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Tag Archives: Andrew Fisher
Inside Croydon goes in search of the ‘real’ Andy Burnham
ANDREW FISHER has spent the week at the Labour Party Annual Conference in Liverpool, where the new Prime Minister continued to confound political editors and expert pundits A Blairite, a Brownite and a Corbynite walk into bar. The barman asks: … Continue reading
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Tagged Andrew Fisher, Andy Burnham MP, Angela Rayner MP, Croydon, Ed Miliband, Empty Dwelling Management Orders, Gaza, Gaza genocide, Help to Buy, Housing, John Healey MP, Keir Starmer, Labour, Labour Party Conference, Lambeth council, Liverpool, London, Palestine, Prime Minister Andy Burnham, Sir Keir Starmer, Your First Home
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Shadow of Starmer lingers over Labour Conference in Liverpool
A year ago, Andy Burnham was seen scurrying away from the Labour Party Conference, scorned by loyal Starmerites. Today, he makes a speech to the 2026 conference as Prime Minister. ANDREW FISHER reports from Liverpool exclusively for Inside Croydon on … Continue reading
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Perry’s ‘comedy’ video claims are leaving the joke on Croydon
The borough’s Conservative Mayor, rendered impotent by the presence of government Commissioners, has spent much of the summer conducting some personal political campaigning, all paid for by tax-payers, that is often deliberately misleading, that sometimes gaslights residents and, very often, … Continue reading
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As Brandt Report warned, we can’t afford to be small-minded
We need to break out of our cycle of doom, despair and decline to become a confident, outward-looking country again, says ANDREW FISHER Our planet is more connected than ever. We switch on the television and see events from all … Continue reading
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Tagged Andrew Fisher, Andy Burnham, Chris Philp MP, Conservative, Croydon, Labour, Nigel Farage, Prime Minister Andy Burnham, Robert McNamara, small boats, The Andrew Fisher Column, The Brandt Report, The Independent Commission on International Development Issues, Tory, Willy Brandt
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It’s a red card for those who use crime as a political football
ANDREW FISHER on the London Mayor’s battle against crime and the often warped perception of crime There has been a succession of far-right figures who over recent years have posted online, sometimes frequently, about the supposed horrors of “lawless London”. … Continue reading
Posted in Andrew Fisher, Crime, Knife crime, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Policing, Susan Hall
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‘We need to pull every lever available to end the housing crisis’
This month, Inside Croydon columnist Andrew Fisher interviews Fiona Fletcher-Smith, the chief executive of one of the country’s largest housing associations, L&Q, and hears what policy changes she believes new Prime Minister Andy Burnham needs to implement if the government … Continue reading
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Tagged affordable housing, Andrew Fisher, Council housing, Fiona Fletcher-Smith, Housing, Housing policy, L&Q, Queens Gardens, Rent controls, social housing, Temporary accommodation, The Andrew Fisher Interview
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Burnham’s challenge is to rebalance Britain yet cherish London
What would a ‘No10 in the North’ under a Prime Minister Burnham mean for London? Is it possible to devolve power, and spread wealth, across the country without undermining the economic engine of the nation? ANDREW FISHER sifts through some … Continue reading
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Burnham’s election could make all the difference in Croydon
Andy Burnham won the Makerfield by-election this week. Here, ANDREW FISHER outlines what the result could mean for Britain, and for Croydon and its politicians When I interviewed journalist Peter Geoghegan earlier this month, I put to him that his … Continue reading
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These are the questions that Mayor Perry is too afraid to face
ANDREW FISHER has interviewed three of the main candidates standing for election as Croydon Mayor. Only Tory Jason Perry refused our invitations. What has Perry got to hide? These are the questions Perry has left unanswered Apparently, “Mayor Perry remains … Continue reading
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Tagged 15% Council Tax hike, 2026 council elections, 2026 Croydon mayoral election, 2026 local elections, Andrew Fisher, Brick by Brick, Conservative, Council Tax, Croydon, Croydon Council, Labour, Liberal Democrats, London Borough of Croydon, LTNs, Mayor Jason Perry, Red Clover Gardens, The Andrew Fisher Interview, Tim Pollard, Tory
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The state of politics is a tragedy. It’s important that you vote
Have you been underwhelmed by the Croydon local election campaigns so far? ANDREW FISHER, pictured left, certainly has How are the campaigns going in Croydon? “What campaigns?” you might ask. Walking around my local neighbourhood (a knot of 20 roads … Continue reading
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Tagged 2026 council elections, 2026 Croydon mayoral election, 2026 local elections, Andrew Fisher, Cllr Rowenna Davis, Conservative, Council Tax, Councillor Rowenna Davis, Croydon, Croydon Council, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, Rowenna Davis, Tory
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Here is your chance to question the candidates for Mayor
For the first time ever, the leading candidates for Croydon Mayor will be taking part in a Digital Debate this week. And they will be answering the questions put by YOU, the readers of Inside Croydon. The team at Inside … Continue reading
