Tag Archives: Croydon Council

Union leader: ‘Our social services are on their knees’

Posted on September 24, 2017 by

There is a crisis in the nation’s social care system after “years of chronic underfunding” which has “left many parts of the service on its knees”, according to the head of one of the country’s largest public service workers’ unions. … Continue reading →

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Crapita profits plunge even after council IT jobs move to India

Posted on September 22, 2017 by

Some council staff have been expressing concerns around the performance and standards of service provided by Crapita, who manage the council’s IT and phone systems. The company, which is midway through an eight-year, £73.5million “mega-deal” that was agreed by the … Continue reading →

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Private Eye’s asking question that Negrini refuses to answer

Posted on September 21, 2017 by

It has already been a bad week for Tony Newman, Croydon’s council leader, and Jo Negrini, his appointee as the borough clerk. Their handling of the council’s crisis over children’s services after the Ofsted inspectors’ “inadequate” report has not drawn … Continue reading →

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Auditors discover £1.6m missing from council revenues

Posted on September 21, 2017 by

Things are just not adding up properly at Croydon Council, writes Town Hall reporter KEN LEE So how has Croydon Council managed to misplace £1.6million of public money? That’s the question arising from Grant Thornton’s audit of the local authority’s … Continue reading →

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Celebrating Age event, Barrow Road, Oct 11

Posted on September 20, 2017 by
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Croydon’s leadership may be resigned to change at the top

Posted on September 19, 2017 by

WALTER CRONXITE, our political editor, on last night’s potentially defining meeting of the council The body language spoke volumes. There, sitting behind council leader Tony Newman, the Labour councillors’ heads were down, the arms folded. Facing unremitting questioning after Ofsted … Continue reading →

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Croydon’s Ofsted crisis: This is too important for politics

Posted on September 18, 2017 by

CROYDON COMMENTARY: The children’s services report is the greatest crisis to confront the council since the riots six years ago. Except, says STEVEN DOWNES, it is just the local reflection of a national collapse of social work “This is too … Continue reading →

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