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MP Jones survives the ins-and-outs of the Burnham reshuffle
WALTER CRONXITE, Political Editor, reports on the varied fortunes of local MPs and some with notorious connections to Croydon Town Hall in the appointments by the new Prime Minister There was no need for any vainglorious resignation letter from one … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon West, Hamida Ali, Sarah Jones MP, Steve Reed MP, Streatham and Croydon North
Tagged Andy Burnham, Brixton Town Hall, Croydon West, Downing Street, Home Office, Imogen Walker, Labour, Labour Together, Lambeth, Lambeth council, London, Morgan McSweeney, No10 Downing Street, Police and crime minister, Sarah Jones MP, Steve Reed, Steve Reed MP, Steve Reed OBE, The Fraud, The Fraud: Keir Starmer Morgan McSweeney and the Crisis of British Democracy, Westminster
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Google and Gatwick among employers attending MPs’ jobs fair
MPs Sarah Jones and Natasha Irons are jointly hosting a jobs fair for young people in the borough. Intended for those aged 16 and over, the fair brings together major industry players including Google, EY Foundation, the NHS, Transport for … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Business, Croydon Commitment, Croydon East, Croydon West, Gatwick Airport, Natasha Irons, Sarah Jones MP
Tagged Croydon, Croydon East, Croydon West, Department of Work and Pensions, DWP, Gatwick Airport, Google, Natasha Irons MP, NHS, Sarah Jones MP, TfL, Transport for London
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End for ‘Uncle Keir’ leaves Croydon MPs scrambling for jobs
Political Editor WALTER CRONXITE on how Croydon’s Labour politicians responded to the Prime Minister announcing his resignation Keir today, gone tomorrow. And for Croydon’s right-wing Labour MPs, the scramble to preserve their positions, or to gain some favour under Keir … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon Council, Croydon East, Croydon West, Natasha Irons, Sarah Jones MP, Steve Reed MP, Streatham and Croydon North, Stuart King
Tagged 'Uncle Keir', Andy Burnham, Cllr Stuart King, Councillor Stuart King, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon East, Croydon West, Downing Street, Keir Starmer, Labour, London, Makerfield, Morgan McSweeney, Natasha Irons MP, No10, No10 Downing Street, Paul Holden, Prime Minister, Sarah Jones MP, Sir Keir Starmer, Steve Reed OBE, Streatham and Croydon North, STUART KING, The Fraud: Keir Starmer Morgan McSweeney and the Crisis of British Democracy
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Perry’s council failed to respond to incinerator consultation
While LibDem leader Ed Davey has called for a review of the Environment Agency’s decision to allow permit-busting polluters Viridor to burn even more rubbish at Beddington, Croydon Labour MPs stay silent. By STEVEN DOWNES Croydon Council under Tory Mayor … Continue reading
Posted in Bobby Dean, Broad Green, Business, Carshalton and Wallington, Croydon Council, Dave Tchil, Environment, Kingston, Luke Taylor MP, Mayor Jason Perry, Mayor of London, Merton, Nick Mattey, Refuse collection, Sadiq Khan, Sutton and Cheam, Sutton Council, Waste incinerator
Tagged Air pollution, Beddington, Beddington incinerator, Broad Green, Cllr Dave Tchil, Cllr Nick Mattey, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon East, Croydon West, EA, Environment Agency, Hackbridge, Infant mortality, Kingston and Surbiton, Labour, Liberal Democrats, Natasha Irons MP, Purley Way, Sarah Jones MP, Selhurst, Sir Ed Davey, Tory, Toxic air pollution, Viridor, Viridor incinerator, Waddon
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‘Wake up’ call from Croydon MP as she backs PM ‘Uncle Keir’
As health secretary Wes Streeting considers resigning from government, possibly triggering a leadership challenge, Steve Reed, Sarah Jones and Natasha Irons are backing Starmer “Uncle” Keir Starmer is clinging on to the job of Prime Minister, probably grateful for the … Continue reading
Posted in 2026 council elections, Croydon East, Croydon West, Natasha Irons, Sarah Jones MP, Steve Reed MP, Streatham and Croydon North
