Tag Archives: Croydon South

Creatura needs help from ‘Bust-up Boris’, as LibDems win seat

Posted on June 24, 2019 by

Two south London council by-elections in the past week suggest the LibDems might have a chance of breaking Croydon’s political duopoly, reports our political editor, WALTER CRONXITE Boris Johnson’s selection by the 0.15per cent of the population which comprises the … Continue reading →

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MP helps force Snapchat to reveal details of ‘sick’ messages

Posted on June 12, 2019 by

Croydon South’s MP Chris Philp has successfully managed to get an American-based internet giant to release information which could prove vitally important in a police investigation into “sick” harassment and threats made online against the family of a teenaged murder … Continue reading →

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Library closures: Lewis forced to issue statement on plans

Posted on June 9, 2019 by

The Labour cabinet member who told the scrutiny committee that he ‘absolutely’ has plans to build more flats on the borough’s public libraries now says the council ‘currently’ has no plans to close libraries. Our bookish gyms correspondent, GENE BRODIE, … Continue reading →

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Can Labour and Tories stop ‘The Peterborough Effect’ here?

Posted on June 2, 2019 by

After a week to let the dust settle and some of the implications of the voting sink in, our resident psephologist WALTER CRONXITE crunches more numbers from the European elections and discovers that two of the borough’s sitting MPs have … Continue reading →

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Scott’s cunning plan to squeeze in 3,000 new homes per year

Posted on June 1, 2019 by

KEN LEE on how increased housing  targets have forced the council into a rapid rethink of its Local Plan Just like Baldrick, Paul Scott has got a cunning plan. Another one. Controversial Town Hall figure Scott has been booked to … Continue reading →

Posted in Alison Butler, Chris Philp MP, Croydon Central, Croydon Council, Croydon South, Housing, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Paul Scott, Planning, Property, Purley Way, Sadiq Khan, Sarah Jones MP, Tony Newman, Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 3 Comments

MP Philp quits Tory job to back outsider Javid for leader

Posted on May 31, 2019 by

Today truly marks the end of May… Political editor WALTER CRONXITE reports on how the local Conservative MP has placed his cards on the table in a gamble with his Commons career Chris Philp, Croydon South’s Tory MP, has resigned … Continue reading →

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CLP cancels meeting with motion opposing NHS privatisation

Posted on May 30, 2019 by

A constituency Labour Party in Croydon cancelled its regular monthly meeting this week – thwarting an attempt to discuss a motion opposing the latest round of NHS reorganisation and privatisation in the borough. Town Hall sources suggest that centrist-dominated Croydon … Continue reading →

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