Tag Archives: Croydon Council

Slough, Thurrock, Sandwell, Liverpool: Croydon’s not alone

Posted on March 17, 2023 by insidecroydon

CROYDON IN CRISIS: Government announcements of special measures yesterday covered four other local authorities, as councils across the country struggle with under-funding and massive debts built up over the last decade The party line, trotted out in the Town Hall … Continue reading →

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Croydon put in special measures: ‘Worst of all possible worlds’

Posted on March 16, 2023 by insidecroydon

CROYDON IN CRISIS: Announcements from Westminster and Whitehall today put the borough under the control of unelected bureaucrats who are answerable only to a Tory Government minister – in a scheme that the Mayor has helped plot for months. By … Continue reading →

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‘Precautionary measure given the historic issues uncovered’

Posted on March 16, 2023 by insidecroydon

CROYDON IN CRISIS: At 12.15pm this afternoon, the council’s internal communications department issued the following statement to all staff, under the title, “Message from Executive Mayor Jason Perry and Chief Executive, Katherine Kerswell”. This is that statement in full: Dear … Continue reading →

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Two years too late, Tory Government intervenes over council

Posted on March 16, 2023 by insidecroydon

CROYDON IN CRISIS: A Parliamentary written statement today effectively admitted defeat over the council’s bail-outs and ordered a Whitehall takeover of the council ahead of a possible £540m debt write-off Lee Rowley, the Tories’ local government minister, announced today an … Continue reading →

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‘Restructuring’ has housing workers facing £3,000 pay cut

Posted on March 15, 2023 by insidecroydon

Our Town Hall reporter, KEN LEE, on the latest shocking cost-cutting measures being imposed on council staff Croydon Council could be heading for a series of strikes later this year, after senior managers at Fisher’s Folly moved to cut some … Continue reading →

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Permit problems see Crystal Palace school street dropped

Posted on March 14, 2023 by insidecroydon

The council has been forced to abandon one of the school street traffic restrictions which were due to come into force yesterday, following complaints from residents in Crystal Palace that Croydon’s online permit applications system contains significant flaws. It was … Continue reading →

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Allowing 15% hike is ‘protecting Council Tax payers’ says Gove

Posted on March 11, 2023 by insidecroydon

Inside Croydon’s petition to Parliament against the decision to allow councils, including Croydon, to increase Council Tax above the 5per cent cap without first conducting a referendum – as is usually required by law – achieved the 10,000-signature threshold on … Continue reading →

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Original clockmakers are hired for Thornton Heath restoration

Posted on March 11, 2023 by insidecroydon

Six months after an attack by vandals set fire to Thornton Heath’s landmark clocktower, the council has begun work to restore it to its former glory – remarkably, using the same  firm which had made the original clock more than … Continue reading →

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You can depend on Croydon Labour: they always let you down

Posted on March 10, 2023 by insidecroydon

By STEVEN DOWNES, Editor, Inside Croydon In the end, it was all so sadly predictable. Yet even old cynics didn’t believe it was really going to happen in such a swift and shabby manner until they actually saw it all … Continue reading →

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And here are the Labour councillors who broke their word over the 15% tax hike and abandoned the people of Croydon

Posted on March 9, 2023 by insidecroydon

STUART KING. Leader of the opposition Councillor King took over as Labour group leader in May 2022. Had spent previous eight years mostly holding senior positions, including cabinet posts, in the Labour council administration of Tony Newman, Alison Butler and … Continue reading →

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Only three councillors were as good as their word and stood up for the people against Tory Mayor Perry’s 15% Council Tax hike

Posted on March 9, 2023 by insidecroydon

In the end, after hours of bluster and posturing, just three of the borough’s 70 councillors stood up for the residents that they represent and were as good as their word, voting against the Conservative Mayor’s budget and his 15per … Continue reading →

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Here’s the Mayor and 33 Croydon Tory councillors who THREE times voted in favour of hitting you with a 15% Council Tax hike

Posted on March 9, 2023 by insidecroydon

JASON PERRY. Mayor of Croydon Elected in May 2022 with a margin of fewer than 600 votes. Is paid £82,000 per year by the council. His office answers the phone just 20 hours per week. Stood on a election promise … Continue reading →

