Tag Archives: 2026 Croydon mayoral election

Reform’s candidate for Mayor bottles it ahead of Farage visit

Posted on March 27, 2026 by insidecroydon

ELECTION EXCLUSIVE: Less than 48 hours before he was due to be unveiled at the Fairfield Halls as his party’s pick to head their campaign in Croydon, Dan Milner-Tebbutt resigned. Political editor WALTER CRONXITE reveals his replacement, another Conservative defector … Continue reading →

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‘Decency’ hustings as no one missed the missing candidate

Posted on March 27, 2026 by insidecroydon

ELECTION SKETCH: In a cramped ‘hub’ in Broad Green, the first full hustings of the 2026 Croydon Mayor campaign took place last night. KEN TOWL was there, so you didn’t need to be (and you couldn’t have squeezed in, anyway) … Continue reading →

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Game of musical chairs for Reform as Tebbutt takes ‘new role’

Posted on March 26, 2026 by insidecroydon

Just five days before their party leader is expected at the Fairfield Halls for a rally to be attended by “thousands” (in a Concert Hall with a capacity of fewer than 1,800), and Reform Ltd in Croydon has changed their … Continue reading →

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43 days to go and desperation is appearing in election leaflets

Posted on March 25, 2026 by insidecroydon

After all the calamities inflicted on Croydon by Tory Mayor Jason Perry, from his 33% Council Tax hikes to his unlawful LTN fines, has Labour fallen into their old trap of over-promising before under-delivering? WALTER CRONXITE, Political Editor, sifts through … Continue reading →

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CBA election debate, Smile Hub, Broad Green, Thu Mar 26

Posted on March 22, 2026 by insidecroydon

C O M M U N I T Y A D V E R T I S E M E N T

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Et tu Brute: Fringe party claims credit for getting Perry elected

Posted on March 20, 2026 by insidecroydon

There’s more than a sense of the Ides of March about some of the rhetoric coming from public meetings as the 2026 local election campaign gets into its stride, as WALTER CRONXITE, Political Editor, writes It seems somehow appropriate that, … Continue reading →

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Take a step back in time for the start of the election campaign

Posted on March 20, 2026 by insidecroydon

KEN TOWL was at last night’s Ruskin House election debate, so that you didn’t need to be The great red-green face-off at Ruskin House last night answered some burning questions, such as who will Your Party support? And, what will … Continue reading →

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CBA election debate, Smile Hub, Broad Green, Thu Mar 26

Posted on March 20, 2026 by insidecroydon

C O M M U N I T Y A D V E R T I S E M E N T

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In off the post! Make sure you have registered for postal voting

Posted on March 17, 2026 by insidecroydon

The system for voting by post has changed, and anyone who wants to use a postal vote for the local elections and mayoral elections on May 7 needs to ensure that they are registered to do so. The deadline to … Continue reading →

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Election debate: Davis v Underwood, Ruskin House, Mar 19

Posted on March 17, 2026 by insidecroydon

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Labour’s Town Hall leader files complaint over Perry’s spending

Posted on March 16, 2026 by insidecroydon

Council’s top lawyer questioned over the public funds used to distribute a propaganda freesheet worthy of something from the regime of dictator Kim Jong-un. WALTER CRONXITE, Political Editor, reports Jason Perry has been accused of abusing his position as Croydon … Continue reading →

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LibDem candidate Howard would axe chief exec role at council

Posted on March 12, 2026 by insidecroydon

EXCLUSIVE: In our latest Andrew Fisher Interview with candidates to become Croydon Mayor in the local elections on May 7, Richard Howard says that he would work on a cross-party basis at the Town Hall, would look at ways of … Continue reading →

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‘Red v Blue’ at Town Hall elections could suffer a Green-wash

Posted on March 6, 2026 by insidecroydon

Polling day in Croydon’s local elections, including its second mayoral vote, is on May 7. WALTER CRONXITE, Political Editor, sifts through recent opinion polls and by-election results, but has a warning from history of how ‘challenger parties’ can be swept … Continue reading →

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It was a bad deal for Croydon. Why did they allow it to happen?

