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In a drought, Addiscombe suffers flood thanks to Thames Water
PHOTOSTORY: pictures by iC reader THOMAS AELBRECHT. Words by our failing utilities correspondent, JR HARTLEY The road had already been dug up. August, after all, is when so many roads get dug up. It’s supposed to help reduce disruption. But … Continue reading
Council agrees to take closer look at Grange Road speedsters
Transport correspondent JEREMY CLACKSON on a small victory for residents of Upper Norwood after more than a decade of lobbying their council Steve Reed is claiming his first success in his newly restored role as a backbench MP. The Labour … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon Council, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Mayor Jason Perry, Policing, Steve Reed MP, Streatham and Croydon North
Tagged Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon East, Crystal Palace, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Grange Road, Labour, Labour Together, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, Spa Hill, Steve Reed OBE, Streatham and Croydon North, Tory
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New £5,000 fines for fly-tipping – but will Perry catch offenders?
Where there’s muck, there’s brass, as the old saying goes, and someone in government may have stumbled across a sure-fire way of Croydon Council paying off some of its debts. Whitehall has approved hiking fines for fly-tipping to a new … Continue reading
Posted in Community associations, Croydon Council, Fly tipping, London-wide issues, Mayor Jason Perry, Refuse collection, Veolia
Tagged Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, DEFRA, Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs, fly-tip, Fly-tipping, Litter Free Norbury, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, Tory
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Perry drives a black cab through council’s consultation rules
The Croydon Mayor’s latest Trumpian edict, to ingratiate himself with London taxi drivers, is not quite what it seems, as our Town Hall correspondent, KEN LEE, reports Jason Perry, Croydon’s failed Mayor, is now pandering to black cab drivers, allowing … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Croydon Council, London-wide issues, Mayor Jason Perry, Mayor of London, Schools
Tagged Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, East Croydon station, Healthy School Streets, Highways Dept, Licensed Taxi Drivers' Association, London, London Borough of Croydon, LTDA, LTNs, Mayor, Mayor Jason Perry, Mayor of London, PCNs, Penalty Charge Notices, school streets, TfL, Tory, Transport for London
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Complaints against Perry’s council soar by 51% in two years
Croydon, under its Tory Mayor, is getting worse, not better, judging by the number of complaints upheld by the Local Government Ombudsman in the last year. EXCLUSIVE by STEVEN DOWNES Croydon continues to be among the country’s most rotten boroughs, … Continue reading
Posted in Adult Social Care, Bromley Council, Children's Services, Croydon Council, Housing, Katherine Kerswell, Lambeth Council, London-wide issues, Mayor Jason Perry, Planning, SEND, Surrey, Sutton Council
Tagged Bromley, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Katherine Kerswell, Lambeth, League tables, Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman, Local Government Ombudsman, London, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, Rotten Boroughs, Rotten boroughs league tables 2025-2026, Sutton, Tory
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Public outcry helps save Triangle trees from death by tarmac
Our environment correspondent PAUL LUSHION reports on the latest piece of sheer stupidity from Jason Perry’s council, carried out in the middle of a drought during the climate crisis, and while damaging a cherished conservation area As the latest example … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon Council, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Environment, Mark Adderley, Natalie Vesty, Tom Bowell
Tagged Cllr Alasdair Stewart, Cllr Mark Adderley, Cllr Natalie Vestey, Cllr Tom Bowell, Conservative, Conway, Croydon, Croydon Council, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Crystal Palace Triangle, Geen Party, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, Tarmaced trees
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£1,500 per day for bankrupt council’s third CEO in 10 months
EXCLUSIVE by STEVEN DOWNES The propaganda department at cash-strapped Croydon Council waited until just before 6pm to sneak out the announcement of its latest interim chief exec. What they failed to mention is that Mike Jackson, who is to be … Continue reading
Posted in Commissioners, Council Tax, Croydon Council, Elaine Jackson, Katherine Kerswell, Mike Jackson, Section 114 notice
Tagged Chief executive officer, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Elaine Jackson, Interiim chief executive, Katherine Kerswell, London Borough of Croydon, Mike Jackson, Tory
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Cabinet post puts Fahnbulleh’s climate credentials on the line
PETER UNDERWOOD on a less-heralded Croydon connection to the new Prime Minister’s Cabinet There is a lot of talk in the press about “Manchesterism”, new Prime Minister Andy Burnham bringing the ideas he developed while Mayor of Manchester to his … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Crisis Commission, Croydon Council, Environment, Peter Underwood
