Tag Archives: Barry Quirk

The Kerswell Affair: Croydon is worse off after CEO’s five years

Posted on October 22, 2025 by insidecroydon

CROYDON IN CRISIS: The £204,000 per year council chief exec who gave orders to block staff from reading Inside Croydon has been attracting adverse headlines for 30 years. By STEVEN DOWNES Katherine Kerswell’s 30-year career in local government will probably … Continue reading →

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LGA: multi-million-pound bail-outs becoming ‘normalised’

Posted on October 20, 2025 by insidecroydon

‘The country cannot deliver growth, reform public services or improve life chances without fixing local government finances’ according to the Local Government Association in its pre-Budget submission to the Chancellor On the same day that Katherine Kerswell quit as Croydon … Continue reading →

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Kerswell’s council keeps payments to top earners secret

Posted on April 24, 2023 by insidecroydon

Our Town Hall reporter, KEN LEE, on how Croydon’s backlog of unsanctioned accounts is being used as an excuse to disguise the latest round of top-level recruitment The Tax Payers Alliance, one of those deliberately opaque, far-right lobby groups from … Continue reading →

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Three former exec directors are back on councils’ gravy train

Posted on April 24, 2023 by insidecroydon

Having avoided any disciplinary difficulties over the bankrupting of the borough, some of those with key roles in Croydon’s financial collapse are doing rather well for themselves, reports KEN LEE Richard Simpson, once in charge of Croydon Council’s finances, as … Continue reading →

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Kerrr-ching! Kerswell reckons £192,000 per year not enough

Posted on April 13, 2023 by insidecroydon

CROYDON IN CRISIS: The best-paid employee at the cash-strapped council is lobbying for a bumper pay rise – and is being supported in her claim by the part-time elected Mayor. EXCLUSIVE by STEVEN DOWNES Barely a month after she helped … Continue reading →

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More worries over Kerswell’s suitability for council top job

Posted on May 5, 2021 by insidecroydon

CROYDON IN CRISIS: Our council reporter, SANDRA STEAD, on the latest twist in the search for new leadership at Fisher’s Folly Katherine Kerswell, the interim chief executive at Croydon’s bankrupt council, is expected to apply for and to be offered … Continue reading →

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