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Tag Archives: Bensham Manor
Alexei Sayle to headline opening event of #Justice4Marc tour
Marc Wadsworth, the anti-racism activist who was expelled from the Labour Party last month, begins a national tour to raise funds for his reinstatement campaign tomorrow night in central London, where his support act is comedian Alexei Sayle. So there … Continue reading
‘Invisible’ Selva suffers knock-out blow from Muhammad Ali
Seconds out! Round four… Political editor WALTER CRONXITE on the latest twists in Labour’s selection saga Alison Butler, the deputy leader of the Labour group on Croydon Council, survived a re-selection scare when members in Bensham Manor this week duly … Continue reading
Posted in Alison Butler, Bensham Manor, Broad Green, Humayun Kabir, Jamie Audsley, Karen Jewitt, Manju Shahul Hameed, Matthew Kyeremeh, Mike Selva, Muhammad Ali, Pat Clouder, Stuart Collins, Thornton Heath
Tagged Alison Butler, Bensham Manor, Broad Green, Croydon Council, Jamie Audsley, Labour, Muhammad Ali, Thornton Heath
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Labour deputy leader Butler is under threat of de-selection
Croydon Labour’s long-delayed local election candidate selection process is beginning to look like a cross between House of Cards and Game of Thrones, as WALTER CRONXITE reports Alison Butler, the all-powerful deputy leader of the Labour group on Croydon Council, … Continue reading
Posted in 2018 council elections, Addiscombe East, Alison Butler, Andrew Pelling, Andrew Rendle, Bensham Manor, Broad Green, Croydon Council, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Humayun Kabir, Jamie Audsley, Jane Avis, John Wentworth, Karen Jewitt, Louisa Woodley, Maggie Mansell, Manju Shahul Hameed, Mike Selva, New Addington, Norbury, Oliver Lewis, Shafi Khan, Sherwan Chowdhury, South Norwood, Stuart Collins, Thornton Heath, Tony Newman, Waddon
Tagged Alison Butler, Andrew Pelling, Bensham Manor, Broad Green, Cornelius Lionel, Jamie Audsley, Maggie Mansell, Mike Selva, Momementum, Norbury and Pollards Hill, Stuart Collins, Thornton Heath, Waddon
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Audsley pays price as Newman sacks him as cabinet deputy
A lapse in judgement means that Jamie Audsley will be about £10,000 out of pocket next year, as the Bensham Manor ward councillor has been sacked from Labour leader Tony Newman’s cabinet team. Or, as Tony Soprano once said, “There’s … Continue reading
Posted in 2018 council elections, Bensham Manor, Humayun Kabir, Jamie Audsley, Maggie Mansell, Manju Shahul Hameed, Mark Watson, Norbury, Pat Ryan, Paul Scott, Robert Canning, Stephen Mann, Stuart King, Tony Newman, Wayne Lawlor, Woodside
Tagged Bensham Manor, Croydon, Croydon Council, Jamie Audsley, Labour, Maggie Mansell, Norbury, Paul Scott, Tony Newman, Wayne Trakas-Lawlor, Woodside
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Rulebook gaffe forces Labour to lift councillor’s suspension
Confusion and suspicion surround Bensham Manor councillor Jamie Audsley’s status within the Labour group at Croydon Town Hall, after his suspension from the ruling party’s whip over a disciplinary matter was dropped within 24 hours of its being announced. Sources … Continue reading
Posted in Bensham Manor, Jamie Audsley, Oliver Lewis, Thornton Heath, Tony Newman
Tagged Bensham Manor, Jamie Audsley, Labour, Thornton Heath, Tony Newman
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Bensham Manor councillor suspended by Labour group
Jamie Audsley, a deputy cabinet member and one of the councillors for Bensham Manor ward, has had the Labour Party whip at the Town Hall withdrawn, pending an investigation and hearing into his conduct following a “serious” complaint. It means … Continue reading
Suspicions raised over the carve-up of Thornton Heath
CROYDON COMMENTARY: Submissions for the review of the borough’s electoral wards closes on Monday. ADRIAN DENNIS, pictured, a former Labour councillor and an alderman of Croydon, has been unimpressed by what he has seen so far Although there are real … Continue reading
Council wins its 20mph referendum by narrow majority
Croydon’s own referendum – over whether part of the borough’s residential streets should be turned into a 20mph zone – turned out to be a narrow victory for the party in power. The Labour-run council’s proposals for streets in parts … Continue reading
Posted in Addiscombe West, Ashburton, Bensham Manor, Croydon Council, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Environment, Fairfield, Heathfield, Norbury, Selhurst, South Norwood, Stuart King, Thornton Heath, Transport
Tagged 20mph zones, Addiscombe West, Ashburton, Bensham Manor, Croydon Council, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Labour, Norbury, Selhurst, South Norwood, STUART KING, Thornton Heath
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Election candidate calls Croydon’s modern slums a scandal
Croydon Council’s mishandling of its housing stock – with a rising number of empty council homes despite more than 2,000 families forced to live in temporary accommodation – has been described as a “scandal” by one of the candidates for … Continue reading
Stevenson leads Communists’ three-man ‘revolution’
It’s hard not to be slightly sceptical, but if the revolution is coming it’s unlikely to be through force of numbers in Croydon. The local Communists have named their candidates for May’s local council elections. With 24 wards and a … Continue reading
