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Tag Archives: Croydon South
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
Newman rejects MP’s call to suspend BxB planning process
Tony Newman, the leader of Croydon Council, has “turned down flat” a call from an MP that would see all planning applications and consultations on Brick by Brick building projects suspended until after the coronavirus emergency. Chris Philp, the Conservative … Continue reading
Croydon MP Jones given new beat in Starmer’s opposition
Sarah Jones, the MP for Croydon Central, will continue as a shadow minister after all, as Sir Keir Starmer, the new leader of the Labour Party, included her in his junior appointments last night. But Jones is moved from housing … Continue reading
Posted in Chris Philp MP, Croydon Central, Croydon North, Croydon South, London-wide issues, Policing, Sarah Jones MP, Steve Reed MP
Tagged Chris Philp MP, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Central, Croydon North, Croydon South, Labour, London, London Borough of Croydon, Sarah Jones MP, Steve Reed OBE
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