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Council facing High Court challenge over ‘No Access Croydon’

Posted on August 5, 2025 by insidecroydon

CROYDON IN CRISIS: The Public Interest Law Centre is bringing a Judicial Review against the council claiming it is failing to meet its statutory responsibilities and is acting in a discriminatory manner EXCLUSIVE by STEVEN DOWNES Tory Mayor Jason Perry … Continue reading →

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Perry repeats lie as he calls meeting over No Access Croydon

Posted on April 1, 2025 by insidecroydon

CROYDON IN CRISIS: Delayed replies, giving short-notice of an appointment and a divide-and-rule approach betray Mayor’s struggle to justify the closure of the authority’s public area, as librarians are now providing advice to the homeless. EXCLUSIVE by STEVEN DOWNES Jason … Continue reading →

Posted in Andrew Brown, Bernard Weatherill House, Charity, Community associations, Council Tax, Crisis Skylight Centre, Croydon BME Forum, Croydon Council, Croydon Nightwatch, Housing, Katherine Kerswell, Mayor Jason Perry, South Norwood Community Kitchen, South West London Law Centres | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 9 Comments

Mayor Perry lied over access to services at other councils

Posted on March 29, 2025 by insidecroydon

CROYDON IN CRISIS: Claims made by the chief executive and executive Mayor over how other London boroughs manage their appointments systems have been found to be exaggerated and simply untrue EXCLUSIVE by STEVEN DOWNES Jason Perry has deliberately misled residents … Continue reading →

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No Access Croydon: 30 voluntary groups demand reopening

Posted on March 21, 2025 by insidecroydon

CROYDON IN CRISIS: Mayor Jason Perry and CEO Katherine Kerswell’s decision to make access to the council’s offices appointment-only may be in breach of the council’s legal responsibilities EXCLUSIVE by STEVEN DOWNES Letters have landed on the desks of Mayor … Continue reading →

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Kerswell issues warning to staff over ‘verbal abuse’ at council

Posted on March 12, 2025 by insidecroydon

CROYDON IN CRISIS: Flashpoints between security guards and council staff after just two days of the new appointments-only system at Fisher’s Folly have seen workers told ‘we will not tolerate abuse of any form’. EXCLUSIVE by STEVEN DOWNES Within two … Continue reading →

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No Access Croydon: Kerswell closes off Fisher’s Folly to public

Posted on March 7, 2025 by insidecroydon

CROYDON IN CRISIS: At short notice, the council has announced that there will be no public access to the its offices without an appointment, in the latest cut in services under Mayor Jason Perry. EXCLUSIVE by STEVEN DOWNES The council’s … Continue reading →

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Perry backs down from legal threats against homeless charity

Posted on October 15, 2024 by insidecroydon

CROYDON IN CRISIS: 87% of our readers said Croydon’s Mayor should not be threatening Nightwatch with an injunction for feeding the hungry in Queen’s Gardens. Now the council has announced there will be no legal action. By STEVEN DOWNES Croydon … Continue reading →

Posted in Business, Charity, Croydon Council, Croydon Nightwatch, Croydon parks, Housing, Jad Adams, Lynne Hale, Mayor Jason Perry, Queens Gardens | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 10 Comments

Majority of councillors sign letter of support for Nightwatch

Posted on September 30, 2024 by insidecroydon

CROYDON IN CRISIS: Open letter to Mayor Perry describes the ‘shocking way’ the council has treated one of the borough’s most-respected charities. By STEVEN DOWNES More than half of the borough’s elected councillors have signed an open letter to Mayor … Continue reading →

Posted in "Hammersfield", Business, Charity, Croydon Council, Croydon Nightwatch, Croydon parks, Housing, Jad Adams, Mayor Jason Perry, Queens Gardens, Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 9 Comments

Perry’s council threatens legal action against homeless charity

Posted on September 27, 2024 by insidecroydon

CROYDON IN CRISIS: Tory Mayor ignored call for his council to act with ‘respect and compassion’ after they issued threats of legal action against one of the borough’s leading volunteer groups. EXCLUSIVE by STEVEN DOWNES Croydon Nightwatch, the charity which … Continue reading →

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Bureaucrat decides to kick credit union out of council offices

Posted on November 3, 2023 by insidecroydon

Croydon’s credit union, a community finance organisation that provides low-cost loans to thousands of residents in and around the borough, is being kicked out of the council offices on Monday because, officials say, the local authority needs the space for … Continue reading →

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Council office entrance closed because of ‘extreme’ weather

Posted on February 1, 2019 by insidecroydon

KEN LEE, our newshound on Mint Walk, sniffs out the latest piece of nonsense from the £140m council office building, where the main entrance has been ruled out-of-bounds Further proof, not that any has been needed, that Fisher’s Folly, the … Continue reading →

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Croydon Council spends £272 on one tap in £140m new HQ

Posted on February 25, 2014 by insidecroydon

Croydon Council, which has managed to rack up debts of more than £1 billion, has paid £272.69 to fit a replacement tap in its new headquarters office building which opened just four months ago. And the cost of furnishing Fisher’s … Continue reading →

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