Tag Archives: Croydon

Newman tells BBC London: We’re cutting jobs to save services

Posted on July 14, 2020 by
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Council to borrow another £30m to buy Brick by Brick flats

Posted on July 12, 2020 by

EXCLUSIVE: A local authority already £1.5bn in debt and nursing a coronavirus overspend of £65m now wants to increase its borrowing further, as the failed in-house housebuilder needs another bail-out. By STEVEN DOWNES Alison Butler and Simon Hall, part of … Continue reading →

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There’s no masking fact that covid-19 infection is on rise again

Posted on July 11, 2020 by

Croydon’s newly installed ceremonial Mayor admits she has been affected by covid-19, yet did not wear a mask or practice social distancing on her first two engagements, while Public Health England reports an increase in virus infection rates in some … Continue reading →

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Croydon in crisis: Council has been axing jobs since January

Posted on July 10, 2020 by

EXCLUSIVE: The Town Hall leadership is spinning to giddying levels to pin the blame for the council’s parlous financial position on covid-19, the Tory government… indeed anyone but the people responsible: themselves. But it is now emerging that the council … Continue reading →

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Financially challenged Purley Way among John Lewis closures

Posted on July 9, 2020 by

The John Lewis At Home store on the Purley Way will never reopen its doors. Croydon shoppers who had made the most of the department store’s limited presence since it opened its out-of-town site had their fears confirmed this morning … Continue reading →

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Residents plan legal action to save green from Brick by Brick

Posted on July 8, 2020 by

A group of residents in Kenley and Purley are getting financially “tooled up” to take on the council’s planning committee and the in-house house-builder Brick by Brick by raising money through a crowd-funder for a possible Judicial Review of a … Continue reading →

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A covid pub crawl round Croydon: Mine’s a pint of sanitiser

Posted on July 7, 2020 by

While Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, does his Jimmy Pursey impersonation with a chorus of ‘We’re Going Dahn The Pub’, our roaming correspondent, KEN TOWL, right, took a more cautious approach to the reopenings Young people are, of course, immortal. So … Continue reading →

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CEO Negrini starts process to make 500 council staff redundant

Posted on July 6, 2020 by

EXCLUSIVE: Internal email leaked to Inside Croydon confirms 15% cuts to council budgets, with redundancy consultations going on until August 21. STEVEN DOWNES reports The first steps towards making hundreds of council employees redundant began at lunchtime today, with department … Continue reading →

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Electric House gets makeover for Britain’s 95th-best university

Posted on July 5, 2020 by

‘It’s a bit like saying Fulham are one of London’s top football teams.’ Our Town Hall reporter KEN LEE on the latest example of the council over-hyping its performance Unable to deliver the £1.4billion shiny new Westfield shopping mall that … Continue reading →

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Croydon in crisis: Government cash is only ‘a sticking plaster’

Posted on July 2, 2020 by

A government coronavirus bail-out for councils is “no more than a sticking plaster”, and represents only a small fraction of the £10billion black hole confronting local authorities, as today’s announcement of an extra £500million leaves many Town Halls short-changed. The … Continue reading →

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