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New leader Ali is set to confront ‘shocking’ council finances
CROYDON IN CRISIS: After winning a Labour group selection battle by 22 votes to 19 over Alisa Flemming, Hamida Ali tells her supporters ‘the hardest graft ever is about to start’. By WALTER CRONXITE, political editor Hamida Ali has no … Continue reading
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Posted in 2022 council elections, Addiscombe West, Alisa Flemming, Alison Butler, Callton Young, Chris Clark, Chris Philp MP, Croydon Central, Croydon Council, Croydon North, Croydon South, Hamida Ali, Ian Parker, Knife crime, Mayor of London, Paul Scott, Sadiq Khan, Sarah Jones MP, Sean Fitzsimons, Steve Reed MP, Tony Newman, Woodside
Tagged Alisa Flemming, Alison Butler, Callton Young, Chris Philp MP, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Central, Croydon Council, Croydon North, Croydon South, Hamida Ali, Labour, Paul Scott, Sarah Jones MP, Steve Reed OBE, Tony Newman, Tory
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Newman ally Ali tipped as favourite to be council’s new leader
WALTER CRONXITE on the lacklustre contest among Labour councillors to become the Town Hall’s new chief Croydon Council should have a new leader as soon as tomorrow night. But the appointment looks as if it could present the borough with … Continue reading
Posted in Alisa Flemming, Alison Butler, Children's Services, Crime, Croydon Council, Hamida Ali, Paul Scott, Stuart Collins, Stuart King, Tony Newman, Woodside
Tagged Alisa Flemming, Alison Butler, Children's Services, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon South, Hamida Ali, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Ofsted, Stuart Collins, Tony Newman
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21,000 residents petition for elected mayor referendum
A costly legal battle is expected, as council leader looks to block the democratic will of the people. STEVEN DOWNES reports After 18 months of meetings and door-knocking, a campaign group led by seven residents’ associations has today handed in … Continue reading
Posted in 2020 London elections, 2020 Mayor Referendum, Addington Residents' Association, Chris Philp MP, Community associations, Croydon Council, Croydon South, East Coulsdon Residents' Association, HADRA, Tony Newman
Tagged Chris Philp MP, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon South, Gerry Meredith-Smith, Joanne Milligan, Labour, Tony Newman, Tory
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‘This is an acid test of council’s approach to democracy’
Here’s the full text of the letter from the democratically elected mayor for Croydon campaign, delivered by hand today at the Town Hall. It includes the detailed legal argument, based on counsel’s advice, that supports DEMOC’s claim that the referendum … Continue reading
Is the end nigh? Newman facing cash crisis triple whammy
76% of readers think Tony Newman is not fit to be council leader 21,000 residents sign petition calling for a democratically elected mayor Whitehall bail-out for cash-strapped council to carry onerous conditions Tony Newman might be wishing he never came … Continue reading
Posted in Alison Butler, Croydon Council, Croydon South, Jo Negrini, Lisa Taylor, Paul Scott, Tony Newman
Tagged Alison Butler, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon South, Jo Negrini, Labour, Paul Scott, Simon Hall, Tony Newman
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Tories pick Perry as new leader in run-up to local elections
Our political editor, WALTER CRONXITE, reports as the Town Hall’s opposition Conservatives stage their leadership reshuffle Jason Perry is Croydon’s Conservative opposition’s new leader, elected at a meeting of the borough’s Tory councillors last night. Croydon’s Tories have been enthusiastic … Continue reading
Posted in Chris Philp MP, Croydon Central, Croydon South, Jason Cummings, Jason Perry, Lynne Hale, Mario Creatura, Sanderstead, South Croydon, Tim Pollard
Tagged Chris Philp MP, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Central, Croydon Council, Croydon South, Jason Cummings, Jason Perry, Lynne Hale, Mario Creatura, Tim Pollard, Tory
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Questions tower over council’s husband and wife planning act
Angry residents are seeking a full and independent investigation into the role played by a senior member of the council’s planning department in a £300million tower development that was granted planning permission in central Croydon – when the wife of … Continue reading
Negrini must not receive any reward for failures, says MP
CROYDON IN CRISIS: Our Town Hall reporter, KEN LEE, on the immediate reactions to the departure of the council’s chief executive Any pay-off to Jo Negrini, Croydon Council’s departing chief executive, would be “morally wrong at this time of financial … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", Brick by Brick, Children's Services, Chris Philp MP, Croydon Council, Croydon South, Jo Negrini, Steve Reed MP, Tony Newman, Whitgift Centre
Tagged Brick by Brick, Chris Philp MP, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon North, Croydon South, Hammersfield, Hammerson, Jo Negrini, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Tony Newman, Tory, Westfield, Whitgift Centre
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‘I’m sorry, I’ll say that again’ says Croydon’s confused MP
Someone in Downing Street must be having deep regrets over allowing Chris Philp out on his own for a day-trip to France. In the maelstrom of disunity and sackings over the past 12 months that is the Dominic Cummings government, … Continue reading
Posted in Chris Philp MP, Croydon South
Tagged asylum seekers, Chris Philp MP, Conservative, Croydon South, Tory
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Mothers’ charity sues Chancellor over self-employed support
A women’s charity yesterday started suing Rishi Sunak, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, for discrimination in the implementation of the Self-Employment Income Support Scheme (SEISS). The action is being taken by Pregnant Then Screwed. One of its members is Olga … Continue reading
Posted in Charity, Community associations, Olga Fitzroy
Tagged Croydon South, Olga Fitzroy, Pregnant Then Screwed, Rishi Sunak
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‘Get it built’ says Purley business group backing Mosaic Place
The government decision to give a green light to the £20.25million redevelopment of a long-derelict site at Purley Cross, with more than 200 homes and including a controversial tower block, has left the local MP feeling “gutted”, while a local … Continue reading
Set-back for MP Philp as Purley tower gets green light
A development scheme at Purley Cross that will provide more than 200 homes, some retail space and a significant amount of public infrastructure was finally given the go-ahead by Whitehall today, after a six-year planning saga that has involved two … Continue reading
Council fails to mention 12,000 flats in its Purley Way survey
It is, even by Croydon Council standards, an extraordinarily vacuous and transparently misleading public consultation announcement. The council says it is seeking “the public’s likes, dislikes, memories, opinions and ideas” on the Purley Way. In the honey-dripped soothing words of … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon Council, Paul Scott, Planning, Purley Way, Waddon
Tagged Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon South, Labour, Paul Scott, Purley, Purley Way, Thornton Heath, Waddon
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Objections? What objections? Opposition? What opposition?
