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Tag Archives: Cllr Paul Ainscough
Greens call for audit investigation into possible fraud at council
CROYDON IN CRISIS: Mayor Perry spent £53.4m on temporary staff at the council in 2024-2025. Yet the council sacked a whistleblower who raised serious concerns about staffing agency Adecco’s possible overcharging for workers in the children’s services department. With an … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Services, Croydon Council, Croydon Greens, Fairfield, Mayor Jason Perry, Paul Ainscough, SEND
Tagged Adecco, Cllr Paul Ainscough, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Daniel Cox, Employment Tribunal, Fairfield, Grant Thornton, His Honour Judge James Tayler, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, Tory
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Foam factory job cuts will have ‘significant’ impact on Croydon
With 100 skilled manufacturing jobs under threat, while failed Mayor Jason Perry refuses to act, other councillors have stepped in to persuade the Nike supplier Zotefoams to reconsider its plan to move operations to Vietnam Croydon’s Green Party councillors have … Continue reading
Posted in Broad Green, Business, Croydon Greens, Paul Ainscough, Ria Patel, Zotefoams
Tagged Broad Green, Cllr Paul Ainscough, Cllr Ria Patel, Croydon, Croydon Council, Eliud Kipchoge, GMB, GMB Union, Green Party, Jakob Ingebrigtsen, Keely Hodgkinson, London Borough of Croydon, Mitcham Road, Vietnam, Zotefoams
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Perry’s plan: More borrowing. More debt. And £58m more cuts
CROYDON IN CRISIS: Reports sneaked out ahead of next Wednesday’s council cabinet meeting talk of ‘difficult decisions’, after residents have already suffered six years of the consequences of ‘difficult decisions’. By STEVEN DOWNES Less than six months since he pushed … Continue reading
Posted in 'Future Croydon', Adult Social Care, Children's Services, Claire Bonham, Commissioners, Conrad Hall, Council Tax, Croydon Council, Elaine Jackson, Jo Negrini, Katherine Kerswell, Mayor Jason Perry, Paul Ainscough, SEND, Stabilisation Plan, Stuart King
Tagged Cllr Claire Bonham, Cllr Paul Ainscough, Cllr Stuart King, Conrad Hall, Conservative, Council debt, Croydon, Croydon Council, EFS, Exceptional financial support, HM Treasury, Jo Negrini, Katherine Kerswell, Labour, Liberal Democrats, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, MHCLG, Ministry of Housing Communities and Local Government, Section 114 Notice, The Green Party, Tory
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How Labour-Tory marriage of convenience is failing Croydon
CROYDON COMMENTARY: With the Green Party deliberately excluded from the planning committee by a Labour-Tory pact at the Town Hall, new councillor PAUL AINSCOUGH, pictured left, says that the borough’s two largest parties are still not listening to the public … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon Council, Croydon Greens, Fairfield, Paul Ainscough, Planning
Tagged Cllr Paul Ainscough, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Fairfield, Green Party, Labour, Planning Committee, Tory
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Labour’s secret deal with Tories to block Greens on planning
EXCLUSIVE: Once the election results were in last month, Croydon’s Labour leader agreed what’s been called ‘a shabby, short-sighted stitch-up’ to keep Green councillors away from important planning decisions – while also boosting allowances paid to their party. By STEVEN … Continue reading
Posted in 2026 council elections, Croydon Council, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Jason Cummings, Mark Adderley, Mayor Jason Perry, Paul Ainscough, Planning, Rowenna Davis, Steve Reed MP, Streatham and Croydon North, Stuart King
Tagged Cllr Jason Cummings, Cllr Paul Ainscough, Cllr Rowenna Davis, Cllr Stuart King, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Green Party, Labour, Liberal Democrats, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, Reform Ltd, Reform UK, Tory
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