Tagged 'Uncle Keir', Andy Burnham, Angela Rayner, Croydon, Croydon East, Croydon West, Downing Street, Ellie Sandover, Keir Starmer, King's Speech, Labour, London, Natasha Irons MP, No10, Sarah Jones MP, Sir Keir Starmer, State Opening of Parliament, Steve Reed OBE, Streatham and Croydon North, Wes Streeting, Yvette Cooper
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MP Jones welcomes High Court ruling on RoboCop cameras
Human rights campaigners are to appeal yesterday’s High Court ruling that determined that the Metropolitan Police’s use of unproven Live Facial Recognition cameras did not breach people’s human rights, judges saying the force’s policy gave an “adequate indication of the … Continue reading
Posted in Chris Philp MP, Crime, Croydon West, Live Facial Recognition cameras, London-wide issues, Policing, Sarah Jones MP
Tagged Big Brother Watch, Chris Philp MP, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon West, Labour, LFR, Live Facial Recognition, London, Metropolitan Police, North End, Sarah Jones MP, Sir Mark Rowley, Tory
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Red coats march on Delta Point to protest against evictions
On a visit to Croydon, the former housing secretary describes companies run by a billionaire Labour Party donor as ‘disgusting and disgraceful’, as hundreds of their tenants are served Section 21 eviction orders Angela Rayner, tipped as the next leader … Continue reading
Posted in 2026 Croydon Mayor election, Business, Criterion Capital, Croydon West, Housing, London-wide issues, Property, Rowenna Davis, Sarah Jones MP
Tagged Angela Rayner MP, Asif Aziz, Cllr Rowenna Davis, Councillor Rowenna Davis, Criterion Capital, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon West, Delta Point, Housing, London, London Borough of Croydon, Rowenna Davis, Sarah Jones MP
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Surrey Street market trader Joseph quits Labour in race row
Jose Joseph, the Surrey Street market stall-holder and one of the best-recognised faces on the local political scene, has quit the Labour Party, accusing it of “discrimination and toxic behaviour”. In a brief statement shared with party colleagues, Joseph announced … Continue reading
Posted in 2026 council elections, 2026 Croydon Mayor election, Business, Chris Clark, Croydon Greens, Croydon West, Fairfield, Jose Joseph, Surrey Street
Tagged 2026 council elections, 2026 local elections, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon Labour Party, Croydon West, Croydon West CLP, Green Party, Jose Joseph, Julie Setchfield, Labour, Labour NEC, Labour Party, Labour selections, London Borough of Croydon, Surrey Street Market, The Green Party, Tony Newman
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Starmer visits Ikea Croydon – but not to assemble new cabinet
Keir Starmer, the son of a tool-maker, managed a quick, and secretive, visit to Ikea in Croydon this morning. It was suggested that he may have been looking for a new cabinet, because the one he’s got in Downing Street … Continue reading
Posted in 2026 council elections, 2026 Croydon Mayor election, Croydon East, Croydon West, Natasha Irons, Rowenna Davis, Sarah Jones MP, Steve Reed MP, Streatham and Croydon North
Tagged Croydon, Croydon East, Croydon West, Ikea, Keir Starmer, Natasha Irons MP, Prime Minister, Sarah Jones MP, Sir Keir Starmer, Steve Reed OBE, Streatham and Croydon North
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Palestine Action prisoner Hoxha ends hunger strike at 58 days
Teuta Hoxha, the Palestine Action prisoner from Croydon, has ended her hunger strike after 58 days. The decision to pause the hunger strike was taken on Monday, with Hoxha’s physical condition weakened so significantly that, according to supporters, she is … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, Croydon West, Sarah Jones MP
Tagged Bobby Sands, Croydon West, David White, Good Law Project, Greta Thunberg, HMP Peterborough, IRA hunger strike, Jeremy Corbyn, Labour, Lord James Timpson, Lord Timpson, Palestine Action, Palestine hunger strikers, Sarah Jones MP, Teuta Hoxha
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Sister of Croydon hunger striker Hoxha says she fears worst
The family of a Palestine Action prisoner on day 45 of a hunger strike in protest at her extra-judicial punishment say that 29-year-old Teuta Hoxha could die in prison if the government does not intervene urgently. Last week, an appeal … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, Croydon West, Sarah Jones MP
