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Tag Archives: Bromley Council
Croydon’s rewards for failure laid bare in Town Hall Rich List
Katherine Kerswell, Croydon’s chief executive who issued three Section 114 notices of effective bankruptcy during her time in charge at the council, was taking home salary and pensions totalling £223,838 in the year before she left Fisher’s Folly. Yet Kerswell … Continue reading
Posted in Annette McPartland, Bromley Council, Commissioners, Council Tax, Croydon Council, Dean Shoesmith, Elaine Jackson, Helen Bailey, Jenny Rowlands, Katherine Kerswell, Lambeth Council, Outside Croydon, Richard Simpson, Southwark Council, Susmita Sen, Sutton Council
Tagged Ade Adetosoye, Althea Loderick, Annette McPartland, Bromley Council, Commissioners, Conrad Hall, Conservative, Corporate Director of Resources, Croydon, Croydon Council, Elaine Jackson, Ged Curran, Helen Bailey, Jane West, Jenny Rowlands, Katherine Kerswell, Labour, Lambeth council, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, Richard Simpson, Section 151 officer, Southwark Council, Susmita Sen, Sutton Council, Tax Payers Alliance, Town Hall Rich List, TPA
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Crystal Palace’s Jurassic perk offers kids holiday adventures
Crystal Palace Park’s dinosaur playground has roared into action. The playground is now open to all park visitors. “It’s already buzzing with energy and adventure,” says the Crystal Palace Park Trust. Designed to be welcoming and inclusive, the playground features … Continue reading
New Addington residents’ worries over farm pit of ‘toxic sludge’
‘If an adult was to slip, trip or fall into it… they would not be able to escape. A child would have absolutely no chance of surviving’ Serious concerns are being raised by residents about the dangers around a large … Continue reading
New pay deal is just the ticket for Bromley traffic wardens
Officials at the GMB trades union have called a pay deal for Bromley’s traffic wardens “significant”, as the workers for a private contractor have been placed on London Living Wage contracts and called an end to industrial action that has … Continue reading
Posted in Bromley Council, Outside Croydon, Parking
Tagged APCOA, Bromley, Bromley Council, Conservative, GMB, GMB Union, Traffic wardens
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Drivers in Bromley and Sutton put on red alert over potholes
Road users in Bromley and Sutton need to exercise extra care to avoid troublesome pot holes. That’s according to a register of poorly-maintained roads issued over the weekend by the Department for Transport, which has both south London boroughs given … Continue reading
Posted in Bromley Council, Cycling, Kingston, Merton, Sutton Council, TfL, Transport
Tagged Bromley, Bromley Council, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Department for Transport, DfT, Edmund King, Heidi Alexander, Labour, Liberal Democrats, Mayor Jason Perry, Merton, Merton Council, Potholes, Sutton, Sutton Council, TfL, The AA, Tory, Transport for London
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Bromley traffic wardens set to strike for four days in New Year
Council’s outsourced enforcement officials are paid less than the London Living Wage by their German-based employers. ‘Bromley Council cannot keep hiding behind outsourcing arrangements’ says GMB union Traffic wardens in Bromley have agreed to take further strikes in the New … Continue reading
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Tagged APCOA, Bromley, Bromley Council, GMB, London Living Wage, Traffic wardens
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Bromley traffic wardens in 48-hour strike over ‘poverty pay’
Bromley’s traffic wardens are out on strike today and tomorrow, and will be marching on Bromley’s civic centre tomorrow in protest at a derisory offer from their employers to improve what they call their “poverty pay”. The traffic wardens are … Continue reading
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Tagged APCOA, Bromley, Bromley Council, GMB, GMB Union, Traffic wardens
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Tories ignore bully allegations over ‘wicked’ Bromley councillor
A former aide to a Conservative MP has filed a complaint to his own party over serious allegations of a three-year bullying campaign conducted against him by a Westminster colleague who is compared to a psychopath and described as “a … Continue reading
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Tagged 2024 General Election, Abena Oppong-Asare MP, Beckenham and Penge, Bromley, Bromley and Biggin Hill, Bromley Council, Conservative, Ellie Reeves MP, General Election, General Election 2024, Jackie Doyle-Price, Kemi Badenoch, Peter Fortune, Shaun Slator, Sir Bob Neill, The Nasty Party, Tory
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Bromley’s traffic wardens on work-to-rule before Christmas
