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Council fails to spend £4m grant on climate change in 9 years
CROYDON IN CRISIS: ‘The council declared a climate emergency in 2019, but where’s the emergency response? This is a fight for survival, not a PR exercise.’ That’s according to one resident who wants to ask some pointed questions at next … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Caroline Russell, Climate Crisis Commission, Community associations, Croydon Community Energy, Croydon Council, Croydon Greens, Environment, Fairfield, London Assembly, London-wide issues, Mayor Jason Perry, Mayor of London, Paul Ainscough, Zack Polanski, Zoe Garbett
Tagged AMOC, Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation, Caroline Russell, City Hall, Connie Duxbury, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Community Energy, Croydon Council, Green Party, London, London Assembly, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor, Mayor Jason Perry, Mayor of London, Paul Ainscough, Tory, Zack Polanski, Zoë Garbett
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ULEZ has seen reduction in some pollutants of up to 20%
The expansion of ULEZ to Croydon and the rest of outer London has had a “positive impact” on air quality and reduced harmful emissions, according to a report from City Hall. Some emissions levels in outer London are reckoned to … Continue reading
Posted in Caroline Russell, Environment, Health, London-wide issues, Mayor Jason Perry, Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, TfL, Transport, ULEZ, ULEZ expansion
Tagged Chris Philp MP, City Hall, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon say no to ULEZ expansion, Croydon South, Labour, London, London Mayor, Mayor Jason Perry, Mayor Sadiq Khan, Tory, ULEZ, ULEZ expansion
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100 days to go: the Count Binface campaign begins in earnest
Today marks 100 days until the London elections on May 2, when Londoners are supposed to go to the polls to elect the Mayor of London and 25 London Assembly Members. So expect a lot more gurning selfies from wannabe … Continue reading
Posted in 2024 London elections, London Assembly, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Neil Garratt, Sadiq Khan, Susan Hall
Tagged City Hall, Conservative, Count Binface, Croydon, Croydon and Sutton, Croydon and Sutton (London Assembly constituency), Green Party, Labour, Liberal Democrats, London, Mayor of London, Mayor Sadiq Khan, Neil Garratt, Sadiq Khan, Susan Hall, Sutton, Tory
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Khan’s ‘life-changing’ free school meals extended for extra year
The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has today confirmed that all primary school children in state-funded schools in the capital will continue to get free school meals for the next academic year, providing £140million extra funding as the cost-of-living crisis … Continue reading
ULEZ is here to stay and the health benefits are on the way
Opposition to the Ultra Low Emission Zone, which has been expanded to much of outer London today, has simply demonstrated where third-rate Conservative politicians’ priorities lie – and that’s not with the public nor the planet. By our environment correspondent, … Continue reading
Posted in 2024 London elections, Bexley, Boris Johnson, Bromley Council, Business, Coulsdon, Environment, Health, Kenley, London-wide issues, Mayor Jason Perry, Mayor of London, Purley, Sadiq Khan, Steve Reed MP, Surrey, Susan Hall, Sutton Council, TfL, Transport, ULEZ, ULEZ expansion
Tagged Boris Johnson, City Hall, Conservative, Coulsdon, Croydon, Kenley, Labour, London, London Assembly, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor, Mayor Jason Perry, Mayor Sadiq Khan, Purley, Steve Reed OBE, Susan Hall, Tory, ULEZ, Ultra Low Emission Zone
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GLA has few checks on how £1.3m Culture grant is being spent
CROYDON IN CRISIS: The cash-strapped council received £1.35m from City Hall towards the staging of the Borough of Culture, but it is subject to next-to-no external scrutiny over how that public money is being used. EXCLUSIVE by STEVEN DOWNES The … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Borough of Culture 2023, Business, Community associations, Croydon BID, Croydon Council, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Whitgift Centre
Tagged Borough of Culture, City Hall, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon BID, Croydon Council, GLA, Greater London Authority, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, Tory
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Scientists put London on ‘high’ alert for dangerous air pollution
London has been placed on “high” alert for air pollution today – the 14th time the capital’s toxic air has reached dangerous levels in just five years. Those with lung or heart problems should reduce strenuous physical exertion, particularly outdoors. … Continue reading
Posted in London-wide issues, Mayor of London, TfL, Transport, ULEZ, ULEZ expansion
Tagged Air pollution, City Hall, Imperial College, Mayor of London
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Mayor Khan calls for ‘better, safer, fairer housing’ in London
