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LibDems have gone all parochial in Sutton, just as they like it
The national election campaign as it is being conducted in neighbouring Sutton has a very local feel to it, according to NICK MATTEY, Beddington’s independent councillor Here in Sutton, the campaign leading up to polling day on July 4 in … Continue reading
Posted in 2024 General Election, Bobby Dean, Carshalton and Wallington, David Campanale, Elliot Colburn, Luke Taylor MP, Paul Scully MP, Sutton and Cheam, Sutton Council, Waste incinerator
Tagged 2024 General Election, Beddington, Beddington incinerator, Bobby Dean, Carshalton and Wallington, Chrishni Reshekaron, Conservative, Elliot Colburn, General Election, General Election 2024, Labour, Liberal Democrats, Luke Taylor, Nick Mattey, Paul Scully, Sutton, Sutton and Cheam, Sutton Council, Tom Drummond, Tory
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Labour’s Jones took donation from fossil fuel PR lobbyists
There’s more than a sniff of sleaze about a donation accepted by one of Croydon Labour’s parliamentary candidates from lobbyists for vested interests in the fuel industry, reports STEVEN DOWNES Decarbonisation, you say? How about a donation from lobbyists who … Continue reading
Squatters force council to switch New Addington polling station
Council officials have been forced to scrap their plans to use a disused community centre in New Addington as a polling station for the General Election on July 4 because the long-abandoned building has been taken over by squatters. The … Continue reading
Posted in 2024 General Election, Croydon Council, Croydon East, Katherine Kerswell, New Addington South
Tagged 2024 General Election, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon East, General Election, General Election 2024, Goldcrest Youth Centre, Katherine Kerswell, New Addington, Reclaim Croydon, Returning Officer, squatters
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Younger people have had their futures sold down the river
CROYDON ELECTION QUESTIONS For this General Election, Inside Croydon has been offering a platform to candidates from across the political spectrum, from across the borough’s four constituencies. Much the same questions, their answers published at length. Our first interview is … Continue reading
Posted in 2024 General Election, Brick by Brick, Claire Bonham, Council Tax, Croydon parks, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Housing, London-wide issues
Tagged 15% Council Tax hike, 2024 General Election, Brick by Brick, Claire Bonham, Council Tax, Croydon, Crystal Palace, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, David Cameron, General Election, General Election 2024, Liberal Democrats, London, Nick Clegg, Say No To 15%, Sir Ed Davey, Streatham and Croydon North
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Two weeks early and most candidates are conceding defeat
ELECTION SKETCH: As other parties’ candidates in Croydon East have admitted they will lose come July 4, Labour’s shoo-in as a new MP calls her party’s bankrupting of the borough and its part in illegal hacking as ‘a load of … Continue reading
Posted in 2024 General Election, Andrew Pelling, Croydon East, Jason Cummings, Ken Towl, Natasha Irons, Peter Underwood
Tagged 15% Council Tax hike, 2024 General Election, Andrew Pelling, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon East, General Election, General Election 2024, Green Party, Jason Cummings, Ken Towl, Labour, Liberal Democrats, Natasha Irons, Peter Underwood, Tory
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Starmer’s a no-show for Labour’s secretive Fairfield Halls rally
WALTER CRONXITE, our political editor, wasted his morning turning up to see the son of a toolmaker, who swerved at the first sign of awkward questions and so missed out on seeing the mess made of Croydon by his Labour … Continue reading
Posted in 2024 General Election, Ben Taylor, Croydon East, Croydon South, Croydon West, Fairfield Halls, Natasha Irons, Sarah Jones MP
Tagged 2024 General Election, Ben Taylor, Brick by Brick, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon East, Croydon South, Croydon West, Fairfield Halls, Gaza, General Election, General Election 2024, Genocide, Keir Starmer, Labour, Liz Kendall, Natasha Irons, Sarah Jones MP, Steve Reed OBE
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Philp’s Hampstead address exposed by wife’s business dispute
Two weeks to election day, and a long-running business dispute involving his wife has put more pressure on ‘local’ Tory seeking re-election in Croydon South. By STEVEN DOWNES On the day that another poll predicted he would lose the Croydon … Continue reading
The Nasty Party gives rape-shaming Slator a job in Bromley
