Tag Archives: Croydon Council

Tories give Croydon 50p per person to deal with Brexit

Posted on February 10, 2019 by

Theresa Mayhem’s government has allocated barely 50p per person to Croydon in a hand-out to the council to cope with the impact of a no-deal Brexit. Tony Newman, the leader of Croydon Council, has described the £210,000 grant to the … Continue reading →

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Housing scheme involves charity which informed Home Office

Posted on February 9, 2019 by

The council has announced that it has managed to house six people under a scheme which should provide 10 homeless people with homes by the end of next month, and another 10 over the course of the following 12 months. … Continue reading →

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Electric cars in slow lane as council offers three power points

Posted on February 8, 2019 by

PAUL LUSHION, our environment correspondent, on a disappointingly feeble effort to offer wide-ranging infrastructure for battery-powered vehicles The inconsistent commitment from Croydon Council – the backers of Gatwick airport expansion, the funders of an industrial-scale waste incinerator on the borough … Continue reading →

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Council dumps disastrous idVerde outsourced parks contract

Posted on February 7, 2019 by

This was not what was meant when ‘taking back control’ was coined as a slogan, but this week in Croydon, our council has moved in to relieve a French firm of its responsibilities in our parks, as KEN LEE reports … Continue reading →

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Body blow for council as Body Shop looks to move offices

Posted on February 6, 2019 by

The Body Shop could be about to pack-up and quit Croydon, according to reports tonight. The ethically based cosmetics retailer, founded in Brighton 40 years ago by Anita Roddick, moved hundreds of staff to the refurbished “state of the art” … Continue reading →

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Gatwick embarrassment for MP Jones as CLP opposes runway

Posted on February 5, 2019 by

Political editor WALTER CRONXITE on a display of democracy in the local Labour Party which proclaims ‘we can’t be afraid of speaking against our council leadership when they are wrong’ The Constituency Labour Party of Sarah Jones, the MP for … Continue reading →

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Another director quits job as pressure mounts on Negrini

Posted on February 1, 2019 by

Our political editor, WALTER CRONXITE, on the storm gathering around the council’s ‘regeneration practitioner’ chief executive Pressure continues to mount on Croydon’s £200,000 per year chief executive, Jo Negrini. Another key member of her executive team is quitting the council, … Continue reading →

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