Tagged Andy Burnham, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Climate Crisis Commission, Croydon Council, IPPR, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Manchesterism, Mayor Jason Perry, Miatta Fahnbulleh, NEF, New Economics Foundation, Peter Underwood, Prime Minister Andy Burnham, Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, Tory
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Police dispersal notice in clampdown on crime-ridden… Purley
Tory councillor ‘delighted’ by Met’s work, where just four arrests were made following nearly 30 stop and searches conducted over the weekend, as special powers have been introduced to allow exclusion on suspicion that someone might be ‘likely’ to commit … Continue reading
Philp all at sea as he claims French shot at him in the Channel
The French navy appears to have come up with a novel way of dealing with small boats in the English Channel: shoot at them. Or, at least, get a matelot to fire a gun somewhere in the general vicinity of … Continue reading
Posted in Chris Philp MP, Croydon South
Tagged BBC, Chris Philp MP, Conservative, Croydon South, English Channel, French Navy, Gun shots, immigration, small boats, Tory
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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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Perry’s cycle lane sabotage looks to cost Croydon another £7m
CROYDON IN CRISIS: Transport correspondent, JEREMY CLACKSON, on how the council kept secret another devastating ruling over the Tory Mayor’s bungling over the borough’s roads Not content with making Croydon’s streets less healthy and more dangerous, Croydon’s failed Mayor Jason … Continue reading
Posted in Commuting, Croydon Council, Cycling, Environment, London-wide issues, Mayor Jason Perry, Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, Stuart King, TfL, Transport
Tagged Brighton Road, Brighton Road Cycle Corridor, Cllr Stuart King, Cllr Tom Bowell, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Cycle lanes, Labour, LIP funding, Local Implementation Plan, London, London Borough of Croydon, London Road, Mayor, Mayor Jason Perry, TfL, Tory, Transport for London
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Perry’s latest bright idea: a begging letter to new PM Burnham
CROYDON IN CRISIS: After four years of record Council Tax rises and record borrowing from central government, the borough’s bungling Mayor appears to think that the new occupier of No10 Downing Street might solve his problems. By our Town Hall … Continue reading
Perry challenge to Khan: ‘Croydon’s Green Belt is sacrosanct’
Jason Perry, Croydon’s failed Mayor, has put himself on a collision course with Lord Sadiq Khan and City Hall over proposals in the draft London Plan to build hundreds of homes on the borough’s Green Belt. “Whilst I am Mayor, … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", Addington Hills, Addiscombe West, Andrew Pelling, Business, Croydon Council, Croydon parks, East Croydon, Environment, Housing, Lloyd Park, London Councils, London-wide issues, Mayor Jason Perry, Mayor of London, New Addington North, New Addington South, Park Hill and Whitgift, Park Hill Recreation Ground, Planning, Sadiq Khan, Selsdon and Addington Village, South Croydon, Tramlink, Transport
Tagged Addington Hills, Addiscombe, Andrew Pelling, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, East Croydon, East Croydon tram stop, Green Belt, Housing, Labour, London, London Assembly, London Borough of Croydon, London Mayor, Lord Sadiq Khan, Mayor Jason Perry, Mayor Sadiq Khan, New Addington, South Croydon, The Local Plan, The London Plan, Tory
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Council spent thousands to pay-off its own staff driving fines
Cash-strapped Croydon Council, under failed Mayor Jason Perry, has been spending thousands of pounds of tax-payers’ money to pay off staff and contractors’ parking fines – while at the same time boasting about a “zero tolerance” crackdown on illegal parking. … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, Croydon Council, Lewisham, Mayor Jason Perry, Parking, Wandsworth Council
Tagged Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Hackney, Labour, Lewisham, London, London Borough of Croydon, LTN, LTN fine refunds, LTN refunds, Mayor Jason Perry, parking fines, Tory, Wandsworth
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London’s ‘Lord Mayor’ puts Croydon Green Belt in his plan
Any green space within one mile of a tram stop or railway station might be available for housing development according to Mayor Khan’s draft London Plan. ANDREW PELLING takes a look at the new proposals London Mayor Sadiq Khan wants … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", Addington Hills, Addiscombe West, Andrew Pelling, Business, Croydon Council, Croydon parks, East Croydon, Environment, Housing, Lloyd Park, London Councils, London-wide issues, Mayor Jason Perry, Mayor of London, New Addington North, New Addington South, Park Hill and Whitgift, Park Hill Recreation Ground, Planning, Sadiq Khan, Selsdon and Addington Village, South Croydon, Tramlink, Transport
Tagged Addington Hills, Addiscombe, Andrew Pelling, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, East Croydon, East Croydon tram stop, Green Belt, Housing, Labour, London, London Assembly, London Borough of Croydon, London Mayor, Lord Sadiq Khan, Mayor Jason Perry, Mayor Sadiq Khan, New Addington, South Croydon, The Local Plan, The London Plan, Tory
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Perry’s council to face Judicial Review over Access Croydon
CROYDON IN CRISIS: Failed Mayor Jason Perry probably ought to get a season ticket for the High Court, as his council is facing yet another legal challenge over his decision to close the public access service inside Fisher’s Folly. By … Continue reading