Tagged Bobby Sands, Croydon West, Good Law Project, Greta Thunberg, HMP Peterborough, IRA hunger strike, Jeremy Corbyn, Labour, Lord James Timpson, Lord Timpson, Palestine Action, Palestine hunger strikers, Sarah Jones MP, Teuta Hoxha, Your Party
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MP Jones putting her Croydon constituents on remote control
A Croydon MP who receives almost £200,000 per year, to pay for aides and a constituency office, has her phone staffed for just four hours each week. WALTER CRONXITE, Political Editor, on how at least one of Croydon’s well-funded MPs … Continue reading
Posted in Chris Philp MP, Croydon East, Croydon South, Croydon West, Natasha Irons, Sarah Jones MP, Steve Reed MP, Streatham and Croydon North
Tagged Chris Philp MP, Constituency office, Croydon East, Croydon South, Croydon TUC, Croydon West, David White, Erskine May, Jeremy Corbyn, Labour, Natasha Irons MP, Nose in search of a bum, Palestine Action, Palestine hunger strikers, Qesser Zuhrah, Sarah Jones MP, Steve Reed OBE, Streatham and Croydon North, Teuta Hoxha, Whitgift Centre
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Croydon TUC calls on MP to support Palestine hunger striker
‘Detention without trial for long periods is contrary to the basic notions of English Law.’ But Labour’s authoritarian attacks on freedom of speech and the right to protest continue as local MP ignores plight of constituent Teuta Hoxha, from Croydon, … Continue reading
12,500 Croydon children lifted out of poverty by scrapping the two-child benefit cap. But what about homelessness?
ANDREW FISHER pores over the fine detail in the Budget, including more income tax, lower energy bills and frozen rail fares, and highlights some of the important areas that were not addressed by Chancellor Rachel Reeves Just over a year … Continue reading
Posted in Andrew Fisher, Croydon Council, Croydon East, Croydon West, Natasha Irons, Sarah Jones MP, SEND
Tagged Andrew Fisher, Budget, Chancellor Rachel Reeves, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon East, Croydon West, Electric vehicles, Labour, London, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Sadiq Khan, Mayor Sir Sadiq Khan, Natasha Irons MP, Sarah Jones MP, SEND, Special Educational Needs and Disabilities, Tory, Tourist Tax
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MP Jones misses mark with criticism of town centre’s Primark
CROYDON IN CRISIS: One of the borough’s Labour MPs is accused of ‘performatively sending emails’ to a fashion chain’s CEO, when there are bigger issues in the borough, such as Westfield’s continuing delays over redevelopment Croydon West MP Sarah Jones … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", Business, Centrale, Crime, Croydon BID, Croydon West, Nick Blackburn, North End Quarter, Planning, Policing, Sarah Jones MP, Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield, Whitgift Centre
Tagged Centrale, Croydon BID, Croydon West, Hammersfield, Labour, Metropolitan Police, North End, Primark, Sarah Jones MP, Westfield, Whitgift Centre
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Reed orders MPs to vote against environmental protections
Labour government is ignoring scientific advice on the risks posed by proposals in their new Bill, while senior ministers have been cosying up to lobbyists for developers, reports PAUL LUSHION, our environment correspondent Croydon MP Steve Reed, the former environment … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon parks, Croydon West, Environment, Sarah Jones MP, Steve Reed MP, Streatham and Croydon North, Wildlife
Tagged Croydon, Croydon East, Croydon RSPB, Croydon West, Ellie Chowns MP, House of Lords, Labour, London Wildlife Trust, National Trust, Planning and Infrastructure Bill, RSPB, Sarah Jones MP, Steve Reed OBE, Streatham and Croydon North
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Time is running out to help protect Croydon’s open spaces
The London Wildlife Trust is celebrating the successful reintroduction of a species to a site in Croydon – while also calling on all residents to lobby their MPs over the Planning and Infrastructure Bill, which is due for a crucial … Continue reading
Posted in Chris Philp MP, Croydon East, Croydon parks, Croydon South, Croydon West, Environment, Hutchinson's Bank, Natasha Irons, Sarah Jones MP, Steve Reed MP, Streatham and Croydon North, Wildlife