CROYDON COMMENTARY: Has the council granted planning permission to a slew of sub-standard developments because the local Tories have allowed them to do so? STEVE WHITESIDE on the questions that Croydon Conservatives refuse to answer Have you ever wondered how … Continue reading
Posted in Chris Philp MP, Croydon Council, Croydon South, Dudley Mead, Jason Perry, Lynne Hale, Paul Scott, Pete Smith, Planning, Purley, Sanderstead, Tim Pollard
Tagged Chris Philp MP, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon South, Dudley Mead, Jason Perry, Lynne Hale, Paul Scott, Pete Smith, Purley, Sanderstead, Selsdon, Tim Pollard
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Newman tells Labour to prepare for Mayor vote next May
KEN LEE, our Town Hall reporter, on how voters in Croydon seem likely to have another ballot paper when they go to the polls in 2021 Tony Newman, the council leader, made it clear to a meeting of Labour Party … Continue reading
Creatura shows his contempt for public by backing Cummings
Dominic Cummings can rest easy. Coulsdon councillor Mario Creatura reckons he did no wrong. Creatura, who worked in Downing Street as Theresa Mayhem’s Twitter monitor, must now surely be ranked as only the second-worst government special adviser in the history … Continue reading
Negrini faces showdown meetings over finances next week
A consultant ‘parachuted in’ to salvage the council’s rocky finances will deliver a vital report next Tuesday, STEVEN DOWNES reports, as Croydon’s £1.5bn borrowings have been described by a local MP as ‘reckless’ and its financial position ‘unsustainable’ The dire … Continue reading
Posted in Brick by Brick, Chris Philp MP, Croydon Central, Croydon Council, Croydon North, Croydon South, Jo Negrini, London Assembly, Patsy Cummings, Sarah Jones MP, Steve Reed MP, Tony Newman
Tagged Brick by Brick, Chris Philp MP, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Central, Croydon Council, Croydon North, Croydon South, Jo Negrini, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Sarah Jones MP, Simon Hall, Steve Reed OBE, Tony Newman, Tory
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Collins under fire for ‘right-wing dictator’ jibe at residents
More than a year too late, Tony Newman, Croydon Labour’s dictatorial council leader, has begun to stir his senior councillors into parroting some kind of attack lines against the DEMOC campaign which is backing a referendum over whether to have … Continue reading
Posted in 2020 London elections, 2020 Mayor Referendum, 2022 council elections, Alison Butler, Chris Philp MP, Croydon Council, Croydon South, Paul Scott, Planning, Stuart Collins, Tony Newman
Tagged Alison Butler, Chris Philp MP, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon South, DEMOC, Democratically Elected Mayor for Croydon, Labour, London, London Borough of Croydon, Paul Scott, Stuart Collins, Tony Newman, Tory
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Council in cover-up over planning’s husband and wife act
Croydon’s planners have clearly never heard the old saying, ‘when in a hole, stop digging’, as suspicion mounts over the absence of documents to support dubious statements given to a committee, as KEN LEE reports Croydon Council has been accused … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Chris Philp MP, Community associations, Croydon Council, Heather Cheesbrough, Kenley, Paul Scott, Planning, Property, Purley
Tagged Chris Philp MP, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon South, Heather Cheesbrough, Higher Drive, Kenley, Macar Developments, Paul Scott, Purley, Ross Gentry
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Despite City Hall criticism, it’s Carry On Regardless for Croydon
CROYDON COMMENTARY: The council will carry on striving to meet unnecessarily high planning targets just because they choose to do so. But their arbitrary targets have already been shown to have unacceptable consequences and to be unsustainable, writes GEOFF JAMES … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon Council, Housing, Kenley, Mayor of London, Planning
Tagged Brick by Brick, Councillor Jason Perry, Croydon Council, Croydon South, Geoff James, London, Mayor
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‘Our voice is being totally ignored’ say worried Purley residents
Our environment correspondent, PAUL LUSHION, reports on how the council, despite declaring a climate emergency, is now planning to destroy open spaces and rare wildlife habitats The council’s voracious appetite for concreting over the borough’s precious green spaces has seen … Continue reading
