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Steve Reed MP: “I’m taking police cuts issue to the very top”
After his first 100 days as MP for Croydon North, STEVE REED is getting on with the job at Westminster, and in Croydon I’ve just finished my first 100 days since I was elected last November. As a new MP, … Continue reading
Bishop of Croydon signs protest letter over benefit changes
Jonathan Clark, the Bishop of Croydon, is one of more than 40 senior churchmen, led by the Archbishop of Canterbury, to condemn the government’s plan for a 1 per cent annual increase in welfare benefits in each of the next … Continue reading
More than 2,000 people in Croydon hit by £1,000 Bedroom Tax
At a time when precise, hard details are hard to come by, as our local and national politicians duck and dive around issues, here’s two stats: According to the National Housing Federation, 2,908 people in Croydon living in council homes … Continue reading
Tech City ought to be foundation of every party’s manifesto
JONNY ROSE believes that his alternative vision for regeneration, the Silicon Valley of South London, ought be to be front and centre of all the Croydon North by-election candidates’ campaigns It’s election season in Croydon. Rarely seen politicos are coming … Continue reading
Near-death experience gave candidate taste for life in Croydon
Bill Clinton was nicknamed “the comeback kid”, yet even in the US President’s roller-coaster career, he can never lay claim to having been once at the levers of power, to try to return after breaking his neck and almost losing … Continue reading
Croydon gets ready for a royal visit from the Queen of Shops
Croydon is readying itself for a royal visit today: Mary Queen of Shops may be heading into town. This is not to be confused with Kate Middleton’s in-laws pressing the flesh along London Road, back 13 months after last year’s … Continue reading
Bishop pays return visit to Addington’s ancient church
St Mary’s in Addington celebrated its patronal festival on Sunday with a visit from the Bishop of Southwark, Bishop Christopher Chessun, to preside over the Eucharist service. At nearly 1,000 years old, St Mary’s is Croydon’s oldest church and … Continue reading
Do you Have a Dream? Anniversary will be time to march again
Tomorrow, August 28, marks the 49th anniversary of the march on Washington DC and Martin Luther King’s I Have A Dream speech delivered from the Lincoln Memorial to 200,000 followers. Lester Holloway, a leading councillor on the LibDem-controlled Sutton Council, … Continue reading
Our council’s “solution” for the economy: tax the unemployed
CROYDON COMMENTARY: Local trades unionist ANDREW FISHER, pictured left, sees a worryingly spiteful trend in social policy in the borough The campaign against welfare is the centrepiece of the coalition government’s policy agenda. It started with the Chancellor George Osborne, … Continue reading
Posted in Council Tax, Croydon Council, Housing, London-wide issues, Woodside
Tagged Britain, Council Tax, David Cameron, George Osborne, Housing Benefit, Labour, London, Pension Credit
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Former Advertiser hack among latest corruption arrests
Neil Millard, a former reporter with the Croydon Advertiser, is The Sun journalist who was arrested by police in a dawn raid on his south London home today. Millard, 31, and two others were questioned by detectives over corrupt payments, … Continue reading
Would Jubilee’ve it? MP Ottaway throws a party for party funds
Forget all the other open days, picnics and windmills this Jubilee weekend. The real hot ticket for Croydon society is the local Tory party’s summer garden party. And the best thing about it? It is not even being held in … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Addiscombe West, Croydon South, Outside Croydon, Richard Ottaway MP
Tagged Conservative, Croydon, Croydon South, David Cameron, London, Ottaway, Richard Ottaway, Tory
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Local LibDem leads campaign against bishops in the Lords
“Will no one rid me of this turbulent priest?” David Cameron is far from the first to complain of bishops’ involvement in politics. The clergy’s role in the House of Lords vote last night on Child Benefit and the government’s … Continue reading
Posted in Brian Paddick, London-wide issues, Purley
Tagged Bishop, British Humanist Association, Church and religions, Church of England, Croydon, Croydon South, David Cameron, House of Lords, John Sentamu, Liberal Democrats, London, London Assembly, London Borough of Croydon, Rowan Williams
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Vandalism in Town Hall, all to “protect” Councillor Fisher
Further confirmation, as if any were needed, of our opinion that the Philistines have truly taken over the asylum. The photograph above was taken this week in the previously splendidly grand entrance hall to the 115-year-old Grade II-listed Croydon Town … Continue reading
