Scott, Simon Hall, Tony Newman
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‘Desperate’ meetings with Henderson fuel CEO speculation
STEVEN DOWNES on a twist in the council’s search for new leadership Well-placed sources in Fisher’s Folly describe council leader Tony Newman as “beyond desperate” to get Robert Henderson to stay in Croydon – possibly going as far as to … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon Council, Jo Negrini, Robert Henderson, Shifa Mustafa, Tony Newman
Tagged Croydon, Croydon Council, Jo Negrini, Robert Henderson, Shifa Mustafa, Tony Newman
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96% say Negrini should not receive pay-out from council
Jo Negrini, whose departure from her job as Croydon Council’s chief executive was confirmed last week, should not receive a penny in any taxpayer-funded pay-off, according to Inside Croydon readers. An overwhelming 96.8 per cent of readers answered “No” in … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon Council, Jo Negrini, Tony Newman
Tagged Croydon, Croydon Council, Jo Negrini, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Tony Newman
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£21,500 a year up in a puff of smoke: Negrini’s ciggie bonus
Croydon’s Council Tax-payers were paying Jo Negrini £21,500 per year… just to smoke her cigarettes. That’s according to the calculation – doubtless performed on the back of a cigarette packet – by one disillusioned council worker following the news that … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon Council, Jo Negrini, Tony Newman
Tagged Croydon, Croydon Council, Jo Negrini, Tony Newman
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Newman bypassed cabinet and colleagues on CEO decisions
Our political editor, WALTER CRONXITE, on the latest decision by decree from the council leader, and with a profile of the interim CEO who had a chequered career before joining Croydon Before she was announced yesterday as the interim replacement … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", Alison Butler, Brick by Brick, Business, CPO, Croydon Council, Jo Negrini, Lisa Taylor, Shifa Mustafa, Simon Hall, Tony Newman, Whitgift Centre
Tagged Alison Butler, Brick by Brick, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Fairfield Halls, Hammersfield, Hammerson, Jo Negrini, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Shifa Mustafa, Simon Hall, Tony Newman, Westfield, Whitgift Centre
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Negrini must not receive any reward for failures, says MP
CROYDON IN CRISIS: Our Town Hall reporter, KEN LEE, on the immediate reactions to the departure of the council’s chief executive Any pay-off to Jo Negrini, Croydon Council’s departing chief executive, would be “morally wrong at this time of financial … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", Brick by Brick, Children's Services, Chris Philp MP, Croydon Council, Croydon South, Jo Negrini, Steve Reed MP, Tony Newman, Whitgift Centre
Tagged Brick by Brick, Chris Philp MP, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon North, Croydon South, Hammersfield, Hammerson, Jo Negrini, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Tony Newman, Tory, Westfield, Whitgift Centre
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It’s official: finally Newman breaks silence on Negrini’s exit
The battle over a lavish ‘golden handshake’ for the £220,000 per year chief executive appears to have been settled. By STEVEN DOWNES Tony Newman, the leader of the Labour-run council, finally broke his silence this afternoon to confirm that Jo … Continue reading
