Tag Archives: Emma Gardiner

Out now! Croydon Insider podcast – exclusive for subscribers

Posted on January 30, 2023 by insidecroydon
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The Mayor with no mandate, the BxB homes with no residents

Posted on January 1, 2023 by insidecroydon

Jubilee street parties, wildfires in our parks and woodlands, further decline on the High Street, and a set of local elections that at Croydon Council they managed to take an agonising four days to deliver the full results. In the … Continue reading →

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Fighting fund’s £1,000 donation helps at heart of community

Posted on November 30, 2022 by insidecroydon

Earlier this month, Croydon Council withdrew its ludicrous High Court injunction against this website. Inside Croydon pledged that any money raised by readers for the #KerswellBallsFund, its legal fighting fund, that was not needed for the court case would be donated … Continue reading →

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‘I had to put my kids on inhalers because of the black mould’

Posted on November 18, 2022 by insidecroydon

EMMA GARDINER reports that the findings of a Coroner’s court in Rochdale over the cause of death of a toddler needs to lead to profound changes in the way social housing stock is managed The shocking announcement this week from … Continue reading →

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Mayor condemned for ‘cruel’ treatment of street homeless

Posted on November 12, 2022 by insidecroydon

When other local authorities are looking to provide ‘warm banks’ for the poor and winter shelters for the homeless, Croydon’s cash-strapped council is seizing vulnerable people’s possessions in their effort to tidy up their swanky offices. By STEVEN DOWNES Tory … Continue reading →

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‘Disgrace’ as £110m of Brick by Brick homes stand empty

Posted on June 7, 2022 by insidecroydon

CROYDON IN CRISIS: Research conducted by a residents’ group has confirmed that more than 200 new homes, built with public cash by the council-owned company, remain vacant, in some cases for more than a year. EXCLUSIVE by STEVEN DOWNES and … Continue reading →

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Select committee MPs promise swift action at Regina Road

Posted on May 14, 2022 by insidecroydon

CROYDON IN CRISIS: More than a year since the ‘appalling’ state of flats in Regina Road caused a national scandal, MPs from a Commons select committee visited South Norwood and Upper Norwood this week. They were shocked at what they … Continue reading →

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This is the stark human cost of the borough going bankrupt

Posted on April 29, 2022 by insidecroydon

CROYDON IN CRISIS: A mum of six children is facing destitution after the council has made her family more than £200 per month worse off by cutting her Council Tax Support and failing to provide its promised hardship scheme. EXCLUSIVE … Continue reading →

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‘Council must freeze its unnecessary 4.1% rent increase’

Posted on March 17, 2022 by insidecroydon

CROYDON COMMENTARY: Ahead of a protest on Monday night, EMMA GARDINER, pictured right, calls on Town Hall leaders to abandon their proposed council rent hike until all their properties meet the habitable homes standard A long-awaited independent survey recently published … Continue reading →

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