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Tag Archives: Croydon Council
Council holds so few meetings it has dropped ‘six-month rule’
The pandemic lockdown has had such a marked impact on the business at the Town Hall that councillors have been told it no longer matters if they don’t attend meetings for six months. Our political editor, WALTER CRONXITE, reports Croydon’s … Continue reading
CEO Negrini starts process to make 500 council staff redundant
EXCLUSIVE: Internal email leaked to Inside Croydon confirms 15% cuts to council budgets, with redundancy consultations going on until August 21. STEVEN DOWNES reports The first steps towards making hundreds of council employees redundant began at lunchtime today, with department … Continue reading
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Tagged Croydon, Croydon Council, Jo Negrini, Labour, London Borough of Croydon
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Loss-making Brick by Brick offers profit sharing to new recruit
Our housing correspondent BARRATT HOLMES reports that while there continues to be a myriad of problems on sites run by the council-owned house-builders, one thing that they have not been slow to do is empire-building While cash-strapped Croydon Council may … Continue reading
Posted in Brick by Brick, Business, Colm Lacey, Croydon Council
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Electric House gets makeover for Britain’s 95th-best university
‘It’s a bit like saying Fulham are one of London’s top football teams.’ Our Town Hall reporter KEN LEE on the latest example of the council over-hyping its performance Unable to deliver the £1.4billion shiny new Westfield shopping mall that … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", Business, Croydon College, Croydon Council, Croydon School of Art, Education, Jo Negrini, Planning, South Bank Poly, Tony Newman, Whitgift Centre
Tagged Croydon, Croydon Council, Electric House, Hammersfield, Hammerson, Jo Negrini, Labour, London, London Borough of Croydon, South Bank Poly, Tony Newman, Westfield, Whitgift Centre
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Newman’s claims over diversity miss the real ‘need for change’
Black Lives Matter. But in Orwellian Croydon, some matter more than others, as our political editor WALTER CRONXITE reports While many in England will be rushing off to the pub tomorrow, Tony Newman will be using a Croydon Labour councillors’ … Continue reading
Posted in Alisa Flemming, Alison Butler, Callton Young, Chris Clark, Clive Fraser, David Wood, Jane Avis, Janet Campbell, Louisa Woodley, Oliver Lewis, Paul Scott, Sean Fitzsimons, Simon Hall, Stuart Collins, Tony Newman
Tagged Alison Butler, Callton Young, Clive Fraser, Croydon Council, David Wood, Jane Avis, Labour, Oliver Lewis, Paul Scott, Sean Fitzsimons, Simon Hall, Tony Newman
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Government holding back covid data that could help save lives
As many prepare to race off to their local pub tomorrow as the coronavirus lockdown is eased, Croydon’s council leader admits he does not have the information needed to make a proper judgement over local infection rates. KEN LEE reports … Continue reading
Croydon in crisis: Government cash is only ‘a sticking plaster’
A government coronavirus bail-out for councils is “no more than a sticking plaster”, and represents only a small fraction of the £10billion black hole confronting local authorities, as today’s announcement of an extra £500million leaving many Town Halls short-changed. The … Continue reading
Brick by Brick could be blocked by rare butterfly’s tiny egg
The chair of the council’s planning committee has given a public undertaking that the application by Brick by Brick to build an ugly four-storey block of flats next to a wildlife reserve in New Addington has been shelved until a … Continue reading
Croydon in crisis: 500 jobs to go in council ‘reorganisation’
EXCLUSIVE: Our Town Hall reporter, KEN LEE, on the unhappy consequences of the council’s poor management that has created ‘the perfect financial storm’ Croydon Council is to launch wide-ranging consultations tomorrow, July 1, as it begins what in councilspeak they … Continue reading
Fears grow at Fairfield Halls over operator’s unsigned lease
The Fairfield Halls may be in “hibernation” until next year because of coronavirus, but Croydon Council is now facing another crisis over its ill-fated £43million refurbishment project, with growing fears that the company appointed to manage the arts complex could … Continue reading
