Tag Archives: Eleanor Brazil

Tory councillor’s Commissioner video nasty is another wild rant

Posted on June 21, 2025 by insidecroydon

Simon Brew, a Conservative councillor in Croydon for the past 11 years, hasn’t had the best of luck with his campaigning on local issues when he has tried to use modern communication techniques – like videos. Remember how he lobbied … Continue reading →

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Croydon residents pick up the £1m tab for ‘improvement’ panel

Posted on June 18, 2025 by insidecroydon

It is residents who will pay the cost of government ‘intervention’ if Commissioners move in at Fisher’s Folly next month, just as they have been paying for a panel of Whitehall-appointed ‘experts’ since 2021. EXCLUSIVE by STEVEN DOWNES Official figures … Continue reading →

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£603,000: the soaring costs of Croydon’s ‘improvement’ panel

Posted on April 19, 2024 by insidecroydon

CROYDON IN CRISIS: Three years since Tony McArdle and his government-appointed team of troubleshooters were parachuted into the council, there are mounting questions about what they have achieved. EXCLUSIVE by STEVEN DOWNES The Government-appointed chair of Croydon Council’s “improvement and … Continue reading →

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Children’s Services placed in special measures until 2020

Posted on May 9, 2018 by insidecroydon

Ofsted inspectors have ruled that Croydon Council cannot be trusted to run its own Children’s Services department without outside supervision for at least another two years. The decision has been announced following the second review visit from Ofsted which was … Continue reading →

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Exec in charge of failed Children’s Services is to leave council

Posted on May 1, 2018 by insidecroydon

Just two years after a council ‘restructuring’ saw Barbara Peacock in charge of a super-directorate including housing, schools and social care, the £170,000 per year exec is leaving Croydon as part of… another ‘restructuring’. KEN LEE reports Barbara Peacock, Croydon … Continue reading →

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‘Confusing, euphemistic, unclear, vague’: Flemming unravels

Posted on February 6, 2018 by insidecroydon

BBC Radio London’s Vanessa Feltz was withering in her criticism of an abject on-air performance by one of Croydon’s most senior councillors. Listening in to the car crash interview was WALTER CRONXITE Answers provided by Alisa Flemming, the Croydon Council … Continue reading →

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DfE sends in Camden officials to assist with children’s services

Posted on January 3, 2018 by insidecroydon

The press release issued by council leader Tony Newman just before Christmas proclaiming success in turning around Croydon’s failing children’s services department turns out to have been the epitome of “fake news”. Others might be less charitable, and more accurate, … Continue reading →

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Croydon’s social workers having to deal with double case work

Posted on December 16, 2017 by insidecroydon

WALTER CRONXITE on the anxious wait at the Town Hall for the latest update on the council’s children’s services department Tony Newman, Croydon’s council leader, was described as “channeling his inner Young Mr Grace” at a meeting of his close … Continue reading →

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Ombudsman rules council neglected Down’s Syndrome woman

Posted on November 17, 2017 by insidecroydon

A Government Ombudsman ruling will see Croydon Council pay nearly £5,000 to a family after it was found to have failed in his duties to a young disabled woman. This is the second finding of this kind against the council … Continue reading →

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Council leader forced to resign over critical Ofsted report

Posted on September 16, 2017 by insidecroydon

WALTER CRONXITE reports on another local government Carr crash over failures to provide adequate social services The pressure is mounting this weekend on Tony Newman, the Labour leader of Croydon Council, over his and council officials’ response to the highly … Continue reading →

Posted in 2018 council elections, Barbara Peacock, Bromley Council, Children's Services, Croydon Council, Jo Negrini, Stephen Carr, Tony Newman, Youth Services | Tagged , , , , , , , , | 6 Comments

Commissioner appointed to oversee children’s services

Posted on September 4, 2017 by insidecroydon

An expert who oversaw reforms of a London council’s social services department following the notorious Baby P tragedy has been appointed by the government to look into Croydon’s failing children services. Justine Greening, the Education Secretary, announced at lunchtime that … Continue reading →

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