Our Beckenham correspondent, PETTA WOOD, reports Just in case there were any lingering doubts, the Conservative Party in Bromley at election time has doubled down on its reputation as The Nasty Party by giving an important position to a councillor … Continue reading
Sutton and Cheam election hustings, Cheam Road, June 29
Posted in 2024 General Election, Croydon East, Croydon South, Croydon West, Streatham and Croydon North, Sutton and Cheam
Tagged 2024 General Election, Croydon, Croydon East, Croydon South, Croydon West, General Election, General Election 2024, Streatham and Croydon North, Sutton, Sutton and Cheam
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Poundshop politician who puts the ‘sham’ into shambolic
ELECTION SKETCH: It was billed as a ‘hustings’, but was really nothing other than a rally for fringe party TTIP’s star candidate. KEN TOWL went along, so that you – and hundreds of others – didn’t have to “Somebody at … Continue reading
Posted in 2024 General Election, Croydon West, Donna Murray-Turner, Ken Towl, Marley King, Sarah Jones MP
Tagged 2024 General Election, Anthony King, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon West, Donna Murray-Turner, General Election, General Election 2024, Ken Towl, Labour, Marley King, Taking The Initiative Party, Tory, TTIP
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Voters being taken for granted as ‘battleground’ moves south
As postal voters start to receive their ballot papers ahead of the General Election on July 4, others in parts of Croydon are beginning to feel that their votes are being taken for granted by Tories and Labour, as our … Continue reading
Posted in 2024 General Election, Chris Philp MP, Croydon East, Croydon South, Croydon West, Jason Cummings, Natasha Irons, Sarah Jones MP, Steve Reed MP, Streatham and Croydon North
Tagged 2024 General Election, Animal Farm, Chris Philp MP, Croydon, Croydon East, Croydon South, Croydon West, General Election, General Election 2024, George Orwell, Jason Cummings, Natasha Irons, Orwellian, Sarah Jones MP, Steve Reed OBE, Streatham and Croydon North, Tony Newman
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Croydon West election just got interesting with Labour split
It has been slim pickings for surprises in Croydon’s election campaign so far, but tonight’s rally for a Taking The Initiative Party candidate might just cause a stir, reports our political editor, WALTER CRONXITE Probably the biggest surprise of the … Continue reading
Posted in 2024 General Election, Andy Brittain, Crime, Croydon West, Donna Murray-Turner, Knife crime, Policing, Sarah Jones MP
Tagged 2024 General Election, Anthony King, Ch Supt Andy Brittain, Croydon, Croydon West, Donna Murray-Turner, Drug gangs, General Election, General Election 2024, knife crime, Labour, Mayor Sadiq Khan, Metropolitan Police, MOPAC, MyEnds, Sarah Jones, Taking The Initiative Party, TTIP
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Bringing the parties to book: manifestos are empty of promise
Inside Croydon columnist ANDREW FISHER, pictured, who was the author of Labour’s General Election manifestos in 2017 and 2019, takes a look at what the major parties are offering this time round ahead of polling day on July 4 Manifestos … Continue reading
Questions, questions: General Election hustings dates (so far)
If you have a question to put to an election candidate, or to a political party which is seeking your vote in Croydon, here’s a way you can try to get some answers Hustings used to be the way for … Continue reading
Posted in 2024 General Election, Croydon BME Forum, Croydon East, Croydon South, Croydon West, Streatham and Croydon North
Tagged 2024 General Election, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon BME Forum, Croydon East, Croydon South, Croydon TUC, Croydon West, General Election, General Election 2024, Green Party, Hustings, Labour, Liberal Democrats, Ruskin House, Stanley Halls, Streatham and Croydon North
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Council’s proxy election email manages to get its dates wrong
It is just the first working day since the candidates’ list for the Croydon constituencies was published, and Croydon Council has been forced to issue its first public apology for its latest cock-up. In charge of managing the elections in … Continue reading
Posted in 2024 General Election, Chris Philp MP, Croydon Council, Croydon East, Croydon South, Croydon West, Katherine Kerswell, Streatham and Croydon North
Tagged 2024 General Election, Chris Hilp, Chris Philp MP, Croydon East, Croydon South, Croydon West, Electoral Services, Emails, General Election, General Election 2024, Katherine Kerswell, proxy votes, Streatham and Croydon North
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2024 General Election: Sutton’s candidates list for July 4
Nominations of candidates to stand in the General Election on July 4 closed at 4pm last Friday. Sutton has two parliamentary constituencies: Sutton and Cheam and Carshalton and Wallington.
