Tag Archives: Democratically Elected Mayor for Croydon

Newman tells Labour to prepare for Mayor vote next May

Posted on May 28, 2020 by

KEN LEE, our Town Hall reporter, on how voters in Croydon seem likely to have another ballot paper when they go to the polls in 2021 Tony Newman, the council leader, made it clear to a meeting of Labour Party … Continue reading →

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Collins under fire for ‘right-wing dictator’ jibe at residents

Posted on May 18, 2020 by

More than a year too late, Tony Newman, Croydon Labour’s dictatorial council leader, has begun to stir his senior councillors into parroting some kind of attack lines against the DEMOC campaign which is backing a referendum over whether to have … Continue reading →

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Newman’s Pravda over-promises as his council under-delivers

Posted on April 4, 2020 by

Even in the middle of the greatest crisis the borough has faced since World War II, there’s nothing stopping the council for gerrymandering on behalf of the beleaguered leader, Tony Newman. The latest edition of Your Croydon, the council’s Pravda, … Continue reading →

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Newman’s £100,000 governance review that’s going nowhere

Posted on March 2, 2020 by

KEN LEE on some of the more gruesome findings in a council-commissioned report about Croydon’s ineffective council Even the majority of Croydon’s elected councillors don’t think Croydon Council is “very effective”. That’s just one of the damning findings buried in … Continue reading →

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