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Tag Archives: Croydon South
Justice junior minister tests data law in call for volunteers
Chris Philp, the Tory MP for Croydon South, sent out a pandemic emergency email to his constituents last week which provided contradictory advice and bends data protection laws to breaking point, as PEARL LEE reports Chris Philp, the MP for … Continue reading
Labour MPs step in to help co-ordinate emergency volunteering
Croydon’s Labour MPs are working with council agency Croydon Voluntary Action to help recruit volunteers, collect donations for food banks and offer support to those that need it during the coronavirus emergency. With the sudden emergence of a wide range … Continue reading
Posted in Charity, Chris Philp MP, Community associations, Croydon Central, Croydon Council, Croydon North, Croydon South, CVA, Sarah Jones MP, Steve Reed MP
Tagged Chris Philp MP, coronavirus, Covid-19, Croydon, Croydon Central, Croydon Council, Croydon North, Croydon South, Croydon Voluntary Action, CVA, Labour, Sarah Jones MP, Steve Reed OBE
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Labour council threatens £1m of cuts over mayor referendum
WALTER CRONXITE, our political editor, watched Monday night’s full council meeting so you didn’t have to Croydon Council will spend £1million on staging, and contestng, a referendum over whether the borough should have a mayor directly elected by all Croydon’s … Continue reading
Posted in 2020 Mayor Referendum, Alison Butler, Community associations, Croydon Council, London Assembly, Patsy Cummings, Paul Scott, Simon Hall, Tony Newman
Tagged Alison Butler, Chris Philp MP, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon South, DEMOC, Democratically Elected Mayor of Croydon, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Patsy Cummings, Paul Scott, Simon Hall, Tony Newman, Tory
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Senior Croydon Labour official tells Newman: Time for change
WALTER CRONXITE reports that members of the council leader’s own party are now regarding him as “Toxic Tony” and a liability at the ballot box Tony Newman, the leader of the council, was already a target for the ire of … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon Council, Croydon South, Tony Newman
Tagged Chris Philp MP, Croydon South, Joanne Milligan, Labour, Tony Newman
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Hundreds turn out to join campaign for directly elected mayor
Political editor WALTER CRONXITE on the mounting numbers behind a campaign seeking to change the way the council is run The patronage that keeps Croydon’s Town Hall troika of Tony Newman, Alison Butler and Paul Scott in power is looking … Continue reading
Posted in Alison Butler, Chris Philp MP, Community associations, Croydon Council, Croydon South, Paul Scott, Planning, Tony Newman
Tagged Alison Butler, Chris Philp MP, Conservative, Coulsdon, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon South, DEMOC, Kenley, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor, Paul Scott, Sanderstead, Tony Newman, Tory
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Central’s Starmer-Rayner choice hints at shift from Corbyn
Our political editor, WALTER CRONXITE, on the outcome of local Labour meetings and how their leadership nominations might reflect the direction of the party There’s more than a touch of EuroVision about it. “And the decision of the Croydon Central … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon Central, Croydon North, Croydon South, London Assembly, Patsy Cummings, Rowenna Davis, Sarah Jones MP, Steve Reed MP, Tony Newman
Tagged Angela Rayner MP, Croydon, Croydon Central, Croydon North, Croydon South, Labour, London, London Assembly, Sarah Jones MP, Sir Keir Starmer, Steve Reed OBE
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Petition for elected mayor hits 7,000 before campaign launch
WALTER CRONXITE, our political editor, on how a campaign based on the premise that there is ‘a serious and urgent need for a better democracy in the way Croydon Council is run’, has already got half the signatures it needs … Continue reading