Posted in 2024 General Election, Carshalton and Wallington, Outside Croydon, Sutton and Cheam, Sutton Council
Tagged 2024 General Election, Carshalton and Wallington, Conservative, General Election, General Election 2024, Green Party, Labour, Lambeth council, Liberal Democrats, Sutton, Sutton and Cheam, Sutton Council, Tory
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2024 General Election: Bromley’s candidates list for July 4
Nominations of candidates to stand in the General Election on July 4 closed at 4pm last Friday. Bromley has four parliamentary constituencies: Beckenham and Penge; Bromley and Biggin Hill; and Orpington, with Eltham and Chislehurst (which contains the Bromley wards … Continue reading
Posted in 2024 General Election, Bromley Council, Outside Croydon
Tagged 2024 General Election, Beckenham and Penge, Bromley, Bromley and Biggin Hill, Bromley Council, Conservative, Eltham and Chislehurst, General Election, General Election 2024, Green Party, Labour, Lambeth council, Liberal Democrats, Orpington, Tory
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2024 General Election: Croydon’s candidates list for July 4
Nominations of candidates to stand in the General Election on July 4 closed at 4pm today. Candidates for three Croydon constituencies – Croydon East, Croydon West and Croydon South – were supposed to be published by 5pm on the council … Continue reading
Posted in 2024 General Election, Croydon Council, Croydon East, Croydon South, Croydon West, Katherine Kerswell, Streatham and Croydon North
Tagged 2024 General Election, Chris Hilp, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon East, Croydon South, Croydon West, General Election, General Election 2024, Labour, Lambeth council, Liberal Democrats, Streatham and Croydon North, Tory
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Tory election candidate warned by police over dodgy leaflet
A Conservative Party candidate in the General Election has been told by the Metropolitan Police to stop distributing a campaign leaflet that has been designed to appear as if it has the endorsement of the force’s local commander. Hannah Gray, … Continue reading
Posted in 2024 General Election, Bromley Council, Crime, London-wide issues, Policing
Tagged 2024 General Election, Beckenham, Beckenham and Penge, Bromley, Bromley Council, General Election, General Election 2024, Hannah Gray, Metropolitan Police, Penge, Scotland Yard, Superintendent Luke Baldock
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Kerswell opts to go ‘in-house’ and stage count at Fisher’s Folly
The count for three of Croydon’s parliamentary constituencies after voting closes in the General Election on July 4 will take place in the council’s offices at Fisher’s Folly, it has been decided. It will be the first time since the … Continue reading
Posted in 2024 General Election, Croydon Council, Croydon East, Croydon South, Croydon West, Katherine Kerswell, Streatham and Croydon North
Tagged 2024 General Election, Bernard Wetherill House, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon East, Croydon South, Croydon West, Fisher's Folly, General Election, General Election 2024, Green Party, Katherine Kerswell, Labour, Liberal Democrats, Streatham and Croydon North, Tory
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We all depend on voluntary service – and it is not compulsory
CROYDON COMMENTARY: In this latest Volunteers’ Week, PETER UNDERWOOD, pictured right, who manages an organisation that depends on voluntary service, pays tribute to the people who give up their time, efforts and expertise in the community, and in the political … Continue reading
Posted in 2024 General Election, Community associations, Croydon East, Croydon Greens, CVA, Peter Underwood
Tagged 2024 General Election, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon East, General Election, General Election 2024, Green Party, Labour, Liberal Democrats, Peter Underwood, TCV, The Conservation Volunteers, Tory, Volunteers, Volunteers Week
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Go West! Greens name Patel, as Ramsey steps up for Tories
Greens announce parliamentary candidates for three seats across Croydon and Sutton, as a Tory councillor helps out her party in its hour of need by taking on a hopeless task in east London Ria Patel, the Greens’ councillor in Fairfield … Continue reading
Posted in 2024 General Election, Croydon Greens, Croydon West, Fairfield, Holly Ramsey, Marley King, Ria Patel, Sarah Jones MP, Tracey Hague
Tagged 2024 General Election, Carshalton and Wallington, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon West, Fairfield, General Election, General Election 2024, Green Party, Holly Ramsey, Labour, Ria Patel, Sarah Jones, Sutton and Cheam, Sutton Council, Tory, Tracey Hague
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Make sure you are registered to vote – deadline June 18
To make sure that you have a vote in the General Election on July 4 – whether you are in any of Croydon’s four constituencies: Croydon East, Croydon South, Croydon West and Streatham and Croydon North – you need to … Continue reading
Posted in 2024 General Election, Croydon Council, Croydon East, Croydon South, Croydon West, Streatham and Croydon North
Tagged 2024 General Election, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon East, Croydon South, Croydon West, General Election, General Election 2024, Streatham and Croydon North
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Philp fighting for survival as Tories face capital punishment
WALTER CRONXITE, political editor, on the stark news contained within the latest, most extensive piece of opinion polling, one month before election day With General Election day exactly one calendar month away, the latest and most extension polling done yet … Continue reading
Posted in 2024 General Election, Ben Taylor, Chris Philp MP, Claire Bonham, Croydon East, Croydon South, Croydon West, Elliot Colburn, London-wide issues, Marley King, Paul Scully MP, Sarah Jones MP, Steve Reed MP, Streatham and Croydon North, Sutton and Cheam
Tagged 2024 General Election, Carshalton and Wallington, Chris Philp MP, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon East, Croydon South, Croydon West, General Election, General Election 2024, Green Party, Labour, Liberal Democrats, Sarah Jones MP, Steve Reed OBE, Streatham and Croydon North, Sutton and Cheam, Tony Newman, Tory, YouGov
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FREE: Our podcast answers the important election questions
Why vote? That is a question for many of us ahead of the July 4 General Election. In our latest, special episode of the Croydon Insider podcast, a panel of experts tries to answer some of the questions put to … Continue reading
Posted in 2024 General Election, Andrew Fisher, Croydon East, Croydon Insider, Croydon South, Croydon West, Inside Croydon, Ken Towl, Ria Patel, Streatham and Croydon North, Under The Flyover
Tagged 2024 General Election, Andrew Fisher, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon East, Croydon South, Croydon West, General Election, General Election 2024, Green Party, Inside Croydon, Ken Towl, Labour, Liberal Democrats, Neil Chamroo, Ria Patel, Streatham and Croydon North, The Croydon Insider, Tory, Under The Flyover, Why Vote?
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