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Tag Archives: Croydon South
MP-backed curry house has avoided massive tax and VAT bills
STEVEN DOWNES reports on how a recently re-elected Tory councillor has been overseeing a restaurant business which has left a trail of debts over the past decade A Croydon Conservative councillor, who runs an “award-winning” restaurant, has meanwhile seen five … Continue reading
Posted in Badsha Quadir, Chris Philp MP, Restaurants, Tim Pollard
Tagged Badsha Quadir, Chris Philp MP, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon South, Purley, Selsdon, Tory
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Boundary changes seem to cement Town Hall’s political divide
Calling in the Boundary Commissioners may have fixed the political map of Croydon for years to come, as WALTER CRONXITE, our political editor, reports Labour’s generally underwhelming result in the Croydon council election last week does not look so bad … Continue reading
Posted in 2018 council elections, Addiscombe, Addiscombe East, Andrew Rendle, Caragh Skipper, Croydon Central, Croydon Council, Croydon South, Jeet Bains, Maddie Henson, Sarah Jones MP, Waddon
Tagged Addiscombe, Conservative, Coulsdon, Croydon Central, Croydon Council, Croydon South, Green Party, Labour, Liberal Democrats, London Borough of Croydon, Tory, UKIP, Upper Norwood, Waddon
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£2,000 per year season ticket and Purley service to get worse
Our transport correspondent, JEREMY CLACKSON, on the discovery of our loyal reader that finds some serious flaws in the new rail timetable to be implemented in a fortnight’s time The devil, as the over-used saying goes, is always in the … Continue reading
Posted in Commuting, East Croydon, Purley, Transport, West Croydon
Tagged Chris Philp MP, Croydon South, East Croydon station, Govia Thameslink, GTR, Purley, Southern Railway
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Growing concern at staff exodus from Folio Trust primaries
Education correspondent GENE BRODIE on the sudden resignations of headteachers at two primaries which were recently academised The head of a local academy trust issued firm instructions to staff last week ordering them to answer no questions about the abrupt … Continue reading
Government reaches for the sky – and puts Philp in a corner
Our housing correspondent, BARRATT HOLMES, on an awkward situation for the Nimbys of Purley Tory MP Chris Philp’s loud and frequent complaints about what he continues to call “the Purley Skyscraper” (which is not tall enough to be a skyscraper) … Continue reading
Posted in Chris Philp MP, Croydon South, Housing, Planning, Property, Purley
Tagged Chris Philp MP, Conservative, Croydon South, Purley, Tory
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Nine months on, and Labour still selecting election candidates
Our political editor, WALTER CRONXITE, on how the ruling party in Croydon is struggling to find candidates for all the borough’s wards Today marks 60 days until the Town Hall elections on May 3. Yet Croydon Labour still hasn’t managed … Continue reading
Posted in 2018 council elections, Alisa Flemming, Alison Butler, Caragh Skipper, Clive Fraser, Croydon Central, Selsdon & Ballards, Shirley South, Tony Newman
Tagged Alison Butler, Caragh Skipper, Clive Fraser, Conservative, Croydon Central, Croydon Council, Croydon South, Labour, Shirley South, Tony Newman, Tory
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Transport report for free school site rates it ‘poor’ to ‘worst’
Residents in South Croydon, living close to the site of the £30million free school which has been granted planning permission by Croydon Council, fear that the decision will make the 180 11-year-old first-year intake vulnerable to the high volume of … Continue reading
Posted in Coombe Wood School, Education, Paul Scott, Planning, Schools
Tagged Coombe Wood School, Croham, Croydon Council, Croydon South, Labour, London Borough of Croydon
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