Category Archives: Woodside

Private Eye’s asking question that Negrini refuses to answer

Posted on September 21, 2017 by

It has already been a bad week for Tony Newman, Croydon’s council leader, and Jo Negrini, his appointee as the borough clerk. Their handling of the council’s crisis over children’s services after the Ofsted inspectors’ “inadequate” report has not drawn … Continue reading →

Posted in Children's Services, Croydon Council, Jo Negrini, Nathan Elvery, Niall Bolger, Ruth Dombey, Sutton Council, Tony Newman | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

Croydon’s leadership may be resigned to change at the top

Posted on September 19, 2017 by

WALTER CRONXITE, our political editor, on last night’s potentially defining meeting of the council The body language spoke volumes. There, sitting behind council leader Tony Newman, the Labour councillors’ heads were down, the arms folded. Facing unremitting questioning after Ofsted … Continue reading →

Posted in Alisa Flemming, Barbara Peacock, Children's Services, Croydon Council, Jo Negrini, Maria Gatland, Mario Creatura, Mike Fisher, Phil Thomas, Tim Pollard, Tony Newman | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | 5 Comments

Croydon’s Ofsted crisis: This is too important for politics

Posted on September 18, 2017 by

CROYDON COMMENTARY: The children’s services report is the greatest crisis to confront the council since the riots six years ago. Except, says STEVEN DOWNES, it is just the local reflection of a national collapse of social work “This is too … Continue reading →

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Fitzsimons: Councillors ‘naive’ in believing senior officials

Posted on September 18, 2017 by

Political editor WALTER CRONXITE on how some at the Town Hall are beginning to face up to uncomfortable truths Croydon’s councillors are becoming increasing angry about the way they have been misled over the handling of the children’s services crisis … Continue reading →

Posted in Alisa Flemming, Barbara Peacock, Children's Services, Croydon Council, Jan Buttinger, Jo Negrini, Sean Fitzsimons, Tony Newman | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

Staff in ‘inadequate’ Children’s Services paid £1,500 bonus

Posted on September 18, 2017 by

Croydon Council’s chief executive, Jo Negrini, last week rubber-stamped a £1,500 per person bonus payment to social workers, personal advisers and line managers in the children’s services department – less than two weeks after that department had been issued with … Continue reading →

Posted in Barbara Peacock, Children's Services, Croydon Council, Jo Negrini, Tony Newman | Tagged , , , , | 1 Comment

Council leader forced to resign over critical Ofsted report

Posted on September 16, 2017 by

WALTER CRONXITE reports on another local government Carr crash over failures to provide adequate social services The pressure is mounting this weekend on Tony Newman, the Labour leader of Croydon Council, over his and council officials’ response to the highly … Continue reading →

Posted in 2018 council elections, Barbara Peacock, Bromley Council, Children's Services, Croydon Council, Jo Negrini, Stephen Carr, Tony Newman, Youth Services | Tagged , , , , , , , , | 6 Comments

Planning chair Scott to face scrutiny at gentrification screening

Posted on September 12, 2017 by

Paul Scott, the chair of Croydon Council’s planning committee which is pushing through £250million-worth of publicly financed house-building without a single council home being built, is to face public scrutiny in his own backyard tomorrow night at the Stanley’s Film … Continue reading →

Posted in Alison Butler, Brick by Brick, Cinema, Housing, Paul Scott, People for Portland Road, Planning, Property, South Norwood, Stanley's Film Club, Woodside | Tagged , , , , , , , | 1 Comment