Tagged Chris Philp MP, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon East, Croydon South, Croydon West, Glow-worms, Hutchinson's Bank, Labour, London Wildlife Trust, Natasha Irons MP, Planning and Infrastructure Bill, Sarah Jones MP, Steve Reed OBE, Streatham and Croydon North, Tory
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Post Office set to go ahead with High Street branch closure
The Post Office has this morning confirmed that it is to close the large branch on the High Street, and move into the WH Smith/TG Jones in the Whitgift Centre, probably by the end of March next year. The Post … Continue reading
Labour’s scandals and dramas reflected in Croydon politics
The 2025 Labour Party Conference begins in Liverpool on Sunday. Here, our columnist, ANDREW FISHER, pictured right, the party’s former director of policy, assesses the state of Labour little more than a year into Keir Starmer’s government. And he takes … Continue reading
Posted in 2026 council elections, 2026 Croydon Mayor election, Andrew Fisher, Croydon East, Croydon West, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Fairfield, Natasha Irons, New Addington North, New Addington South, Rowenna Davis, Sarah Jones MP, South Norwood, Steve Reed MP, Streatham and Croydon North, Waddon, Zack Polanski
Tagged 2026 council elections, 2026 Croydon mayoral election, Andrew Fisher, Andy Burnham, Bridget Phillipson, Conservative, Councillor Rowenna Davis, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon East, Croydon West, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Dead candidate, Fairfield, Green Party, Jeremy Corbyn, Jeremy Corbyn MP, Keir Starmer, Labour, Labour Party Conference, Liberal Democrats, London, London Borough of Croydon, Lucy Powell, Mayor, Mayor Jason Perry, Natasha Irons MP, New Addington, Reform UK, Rowenna Davis, Sarah Jones MP, South Norwood, Steve Reed OBE, Streatham and Croydon North, Tory, Your Party, Zack Polanski, Zarah Sultana
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Whitgift becomes centre stage for Rebel Wilson’s new movie
A film set in the beleaguered town centre shopping mall has come just too late to save another long-standing business, which brought its shutters down for a final time at the weekend Croydon’s Whitgift Centre, once the pride of the … Continue reading
The MP hidden away on third floor of a deserted shopping mall
Finding your way around the desolate maze that the Whitgift Centre has become has been made much more difficult since the shopping centre’s managers started blocking off entrances and removing staircases. It’s almost as if no one is welcome to … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", Annabel Smith, Business, Croydon West, David Morgan, Johnny Dobbyn, Ken Towl, Sarah Jones MP, Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield, Whitgift Centre
Tagged Annabel Smith, Croydon, Croydon West, Destination X, Hammersfield, Johnny Dobbyn, Ken Towl, Sarah Jones MP, Westfield, Whitgift Centre
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Croydon put in charge of £18.4m government work scheme
The government’s £338m ‘Connect to Work’ programme has been criticised by business leaders who say it is ‘another band-aid on a fundamentally broken system that expects sick and disabled people to adapt, rather than workplaces to change’ The government has … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon West, Sarah Jones MP
Tagged Connect to Work, Croydon, Croydon West, Department for Work and Pensions, DWP, Kingston, Labour, Liz Kendall, London, Merton, Richmond, Sarah Jones MP, Sutton
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Shopping centre providing puddles but no help in our quest
Armed with just a printout of an address, and an incorrect address at that, we invited some of our regular contributors to set off on a quest into the desolate maze that the Whitgift Centre has become. With the shopping … Continue reading
Under Westfield, it looks like curtains for sad Whitgift Centre
With the shopping centre’s managers blocking off entrances and removing staircases, Inside Croydon sent some of our intrepid contributors off on our own version of Destination X: to find MP Sarah Jones’s office armed only with the address as provided … Continue reading