Croydon Council could face financial penalties if it fails to keep its social housing up to higher standards, Sadiq Khan, the Mayor of London, has warned. City Hall holds the purse strings for billions of pounds of housing development funding, … Continue reading
Posted in Brick by Brick, Community associations, Croydon Council, Housing, Katherine Kerswell, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Regina Road Residents' Support Group, Sadiq Khan, South Norwood, Tom Copley
Tagged Brick by Brick, City Hall, Croydon, Croydon Council, GLA, Greater London Authority, Housing, London, London Assembly, Mayor, Mayor Sadiq Khan, Sadiq Khan
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Mayor’s relocation plans place City Hall on ‘at risk’ register
The 20th Century Society expresses fears for landmark building and for under-threat social housing at Cressingham Gardens On the eve of the sixth election for the Mayor of London, City Hall, the building which has been the home of the … Continue reading
Mayor finds £5m to save West Croydon and 50 ticket offices
In a rare instance where a public authority has conducted a consultation and actually listened to the responses, Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has junked plans to close ticket offices 51 London Overground stations, after protests from passengers and lobbying … Continue reading
Posted in Commuting, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, TfL, Transport, West Croydon
Tagged City Hall, London, London Assembly, Mayor, Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, TfL, Transport for London, West Croydon
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Mayor of London wants to give you two trees to plant
The Mayor of London wants to give you a tree, or two… Working together with the Woodland Trust, The Queen’s Commonwealth Canopy and Sainsbury’s, City Hall is giving away 24,000 trees to Londoners. The recipients are to be chosen by … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon parks, Environment, Gardening, Mayor of London, Wildlife
Tagged City Hall, London, Mayor, Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan
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Mayor’s ‘affordable’ rents in Westfield will be £1,157 per month
BARRATT HOLMES, our housing correspondent, reports on the likely rents for the ‘affordable’ flats in the towers to be built over the top of a shopping mall car park It is a rarely mentioned – by everyone except Sadiq Khan … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", Alison Butler, Brick by Brick, Business, Croydon Council, Housing, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Planning, Sadiq Khan, Tony Newman, Whitgift Centre
Tagged Alison Butler, City Hall, Croydon Council, Hammersfield, Hammerson, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor, Mayor of London, Tony Newman, Westfield, Whitgift Centre, Whitgift Foundation
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Angry Coulsdon residents want to break away from Croydon
Signal of quite how disliked and badly run our council has become, one whole district of the borough is looking at reversing 50 years of local government history and declaring a south London version of UDI. Residents in Coulsdon are … Continue reading
Posted in 2014 council elections, Community associations, Coulsdon, Coulsdon East, Coulsdon Town, Coulsdon West Residents' Association, David Osland, East Coulsdon Residents' Association, Ian Parker, Jeet Bains, Old Coulsdon Residents' Association
Tagged Boris Johnson, City Hall, Conservative, Coulsdon, Coulsdon East, Coulsdon West, Croydon, London
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Charity leader says Croydon should ignore EVF protest
Steve Chalke, the Croydon-born founder of Oasis, the social action charity, has urged people to ignore the English Volunteer Force demonstration due to take place outside the Home Office immigration HQ in Wellesley Road next week. Chalke’s opinion runs counter … Continue reading
Boris’s latest lies on police and crime figures laid bare
It is a week now since London Mayor Boris Johnson published his police review which confirmed that Croydon, the capital’s most populated borough, is to have all but one of its police stations closed, and this barely 18 months since … Continue reading
Boris in record-breaking form when it comes to broken pledges
Suitably in an Olympic year, Boris Johnson has set a world record for breaking an election pledge. Boris has shown more speed than Usain Bolt. On the very first morning of his first working day back in office at City … Continue reading
Posted in Boris Johnson, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Steve O'Connell
Tagged Boris, Boris Johnson, City Hall, Ken Livingstone, London, Mayor, Tory, Usain Bolt
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Victory for pedestrians as Waddon crossing is saved
Inside Croydon can claim another campaigning victory, with the decision announced this week by Transport for London to retain the pedestrian crossing on the busy Purley Way by Waddon Park Avenue and Alton Road. Proposals to remove the crossing by … Continue reading