Bromley’s traffic wardens are taking industrial action from Monday week, November 10, after rejecting what they call a “poverty pay” offer of a 50p per hour increase which would still leave them earning below the London Living Wage. Bromley Council’s … Continue reading
Posted in Bromley Council, Outside Croydon, Parking
Tagged APCOA, Bromley, Bromley Council, GMB, GMB Union, Traffic wardens
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Bromley’s traffic wardens reject 50p pay offer with 97% vote
Bromley’s traffic wardens are preparing for strike action after their employers made an offer to increase their wages by just 50p per hour. Traffic wardens in Bromley are paid £12.21 an hour. APOCA’s offer would have seen their pay increase … Continue reading
Posted in Bromley Council, Outside Croydon, Parking
Tagged APCOA, Bromley, Bromley Council, Traffic wardens
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Surrey, Lambeth and Bromley beat Croydon as rotten boroughs
Based on official Ombudsman figures, our council remains among the most complained about in England. But might there be a glimmer of improvement in the figures, or has our borough just been overtaken for rotteness by others? EXCLUSIVE by STEVEN … Continue reading
Posted in Adult Social Care, Children's Services, Council Tax, Croydon Council, Katherine Kerswell, Mayor Jason Perry, Planning
Tagged Amerdeep Somal, Bromley Council, Conservative, Council Tax, Croydon, Croydon Council, Katherine Kerswell, Lambeth council, LGO, Local Government Ombudsman, London, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, Surrey County Council, Tory
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Crystal Palace film festival under threat over council licences
The founder of one of the country’s most popular film festivals has branded Lambeth and Bromley councils “pathetic” and “short-sighted” over the threat to lumber his organisation with thousands of pounds of additional costs which could force the event to … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Bromley Council, Cinema, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Crystal Palace International Film Festival, Everyman Crystal Palace, Lambeth Council, Stanley Halls
Tagged Bromley Council, cinema, CPIFF, Crystal Palace International Film Festival, Everyman Crystal Palace, Johnny Vegas, Kerry Godliman, Lambeth council, Mark Steel, Neill Roy, Paul Weller, South Norwood, Stanley Halls, West Norwood Picturehouse
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Council boss denies demanding £200,000 in Palace parade row
EXCLUSIVE: Croydon’s chief exec has issued a plea to the borough’s councillors seeking their help to media manage adverse publicity over Crystal Palace’s truncated FA Cup victory parade. By STEVEN DOWNES Katherine Kerswell, Croydon Council’s chief executive, yesterday issued an … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon Council, Crystal Palace FC, Eberechi Eze, Football, Katherine Kerswell, Mayor Jason Perry, Oliver Glasner, Steve Parish
Tagged 2025 FA Cup final, Bromley Council, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon Town Hall, Crystal Palace FC, Cup-winners' victory parade, Eberechi Eze, FA Cup, Katherine Kerswell, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, Oliver Glasner, Open-top bus parade, Selhurst, Steve Parish, Tory
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It’s a big win for Crystal Palace – as Subway takes top honours
It’s Cup final day, and Crystal Palace has already won a trophy. The historic Crystal Palace Subway has jointly won the prestigious Museums + Heritage Award for restoration or conservation project of the year. The careful and sympathetic restoration of … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Community associations, Croydon parks, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Crystal Palace Park, Crystal Palace Park Trust, Friends of Crystal Palace Park, History, Victoria Pinnington
Tagged Bromley Council, Crystal Palace, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Crystal Palace Park, Crystal Palace Park Trust, Crystal Palace Subway, Friends of Crystal Palace Subway, Museums + Heritage Award
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Crystal Palace Park’s £52m restoration project to get underway
Multi-million-pound major works to restore and improve Crystal Palace Park will be starting on May 19. They are expected to last until August 2026. The works are part of an ambitious, £52million park-wide regeneration plan being co-delivered Crystal Palace Park … Continue reading
Crystal Palace Subway shortlisted for restoration project award
The Crystal Palace Subway has been shortlisted for “Restoration or Conservation Project of the Year” at the National Museums and Heritage Awards. Of course, the Subway is in fact a restoration project 15 years in the making, finally opening to … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Bromley Council, Community associations, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Crystal Palace Park, Crystal Palace Park Trust, History
