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Younger people have had their futures sold down the river
CROYDON ELECTION QUESTIONS For this General Election, Inside Croydon has been offering a platform to candidates from across the political spectrum, from across the borough’s four constituencies. Much the same questions, their answers published at length. Our first interview is … Continue reading
Posted in 2024 General Election, Brick by Brick, Claire Bonham, Council Tax, Croydon parks, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Housing, London-wide issues
Tagged 15% Council Tax hike, 2024 General Election, Brick by Brick, Claire Bonham, Council Tax, Croydon, Crystal Palace, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, David Cameron, General Election, General Election 2024, Liberal Democrats, London, Nick Clegg, Say No To 15%, Sir Ed Davey, Streatham and Croydon North
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Exasperated MP Scully sorely wounded by the ‘Spanish archer’
MP Paul Scully won’t be writing a political memoir. He says he’s already recounted all of his ministerial career in 13 tweets, posted just after 8.30 last night, when he revealed he’d been sacked (“got the Spanish archer”, as he … Continue reading
Bishop of Croydon says benefits policy has been ‘catastrophic’
Jonathan Clark, the Bishop of Croydon, today described government policy on benefits as having a “catastrophic” effect on the lives of ordinary people in Croydon. Bishop Clark has added his voice to those of more than 50 other senior churchmen … Continue reading
Posted in 2014 council elections, 2015 General Election, Bishop of Croydon, Charity, Church and religions, Community associations, Croydon Nightwatch
Tagged Bishop Clark, Bishop Jonathan Clark, Bishop of Croydon, Catholic Church, Church of England, Conservative, Croydon, David Cameron, Tory, Vincent Nichols
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MP Reed condemns “disgraceful” failures over riot pay-outs
More than two years after the 2011 riots, and there’s still 133 people who claimed official compensation who are yet to receive a penny to help them re-build their homes and businesses. Those are the findings of Steve Reed OBE, … Continue reading
Posted in Boris Johnson, Business, Crime, Croydon 8/8, Croydon North, Mayor of London, Policing, Steve Reed MP
Tagged 2011 London Riots, Boris Johnson, Croydon, Croydon North, Croydon Riots, David Cameron, London, riots
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Council keeps its war centenary plans firmly under wraps
We will remember them. It is just that as far as Croydon Council is concerned, they don’t yet know how. According to one senior staffer in Fisher’s Folly, “The council does indeed have plans to restore and refurbish war memorials … Continue reading
Downing Street tips its advisors for parliamentary selection
On yer bike. Downing Street has spoken and Laura Trott is one of its three preferred candidates to run for the Conservatives in the ultra-safe Tory Croydon South seat in 2015. But you might want to hit your Shimano brakes… … Continue reading
Man who lost Upper Norwood takes charge of Tory selection
It appears that there may be at least 300 career politicians among the Conservative party, all desperate to get a state-paid job for life. So overwhelming has been the response for applications to be the Tory candidate in ultra-safe Croydon … Continue reading
Portas Pilot has been a flop, admits scheme’s ex-chair
The Portas Pilot project, intended to revive business in Croydon’s ancient Surrey Street Market, has been a failure. That’s effectively the admission of Mary Portas, Prime Minister David Cameron’s “retail guru” and self-proclaimed “Queen of the High Street”. It is … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", Allders, Business, Centrale, Planning, Surrey Street, Whitgift Centre
Tagged Croydon, David Cameron, Eric Pickles, High Street, Mary Portas, Portas, Portas Pilot, Surrey Street Market
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Fisher fears defections to UKIP and bans “musical chairs”
While contractors were moving in £3 million-worth of new furniture to Croydon Council’s palatial new offices over the past week, Mike Fisher, the leader of the Conservative-run council behind the building of the £140 million edifice to local authority vanity, … Continue reading
Posted in 2014 council elections, Fairfield, Mike Fisher, Shirley North, Thornton Heath, Vidhi Mohan
Tagged Conservative, David Cameron, London, Operation Black Vote, Tory, UK Independence, UKIP
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