Tag Archives: Big Society

Budget consultation condemned as just “meaningless jargon”

Posted on January 16, 2013 by insidecroydon

Croydon Council’s “budget consultation” closed last night. Those residents who managed to find this under-publicised online exercise condemned it broadly for its use of impenetrable language and its many meaningless questions. Some complained to Eric Pickles, the local government minister. … Continue reading →

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Time to cast off Croydon’s Concrete Jungle image

Posted on July 12, 2012 by insidecroydon

Prominent Purley-based architect TARSEM FLORA has seen many visions for the borough left to gather dust. But he believes that Croydon can shed its reputation for brutalist architecture I am convinced that the public perception of Croydon as a concrete … Continue reading →

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Concrete Croydon gets a pop-up youth club: for one night only

Posted on June 26, 2012 by insidecroydon

For one summer’s evening only, Croydon is going to be able to enjoy having a youth service. Don’t blink or you’ll miss it. “The Croydon Club” will have an official opening. And then it will close just four hours later. … Continue reading →

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Rats! Barwell’s team risks their health on litter picking duty

Posted on January 27, 2012 by insidecroydon

With one of the important roles of Croydon Central’s MP being to act as an unpaid refuse collector, we hope that Gavin Barwell‘s litter picking team, who tomorrow tackle College Green, are insured and protected against contracting Leptospirosis, or Weil’s … Continue reading →

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Council U-turn on insurance for Neighbourhood meetings

Posted on May 11, 2011 by insidecroydon

The Croydon Congress, a swanky talking shop and slap-up lunch for a small band of hand-picked guests with celebrity speaker Tony Travers from the London School of Economics (Libya’s Colonel Gadaffi‘s favourite London uni), was staged yesterday as a platform … Continue reading →

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Why is our council strangling Neighbourhood Partnerships?

Posted on May 6, 2011 by insidecroydon

Accountability? Openness? Transparency? Trust? It is little wonder that an increasing number of people in Croydon distrust the motives of the ruling group on the council, and are suspicious of the lip-service that they pay to consultation and local accountability.

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