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Perry says there’s no alternative to his budget. But there’s lots

Posted on March 8, 2023 by insidecroydon

CROYDON COMMENTARY: Former Conservative MP and Labour councillor ANDREW PELLING, pictured right, an independent candidate in last year’s mayoral election, says that the Mayor has broken a fundamental promise to the borough’s residents  Mayor Jason Perry has adopted a ham-fisted … Continue reading →

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‘Can’t Pay, Won’t Pay’ to start if 15% tax hike goes through

Posted on March 8, 2023 by insidecroydon

WALTER CRONXITE, our political editor, on what could happen next if Mayor Perry gets his way over his unbalanced budget A senior source connected to the local trades union movement is predicting that if – or when – the 15per … Continue reading →

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Councillors ready to vote against Perry’s 15% tax hike again

Posted on March 8, 2023 by insidecroydon

CROYDON IN CRISIS: Facing threats from the council lawyer, auditors and even Keir Starmer’s Labour Party, some councillors are determined to vote ‘in the interests of residents’ tonight, also knowing that they could bring down Mayor Perry. EXCLUSIVE by STEVEN … Continue reading →

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Gove holds back panel’s key report until after budget deadline

Posted on March 7, 2023 by insidecroydon

CROYDON IN CRISIS: The government appointed a panel of experts in early 2021 to oversee the operation of the ‘dysfunctional’ council. But after a delay of more than a year, they won’t publish their ‘assurance’ report until after the Tory … Continue reading →

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Inside track on Council Tax – listen to our latest podcast here

Posted on March 7, 2023 by insidecroydon
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Green councillors tell Gove: Don’t make our residents pay for ‘a decade of bad decisions, dodgy deals and secret contracts’

Posted on March 7, 2023 by insidecroydon

Croydon’s Green Party councillors have issued an 11th-hour plea to Levelling Up Secretary Michael Gove for him to withdraw permission for Croydon’s Tory Mayor, Jason Perry, to impose a punitive 15per cent Council Tax hike on the ordinary people of … Continue reading →

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Company founded by Labour’s Evans under threat of strike off

Posted on March 6, 2023 by insidecroydon

While the quality of the management of the Labour Party by its General Secretary David Evans remains hotly disputed among those on the left, the public relations consultancy he established just more than 20 years ago, The Campaign Company, looks … Continue reading →

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Grey man’s appointment places Gray with Croydon clique

Posted on March 4, 2023 by insidecroydon

Political editor WALTER CRONXITE delves into the shadowy south London connections that Sue Gray will encounter when she starts work as the Labour leader’s Chief of Staff The grey man of British politics, the terminally boring Keir Starmer, now has … Continue reading →

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Scott and Butler to be snubbed by Town Hall honours system

Posted on March 3, 2023 by insidecroydon

By our Town Hall reporter, KEN LEE Alison Butler and Paul Scott, half of the Labour “Gang of Four” that bankrupted Croydon Council, will not be offered the traditional, post-council career honour of being made honorary alderwoman and alderman of … Continue reading →

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‘Stand up for the people and get fair funding for Croydon’

Posted on March 3, 2023 by insidecroydon

Hear the impassioned speech made at the Town Hall budget meeting on Wednesday night by union official RACHAEL BAYLIS on behalf of the 25,000 people who have already signed the petition

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Say No To 15% Council Tax Hike, Town Hall, Mar 8

Posted on March 3, 2023 by insidecroydon
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37-34: Mayor’s 15% Council Tax hike rejected in budget vote

Posted on March 2, 2023 by insidecroydon

ANDREW FISHER sat through the three-and-a-half hours of last night’s budget non-setting meeting, so that you didn’t have to Labour, Green and Liberal Democrat councillors voted together last night to reject the budget proposal from the borough’s Conservative Mayor, Jason … Continue reading →

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‘You never mentioned 15% tax hike when seeking election’

Posted on March 1, 2023 by insidecroydon

Tonight, in the Town Hall Chamber, Inside Croydon contributor KEN TOWL, pictured right, presented a petition that opposes the 15% Council Tax hike and calls for fairer funding for the borough. He was, in effect, speaking on behalf of the … Continue reading →

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