Posted in Bernard Weatherill House, Council Tax, Croydon Council, Housing, Katherine Kerswell, Mayor Jason Perry
Tagged Access Croydon, Bernard Weatherill House, BWH, Conservative, Council Tax, Croydon, Croydon BME Forum, Croydon Council, Fisher's Folly, Homelessness, Katherine Kerswell, London Renters' Union, Mayor Jason Perry, PILC, Public Interest Law Centre, Public Services Delivery Hub, Tory
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Croydon drops into London’s Healthy Streets ‘relegation zone’
CROYDON COMMENTARY: Since Jason Perry became Mayor of Croydon, the borough’s streets have become more polluted, dirtier and more dangerous places. PETER UNDERWOOD takes a look at the figures This year’s healthy streets scorecard has just been published – here … Continue reading
Posted in Bexley, Croydon Council, Croydon Greens, Cycling, Environment, Health, London-wide issues, Mayor Jason Perry, Parking, Peter Underwood, Transport
Tagged Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Cycling, Healthy Streets Coalition, London, London Borough Healthy Streets Scorecard, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, Peter Underwood, Tory
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Perry promises – again – Bridge to Nowhere to open ‘next year’
Fifteen years since he was the cabinet member responsible for the botched legal agreement with developers that allowed Menta to deny public bodies necessary access to complete the £22million pedestrian bridge at East Croydon, and Jason Perry, now the Mayor … Continue reading
Posted in Addiscombe West, Commuting, East Croydon, Jerry Fitzpatrick, Mayor Jason Perry, Menta Tower, Property, Transport
Tagged Bridge to Nowhere, Cherry Orchard Road, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, East Croydon station, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, Menta Tower, Network Rail, The Bridge to Nowhere, Tory
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Flook’s off! Reform candidate quits job at Wallington grammar
Grifter-in-chief Nigel Farage is not the only Reform Ltd figure to have announced his resignation this week. Ben Flook, the Reform candidate in May’s Croydon mayoral election, has handed in his notice, too. Flook works as a senior member of … Continue reading
£275,000: Loadsamoney Perry breaks the bank for new CEO
CROYDON IN CRISIS: As the council faces having to replace its interim CEO with an interim interim CEO, the Mayor splashes the cash to try to find someone for what he calls ‘London’s most important leadership role’ Recruitment ads for … Continue reading
Posted in Brick by Brick, Commissioners, Conrad Hall, Council Tax, Croydon Council, Dean Shoesmith, Elaine Jackson, Ged Curran, Jenny Rowlands, Jo Negrini, Katherine Kerswell, Mayor Jason Perry, Nathan Elvery, Section 114 notice
Tagged CEO, Chief executive officer, Commisssioners, Conrad Hall, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Dean Shoesmith, Elaine Jackson, Ged Curran, Jo Negrini, Katherine Kerswell, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, Nathan Elvery, Tory
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Do you recognise your council as described in the CEO job ad?
CROYDON IN CRISIS In the recruitment ad, are the Commissioners seeking a competent and experienced civic administrator with more than the charisma of a dead fish for the role of council chief executive? Or are they looking for a knight … Continue reading
Posted in Brick by Brick, Commissioners, Conrad Hall, Council Tax, Croydon Council, Dean Shoesmith, Elaine Jackson, Ged Curran, Jenny Rowlands, Jo Negrini, Katherine Kerswell, Mayor Jason Perry, Nathan Elvery, Section 114 notice
Tagged CEO, Chief executive officer, Commisssioners, Conrad Hall, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Dean Shoesmith, Elaine Jackson, Ged Curran, Jo Negrini, Katherine Kerswell, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, Nathan Elvery, Tory
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Perry tries to hide homelessness service with South End move
CROYDON IN CRISIS: Just hours before his council was due at the High Court to face a possible Judicial Review over its closure of Access Croydon, the Mayor announced that he was moving the housing service. EXCLUSIVE by STEVEN DOWNES … Continue reading
Posted in Bernard Weatherill House, Council Tax, Croydon Council, Housing, Katherine Kerswell, Mayor Jason Perry
Tagged Access Croydon, Bernard Weatherill House, BWH, Cavendish House, Conservative, Council Tax, Croydon, Croydon BME Forum, Croydon Council, Croydon Nightwatch, Emma Gardiner, Fisher's Folly, Homelessness, Katherine Kerswell, London Renters' Union, Mayor Jason Perry, PILC, Public Interest Law Centre, Public Services Delivery Hub, South End, South Norwood Community Kitchen, South West London Law Centre, Tory
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Croydon BID fails to inform co-directors of Perry’s resignation
Business ‘improvement’ district has received hundreds of thousands of pounds of public cash while Tory Mayor was one of its directors Jason Perry, Croydon’s £86,000 per year part-time Mayor, has quit as a director of Croydon BID. Piss-poor Perry’s resignation … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", Boxpark, Business, Centrale, Croydon BID, Croydon Council, Mayor Jason Perry, Mott MacDonald, Policing, Stiles Harold Williams, Surrey Street, Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield, Whitgift Centre
Tagged Conservative, Coughlans, Croydon, Croydon BID, Croydon Council, giraffes, Hammersfield, Labour, London, London Borough of Croydon, Matthew Sims, Mayor Jason Perry, Stiles Harold Williams, Tony Newman, Tory, Town Centre, Town centre security, Unibail Rodamco Westfield, Westfield, Whitgift Centre
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