Tag Archives: Badsha Quadir

Council gets more secretive over its councillors’ declarations

Posted on July 16, 2018 by insidecroydon

Political editor WALTER CRONXITE reports on a strange reversal of previous open and transparent Town Hall policy, which is deliberately keeping cabinet members’ interests under cover The Labour group which is running Croydon Council is becoming more secretive by the … Continue reading →

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Borough Solicitor to investigate Tory councillor’s eligibility

Posted on June 12, 2018 by insidecroydon

WALTER CRONXITE, our political editor, on the latest twist in the tale of the tax-avoiding businessman councillor for Purley The council’s lawyers have been asked to examine whether a Conservative councillor was ineligible to stand for election. Badsha Quadir has … Continue reading →

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MP-backed curry house has avoided massive tax and VAT bills

Posted on May 24, 2018 by insidecroydon

STEVEN DOWNES reports on how a recently re-elected Tory councillor has been overseeing a restaurant business which has left a trail of debts over the past decade A Croydon Conservative councillor, who runs an “award-winning” restaurant, has meanwhile seen five … Continue reading →

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Khan or Quadir: the parties name their Mayor candidates

Posted on January 29, 2018 by insidecroydon

WALTER CRONXITE reports on the private deliberations of the political party duopoly at the Town Hall as to who gets to wear the Trumptonesque outfits for the next year The next Mayor of Croydon will be Bernadette Khan. Or it … Continue reading →

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Tory MP helps to promote 10% off takeaway curry offer

Posted on March 3, 2017 by insidecroydon

See, that’s the problem when, as the constituency MP, you “show your support for local business” by posing for a picture outside the local curry house owned by a Tory Party donor. Before long, you’re appearing plastered all over a … Continue reading →

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Colour-coded divisions over Black History Month events

Posted on October 7, 2015 by insidecroydon

It surely cannot be deliberate, since Croydon Council’s press and publicity department is too ham-fisted to organise itself so well. But if anyone ever wanted a demonstration of how we live in a divided borough, then they need only refer … Continue reading →

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Tory MP Philp is quick to curry favour with local party donor

Posted on September 23, 2015 by insidecroydon

Here in Croydon in 2015, it is still not what you know, but who you know that counts. What other conclusion can any reasonable person reach from discovering that Chris Philp, Croydon South’s new MP, has nominated the Royal Tandoori … Continue reading →

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