Posted on March 2, 2026 by insidecroydon

CROYDON COMMENTARY: With Tory Mayor Jason Perry using £½million of public money as a hush fund, RICHARD HOWARD, pictured right, the LibDem mayoral candidate, lays out all the obvious flaws with the council’s Red Clover Gardens scheme Two years ago, … Continue reading →

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Starmer shocker: could Gorton and Denton happen here?

Posted on February 27, 2026 by insidecroydon

Our resident psephologist, WALTER CRONXITE, crunches the numbers after a disastrous by-election result at Gorton and Denton for the Labour Prime Minister, with local elections across London, including in Croydon, just 70 days away The Green Party’s historic parliamentary by-election … Continue reading →

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Perry has stabilised council finances in state of perpetual crisis

Posted on February 26, 2026 by insidecroydon

TV and radio politics pundit ANDREW FISHER, right, sat through three hours of false claims and spin at the Town Hall last night, as Croydon’s £87,000 per year lame duck Mayor still says he has done a decent job “I … Continue reading →

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£84,000 per year Tory Mayor approves his own pay rise

Posted on February 25, 2026 by insidecroydon

EXCLUSIVE: It’s trebles all-round for directors at Croydon’s cash-strapped council, as there’s a second generous pay rise in 12 months for council chiefs, while allowances paid to councillors are also to rise, and amount to £1.6m per year. Yet long-suffering … Continue reading →

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Perry begs for another £119m to balance his busted budget

Posted on February 24, 2026 by insidecroydon

Croydon’s Conservative Mayor, who has hiked Council Tax by 33% since 2023, still needs another £119m government bail-out to make his council budget balance. By STEVEN DOWNES Jason Perry, Croydon’s Conservative Mayor, has got his begging bowl out again to … Continue reading →

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Labour refuse to respond to Cummings’s budget challenge

Posted on February 19, 2026 by insidecroydon

WALTER CRONXITE, Political Editor, on a sham challenge issued to rival political parties by a borrowing-dependent Conservative administration that is trying to con the public that they have ‘fixed the finances’ As Tory Mayor Jason Perry prepares to deliver what … Continue reading →

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Davis’s Valentine’s message: I’ll mend Croydon’s broken heart

Posted on February 12, 2026 by insidecroydon

EXCLUSIVE: Labour candidate issues public apology for ‘some things that my party has done in the past’ in crashing Croydon Council’s finances Rowenna Davis has revealed how she has been talking to a consortium of around 12 potential investors and … Continue reading →

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Labour issues late appeal for election candidates to volunteer

Posted on February 7, 2026 by insidecroydon

EXCLUSIVE: With little more than 12 weeks until polling day, the party of Mandelson, McSweeney and Starmer has yet to name its candidates in 11 of this borough’s 28 voting districts. By WALTER CRONXITE, Political Editor  The Labour Party in … Continue reading →

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Labour’s Davis looks to CPO the ‘hole in the heart of Croydon’

Posted on January 29, 2026 by insidecroydon

Mayoral candidate intends to discuss a Compulsory Purchase Order of Chinese-owned property with Prime Minister on his return from Beijing. EXCLUSIVE by STEVEN DOWNES Labour’s candidate for Croydon Mayor, Rowenna Davis, says that if elected in May she will look … Continue reading →

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Reform backs policy that could see children killed on our roads

Posted on January 22, 2026 by insidecroydon

What is Nigel Farage’s political company of grifters proposing for Croydon? To remove current 20mph speed limits on our streets. Columnist ANDREW FISHER, right, lays out the science and the facts in the face of far-right rhetoric  I’ve lived in … Continue reading →

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Corbyn-Sultana in-fighting scuppers Your Party’s election bid

Posted on January 9, 2026 by insidecroydon

Denied campaign funds and details of their own members, the new party will struggle to field candidates in May’s local elections. EXCLUSIVE by STEVEN DOWNES Your Party, the socialist party launched last summer by ex-Labour MPs Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah … Continue reading →

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That was the year that was – and 2026’s prospects look bleak

Posted on December 11, 2025 by insidecroydon

ANDREW FISHER, in his final iC column of 2025, considers the past year in Croydon, and how that might affect next May’s Town Hall elections. PLUS: How Your Party’s grassroots are being denied money and data to be able to … Continue reading →

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