Tagged Bromley Council, Crystal Palace, Crystal Palace Park, Crystal Palace Park Trust, Crystal Palace Subway, Friends of Crystal Palace Subway
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Rape-shamer Slator gets elected to Tories’ top job in Bromley
They are a forgiving lot in the Conservative Party under Kemi BadEnoch. The Tories have not only taken a “scumbag rape apologist” back into the party fold, they’ve even restored him to a senior position in the Bromley and Biggin … Continue reading
Victorian-era dinosaurs win £5m from Heritage Lottery Fund
Crystal Palace Park’s regeneration plan has been handed a £5million grant from The National Lottery Heritage Fund to ensure that the historic dinosaurs and other Victorian features in the park don’t become… well, history. Planning approval for £17.75million of regeneration … Continue reading
Posted in Charity, Croydon parks, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Crystal Palace Park, Crystal Palace Park Trust, Education, Environment, Friends of Crystal Palace Park, History, Victoria Pinnington
Tagged Bromley Council, Crystal Palace, Crystal Palace Park, Crystal Palace Park Trust, Friends of Crystal Palace Dinosaurs, National Lottery, National Lottery Heritage Fund, Victoria Pinnington
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IT’S OFFICIAL: Croydon still among country’s worst councils
CROYDON IN CRISIS: Four years since Katherine Kerswell was installed as Croydon’s chief executive, and figures from the Local Government Ombudsman confirm that our council is among the most complained about in England. And soon, our council might be forced … Continue reading
Posted in Adult Social Care, Children's Services, Council Tax, Croydon Council, Katherine Kerswell, Mayor Jason Perry, Planning
Tagged Amerdeep Somal, Bromley Council, Conservative, Council Tax, Croydon, Croydon Council, Jo Negrini, Katherine Kerswell, Lambeth council, LGO, Local Government Ombudsman, London, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, Surrey County Council, Tory
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Bromley green lights John Lewis’s 24-storey housing scheme
Bromley’s Conservative-controlled council has granted planning permission to John Lewis for the “Waitrose Tower” which, at 24 storeys, is much taller than any development given the green light in any Croydon district centre. The £500million project will take until 2029 … Continue reading
The Nasty Party gives rape-shaming Slator a job in Bromley
Our Beckenham correspondent, PETTA WOOD, reports Just in case there were any lingering doubts, the Conservative Party in Bromley at election time has doubled down on its reputation as The Nasty Party by giving an important position to a councillor … Continue reading
‘Rape shaming’ councillor Slator welcomed back by Tories
The Nasty Party is alive and well, and delivering election leaflets on a street near you. Inside Croydon reported last year the case of the misogynist Bromley councillor, Shaun Slator, who was suspended from the Conservative Party for his “despicable” … Continue reading
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Tagged Bromley Council, Conservative, Jackie Doyle-Price, Mark Coxshall, Nasty Party, Shaun Slator, Thurrock, Tory
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2024 General Election: Bromley’s candidates list for July 4
Nominations of candidates to stand in the General Election on July 4 closed at 4pm last Friday. Bromley has four parliamentary constituencies: Beckenham and Penge; Bromley and Biggin Hill; and Orpington, with Eltham and Chislehurst (which contains the Bromley wards … Continue reading
Posted in 2024 General Election, Bromley Council, Outside Croydon
Tagged 2024 General Election, Beckenham and Penge, Bromley, Bromley and Biggin Hill, Bromley Council, Conservative, Eltham and Chislehurst, General Election, General Election 2024, Green Party, Labour, Lambeth council, Liberal Democrats, Orpington, Tory
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Tory election candidate warned by police over dodgy leaflet
A Conservative Party candidate in the General Election has been told by the Metropolitan Police to stop distributing a campaign leaflet that has been designed to appear as if it has the endorsement of the force’s local commander. Hannah Gray, … Continue reading
Posted in 2024 General Election, Bromley Council, Crime, London-wide issues, Policing
Tagged 2024 General Election, Beckenham, Beckenham and Penge, Bromley, Bromley Council, General Election, General Election 2024, Hannah Gray, Metropolitan Police, Penge, Scotland Yard, Superintendent Luke Baldock
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‘Appalling’ GLL is facing strike by library workers in Bromley
Library workers in Bromley are to take strike action over “low pay and shoddy working practices”, according to their union, Unite. Bromley operates 14 public libraries (more than in bigger borough Croydon), plus a volunteer-run mobile library service, all managed … Continue reading
