Tag Archives: Croydon Council

Council withholds £1m from Veolia for bin service failings

Posted on June 17, 2018 by

Croydon Council has withheld nearly £1million in fees due to street-cleaning and bin-collecting contractors Veolia because of poor performance, Inside Croydon has learned. The penalty has been applied by Croydon’s clean and green cabinet member, Stuart Collins, because of various … Continue reading →

Posted in Croydon Council, Environment, Merton, Refuse collection, Stuart Collins, Sutton Council, Veolia, Waste incinerator | Tagged , , , , , , , , | 4 Comments

Homelessness charity chair calls for end to ‘no-fault’ evictions

Posted on June 15, 2018 by

With Croydon Council’s ‘campaign’ against street begging in the town centre on-going, EBONY GORDON spoke to Jad Adams, the long-standing chair of the borough’s homelessness charity, Nightwatch Every night in Queen’s Gardens, a group of trained volunteers assist scores of … Continue reading →

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Lacey’s in Mayfair with speculators to ‘unlock’ public land

Posted on June 14, 2018 by

BARRATT HOLMES on the latest instance where the council shows that it is more interested in cosying up to mega-rich property speculators than actually delivering homes at social rent Forget the possible contraventions of building regulations on one of its … Continue reading →

Posted in Brick by Brick, Colm Lacey, Housing, Lambeth Council, London-wide issues, Matthew Bennett, Mayor of London, Steve Reed MP | Tagged , , , , , , | 1 Comment

Brick by Brick contractor in asbestos scare on Purley Oaks site

Posted on June 13, 2018 by

Contractors working for Brick by Brick, the council-owned house-builders who have yet to build a single home, were today accused of neglect, potentially endangering the long-term health of residents and their children on a building site in Purley Oaks. The … Continue reading →

Posted in Brick by Brick, Croydon Council, Environment, Helen Redfern, Jo Negrini, Purley Oaks and Riddlesdown | Tagged , , , , , , , | 3 Comments

Council CPO report confirms 2023 target date for Westfield

Posted on June 12, 2018 by

M.T. WALLETTE, our retail correspondent, on how some of the Whitgift Centre’s tenants are insisting on being bought out through a Compulsory Purchase Order Last night’s council cabinet meeting confirmed that the £1.4billion redevelopment of the Whitgift Centre won’t be … Continue reading →

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Borough Solicitor to investigate Tory councillor’s eligibility

Posted on June 12, 2018 by

WALTER CRONXITE, our political editor, on the latest twist in the tale of the tax-avoiding businessman councillor for Purley The council’s lawyers have been asked to examine whether a Conservative councillor was ineligible to stand for election. Badsha Quadir has … Continue reading →

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‘Hostile environment’ charity part of clampdown on beggars

Posted on June 11, 2018 by

A charity which has handed over details of its homeless clients to the Home Office, as part of Theresa May’s “hostile environment” deportation policy, is one of the agencies being used by Croydon Council in its “campaign” to clear the … Continue reading →

Posted in Business, Charity, Croydon BID, Croydon Council, Hamida Ali, Housing | Tagged , , , , , | 6 Comments