Posted in 2014 council elections, Broad Green, Selhurst
Tagged Ben Stevenson, Bensham Manor, Croydon, Labour, Selhurst
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Legal wrangles threaten to damage Labour campaign
Labour’s campaign to win back control of Croydon Council has encountered legal complications and a touch of scandal this week, with a challenge over selection being taken to a judge, threats of deselection of other candidates, and a party official … Continue reading
Posted in 2014 council elections, Bensham Manor, Raj Rajendran, Tony Newman, Waddon, West Thornton
Tagged Bensham Manor, Croydon, Croydon North, Labour, Raj Rajendran, Waddon, West Thornton
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Lights go out again in Addiscombe but Skanska are in no rush
Residents in and around Addiscombe have been left in the dark again this week, less than two months after filing formal complaints to Croydon Council over the service – or lack of it – from contractors Skanska when several roads … Continue reading
Posted in Addiscombe Residents Association, Addiscombe West, Bensham Manor, Croydon Council, Environment, Fairfield, Lebanon Road Residents' Association, Phil Thomas, Selhurst, Skanska, Street lighting, Woodside
Tagged Addiscombe West, Bensham Manor, Conservative, Council Tax, Croydon, Croydon Council, Fairfield, Lewisham, lighting, London Borough of Croydon, Skanska, street lights, Tory, Woodside
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Councillor Woodley misses out in Thornton Heath selection
The members of the local Labour party made their voices heard again last night, when Louisa Woodley was not re-selected in Thornton Heath ward to stand in next May’s Town Hall elections. Woodley is the latest sitting councillor to come … Continue reading
Five into three won’t go in Thornton Heath selection race
Labour party members in Thornton Heath ward will get a lesson in basic arithmetic on Monday night: five into three won’t go. Thornton Heath is the latest ward Labour party to conduct its selection process for candidates for next May’s … Continue reading
Gray day for “rising star”, as Smith loses selection battle
Paul Smith, the Labour councillor for West Thornton and member of the shadow cabinet, has not been selected to stand at next May’s Town Hall elections. He is the fourth serving Labour councillor in Croydon to miss out on selection … Continue reading
Posted in 2014 council elections, Alison Butler, Bensham Manor, Bernadette Khan, Broad Green, Gerry Ryan, Humayun Kabir, Karen Jewitt, New Addington, Paul Smith, Selhurst, South Norwood, Thornton Heath, West Thornton, Woodside
Tagged Bensham Manor, Broad Green, Croydon, Emily Benn, Labour, New Addington, South Norwood, Thornton Heath
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Croydon Central open primary: Alison Butler
As the deputy leader of the Labour group at Croydon Town Hall, Alison Butler is probably the most powerful woman in the borough’s politics (the Tories in control of the council have three men in the most senior positions in … Continue reading
Posted in Alison Butler, Bensham Manor, Croydon Central, Paul Scott, Tony Newman, Woodside
Tagged Bensham Manor, Croydon, Croydon Central, Croydon North, Labour, London, Malcolm Wicks, Member of parliament
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Councillor Smith to contest Labour’s West Thornton short-list
Carnage at a Croydon Labour meeting in West Thornton ward this week, when no fewer than three sitting councillors who had put themselves forward for selection failed even to be short-listed by local party members. The three councillors who did … Continue reading
Posted in Bernadette Khan, Gerry Ryan, Humayun Kabir, Karen Jewitt, Paul Smith, Selhurst, West Thornton, Woodside
Tagged Bensham Manor, Croydon, Croydon Central, Emily Benn, Labour, New Addington, Thornton, Thornton Heath
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Butler quick to declare candidacy for Labour nomination
Alison Butler, the deputy leader of the Labour group on Croydon Council, has given up her job at Westminster as she launches her campaign for selection as her party’s parliamentary election candidate to stand against Gavin Barwell in Croydon Central … Continue reading
Croydon, Christmas 2012: poverty must be Reed’s priority
CROYDON COMMENTARY: For too many impoverished families, it promises to be a cruel Christmas this year. SEAN CREIGHTON highlights the social challenges that face the borough’s newest MP The statistic that 1 in 4 Croydon children are in the poverty … Continue reading
Posted in Broad Green, Business, Charity, Croydon 8/8, Croydon North, Fieldway, Health, Housing, London-wide issues, New Addington, Norbury, South Norwood, Steve Reed MP, Thornton Heath, Waddon, Wandsworth Council, West Thornton, Whitgift Centre
Tagged Bensham Manor, Croydon, Croydon North, London, London Borough of Croydon, New Addington, Steve Reed, Thornton Heath
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Election questions: Shasha Khan, Green
The Croydon North by-election is on November 29, and Inside Croydon has put to candidates a set of questions. We will be putting the responses on the record, published without the artifice, interruptions and grandstanding of the usual hustings. We … Continue reading
