Tag Archives: Access Croydon

Council’s closed doors, Selhurst security, Bridge to Nowhere

Here’s more of the most significant or best-read news stories of 2025, as we delve behind the headlines with Inside Croydon reports from the past 12 months  MARCH No Access Croydon: Kerswell closes off Fisher’s Folly to public The increasingly … Continue reading

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Council facing High Court challenge over ‘No Access Croydon’

CROYDON IN CRISIS: The Public Interest Law Centre is bringing a Judicial Review against the council claiming it is failing to meet its statutory responsibilities and is acting in a discriminatory manner EXCLUSIVE by STEVEN DOWNES Tory Mayor Jason Perry … Continue reading

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Perry repeats lie as he calls meeting over No Access Croydon

CROYDON IN CRISIS: Delayed replies, giving short-notice of an appointment and a divide-and-rule approach betray Mayor’s struggle to justify the closure of the authority’s public area, as librarians are now providing advice to the homeless. EXCLUSIVE by STEVEN DOWNES Jason … Continue reading

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Mayor Perry lied over access to services at other councils

CROYDON IN CRISIS: Claims made by the chief executive and executive Mayor over how other London boroughs manage their appointments systems have been found to be exaggerated and simply untrue EXCLUSIVE by STEVEN DOWNES Jason Perry has deliberately misled residents … Continue reading

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No Access Croydon: 30 voluntary groups demand reopening

CROYDON IN CRISIS: Mayor Jason Perry and CEO Katherine Kerswell’s decision to make access to the council’s offices appointment-only may be in breach of the council’s legal responsibilities EXCLUSIVE by STEVEN DOWNES Letters have landed on the desks of Mayor … Continue reading

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Kerswell issues warning to staff over ‘verbal abuse’ at council

CROYDON IN CRISIS: Flashpoints between security guards and council staff after just two days of the new appointments-only system at Fisher’s Folly have seen workers told ‘we will not tolerate abuse of any form’. EXCLUSIVE by STEVEN DOWNES Within two … Continue reading

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No Access Croydon: Kerswell closes off Fisher’s Folly to public

CROYDON IN CRISIS: At short notice, the council has announced that there will be no public access to the its offices without an appointment, in the latest cut in services under Mayor Jason Perry. EXCLUSIVE by STEVEN DOWNES The council’s … Continue reading

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Council offices’ public area closed after ‘very serious incidents’

CROYDON IN CRISIS: Following the alleged serious assault of a vulnerable woman refugee, the council has shut its Access Croydon walk-in area, making the local authority even more remote from the people it is supposed to serve. EXCLUSIVE by STEVEN … Continue reading

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