Tag Archives: Croydon Council

MP Reed promoted to Labour’s front bench in Starmer reshuffle

Posted on April 6, 2020 by

Our political editor, WALTER CRONXITE, on the front bench promotion for one of the borough’s Labour MPs Steve Reed, the MP for Croydon North, has been appointed to the shadow cabinet by the Labour Party’s new leader, Sir Keir Starmer. … Continue reading →

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Three months late, BID hires headhunters to recruit chair

Posted on April 6, 2020 by

Croydon BID, the organisation made up of some of the town centre’s biggest businesses, has gone into the covid-19 crisis while looking for someone to chair the organisation. As predicted by Inside Croydon, the departure from the Fairfield Halls of … Continue reading →

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Council delivers just 15 emergency food parcels in one week

Posted on April 4, 2020 by

The Town Hall is desperate to keep secret its ‘delivery’ record to those in greatest need during the covid-19 quarantine. WALTER CRONXITE reports 15 According to a top-level briefing at the Town Hall this week, 15 is the total number … Continue reading →

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Newman’s Pravda over-promises as his council under-delivers

Posted on April 4, 2020 by

Even in the middle of the greatest crisis the borough has faced since World War II, there’s nothing stopping the council for gerrymandering on behalf of the beleaguered leader, Tony Newman. The latest edition of Your Croydon, the council’s Pravda, … Continue reading →

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Council Tax relief announcement delay nets £20m to Town Hall

Posted on April 3, 2020 by

Croydon is rolling out a series of covid-19 financial relief schemes for Council Tax-payers, but just a bit reluctantly, as KEN LEE reports Residents of the borough can now access a package of support with their Council Tax payments, including … Continue reading →

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Adrian Dennis: ‘A legacy of honesty, integrity and decency’

Posted on April 2, 2020 by

Tributes to the life and works of Adrian Dennis, the former Thornton Heath Labour councillor who died last week, have flooded in from a wide range of former colleagues and friends, including a former Deputy Mayor of London. Dennis, who … Continue reading →

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‘The works are putting my family’s lives at risk from the virus’

Posted on April 2, 2020 by

Shocking video footage and photographs, taken by council residents who are terrified that they might contract coronavirus, show construction workers taking no special measures to avoid spreading the deadly disease This video was filmed yesterday by a mother with a … Continue reading →

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