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Green wins at local elections not a ‘shock’, says Underwood
Columnist ANDREW FISHER, in his monthly podcast, sits down with the Green Party’s mayoral candidate for the latest in our series of in-depth interviews with the candidates at next month’s Town Hall elections One of the candidates for Croydon Mayor … Continue reading
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The Mayor’s record in office has worse delivery than Royal Mail
With Tory Jason Perry’s election pledges dropping on residents’ doormats this week and Labour candidate Rowenna Davis publishing her manifesto, the claims and promises of the two front-runners for Croydon Mayor are examined here by ANDREW FISHER While incumbent Mayor … Continue reading
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LibDem candidate Howard would axe chief exec role at council
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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Perry has stabilised council finances in state of perpetual crisis
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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Davis’s Valentine’s message: I’ll mend Croydon’s broken heart
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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Reform backs policy that could see children killed on our roads
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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Tagged 2026 council elections, 2026 Croydon mayoral election, 2026 local elections, 20mph, 20mph zones, Andrew Fisher, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon Reform, Donald Trump, London, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor, Nigel Farage, Peter Morgan, Reform Ltd, Reform UK, Sharon Carby, Tory
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In one-hour interview, pandering PM Starmer offers no answers
Columnist ANDREW FISHER, pictured right, begins the New Year doing a spot of TV reviewing, and reveals how four of Croydon’s mayoral candidates will be invited to take part in his podcast interviews To start 2026, we were treated to … Continue reading
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Tagged Andrew Fisher, BBC, Conservative, Croydon, Green Party, Keir Starmer, Labour, Laura Kuenssberg, Liberal Democrats, London, London Borough of Croydon, Sir Keir Starmer, The Fraud: Keir Starmer Morgan McSweeney and the Crisis of British Democracy, Tory
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Rubbish contractors don’t know how many bins there are
Four years after being caught out ripping out 1,000 street bins – all to make work for rubbish contractors Veolia a bit easier – and now Croydon Council is forced to admit it has no real idea of how many … Continue reading
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CEO quit council with £50,000 pay-off to not work for 3 months
This was awkward: Jason Perry, the politician who promised to clawback money from the massive golden handshake paid to the previous council CEO, in October found himself overseeing a pay-off to Katherine Kerswell, as she resigned after five years as … Continue reading
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Tagged 000, Allders, Andrew Fisher, £50, Council Tax, Croydon, Croydon Council, Golden handshake, Hammersfield, Katherine Kerswell, Kerswell yoghurt, Labour, Mayor Jason Perry, Pay-off, Surrey Street, Tory, Unibail Rodamco Westfield, URW, Westfield, Whitgift Centre, Whitgift Foundation
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Croydon and council at centre of new £100m housing scandal
The housing scandal at Regina Road was appalling, but by September 2025, Croydon found itself embroiled in another dreadful instance of the shortcomings of tall residential towers. Plus our writers get lost searching their way through the half-closed shopping mall, … Continue reading
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Tagged Allders, Andrew Fisher, Council Tax, Croydon, Croydon Council, Hammersfield, Jeremy Corbyn, Labour, Liberal Democrats, Mayor Jason Perry, Nigel Farage, Purley Pool, Reform, Reform Ltd, Reform UK, Sharon Carby, Tory, Unibail Rodamco Westfield, URW, Westfield, Whitgift Centre, Whitgift Foundation
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How Farage’s party picked a dead woman as election candidate
Into August, and the news stories just kept coming, including the latest moves by Westfield to make the Whitgift Centre ever more inaccessible, and the public library where council contractors chucked thousands of books on to the street. There was … Continue reading
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Tagged Allders, Andrew Fisher, Council Tax, Croydon, Croydon Council, Hammersfield, Jeremy Corbyn, Labour, Liberal Democrats, Mayor Jason Perry, Nigel Farage, Purley Pool, Reform, Reform Ltd, Reform UK, Sharon Carby, Tory, Unibail Rodamco Westfield, URW, Westfield, Whitgift Centre, Whitgift Foundation
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The cash-strapped council paying consultant £726 PER HOUR
The dog days of a long, hot summer are not usually a time for significant news stories. But that wasn’t to be the case in Croydon as readers flocked to this news site for our coverage in in July and … Continue reading
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Tagged Adecco, Allders, Andrew Fisher, Council Tax, Croydon, Croydon Council, Dean Shoesmith, Hammersfield, Ian Dunt, Katherine Kerswell, Kevin Day, Labour, Liberal Democrats, Mayor Jason Perry, Purley Pool, Tory, Unibail Rodamco Westfield, URW, Westfield, Whitgift Centre, Whitgift Foundation
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That was the year that was – and 2026’s prospects look bleak
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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