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Deal to bring university to Croydon looks to have fallen flat
The council’s attempts to turn Croydon into a “university town” by renting out some or all of their office space in Fisher’s Folly appear to have failed, judging by Labour leader Tony Newman’s remarks to a Town Hall meeting. Negotiations … Continue reading
Croydon council offices cost more to build than The Shard
Fisher’s Folly, the glass palace that is our council’s headquarters which opened just over a year ago and which cost the borough’s Council Tax-payers’ £144 million, was more expensive to build than The Shard. That’s the conclusion reached by a … Continue reading
Posted in Bernard Weatherill House, Business, Croydon Council, Housing, Jon Rouse, Leisure services, Mike Fisher, Nathan Elvery, Planning, Property, Taberner House, Tim Pollard, Tony Newman, URV
Tagged Bernard Weatherill House, CCURV, Conservative, Croydon Council, Fisher's Folly, John Laing, Jon Rouse, Labour, Mike Fisher, Nathan Elvery, Tim Pollard, Tony Newman, Tory, URV
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Building a new Croydon won’t be boring, promises Negrini
Jo Negrini, Croydon Council’s head of planning, this week rejected earlier schemes – drawn up by the previous Conservative council – for Fairfield Halls to be virtually surrounded by high-rise housing as “really, really boring”. Instead, Negrini told hundreds of … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", Ashcroft Theatre, Bernard Weatherill House, Business, Centrale, Cinema, Fairfield Halls, Jo Negrini, Planning, Taberner House, Tech City, Theatre, URV, Warehouse Theatre, Whitgift Centre
Tagged CCURV, Conservative, Croydon, East Croydon station, Fairfield Halls, Fisher's Folly, Hammersfield, Hammerson, Jo Negrini, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, New Addington, Roehampton University, Taberner House, Tory, Westfield
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Fisher’s “black hole” of debt could see 500 job cuts at council
One hundred days in, and the honeymoon could be over for Croydon’s Labour council, as confronted with a £92.8 million “funding gap” over the next four years, they face having to cut up to 500 jobs at the local authority. … Continue reading
Posted in Bernard Weatherill House, Business, Council Tax, Croydon Council, Jason Cummings, Nathan Elvery, Sean Fitzsimons, Simon Hall
Tagged Bernard Weatherill House, Conservative, Council Tax, Croydon, Fisher's Folly, job cuts, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Mike Fisher, Nathan Elvery, Simon Hall, Tory
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Get the keys to Fisher’s Folly and No 10 with Open House
Croydon, quite rightly, is taking its place alongside the majority of the capital’s boroughs, throwing open the doors of a number of public buildings for Open House London weekend on September 20-21, a free event which enables people to take … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Art, Bernard Weatherill House, Connected Croydon, Croydon Airport, Croydon Council, Education, Environment, Fairfield Halls, History, Libraries, Nathan Elvery
Tagged Bernard Weatherill House, Croydon, Croydon Council, Fisher's Folly, London Borough of Croydon, Taberner House
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“I vas only obeying orders” is CEO Elvery’s latest excuse
In the best traditions of a Gestapo movie villain when finally caught out, Nathan Elvery, who was recently appointed as the borough’s chief executive – a £180,000 post which was never advertised – has claimed that, “I vas only obeying … Continue reading
15 Croydon Council employees receive total salaries of £1.8m
Croydon Council spent £1,833,846 on the salaries and pension contributions of just 15 executive staff members in 2012-2013, according to figures published by the TaxPayers’ Alliance. Averaged out – and one or two individuals were trousering considerably more than the … Continue reading
Posted in Council Tax, Croydon Council, Hannah Miller, Jon Rouse, Julie Belvir, Nathan Elvery, Paul Spooner, Planning
Tagged Bernard Weatherill House, Conservative, Council Tax, Croydon, Croydon Council, Fisher's Folly, Jo Negrini, Jon Rouse, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Nathan Elvery, Taberner House
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Council claims that conduct of elections is a ‘private matter’
Croydon Council has been breaking the law to keep some details of its senior appointments secret, and it is refusing to reveal details of the new chief executive’s work in his role as the returning officer for the recent local … Continue reading
Posted in 2014 council elections, Capita, Croydon Council, Jo Negrini, Jon Rouse, Julie Belvir, Nathan Elvery, Tony Newman
Tagged Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Fisher's Folly, Jon Rouse, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Nathan Elvery, Taberner House, Tony Newman, Tory, Whitgift Foundation
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Fisher’s Folly shows problems addressing council services
Our loyal reader’s been in touch again. They’ve just received a letter from one of the council departments working in Fisher’s Folly, the country’s most costly borough offices, the £220 million glass palace on Cost A Mint Walk from which … Continue reading
Parade-ground generals fail to lead on council’s Front Line
CROYDON COMMENTARY: The lack of true, front-line service experience among some of our council’s executive officials creates fundamental problems in the management culture at the Town Hall, writes ROD DAVIES If we are to change the nature of the council, then … Continue reading
Posted in Capita, Community associations, Council Tax, Croydon Council, Nathan Elvery, Refuse collection, Street lighting
Tagged Bernard Weatherill House, Conservative, Council Tax, Croydon Council, Fisher's Folly, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Nathan Elvery, Taberner House, Tony Newman, Tory
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Council website down for 10 days since Capita handover
Croydon residents attempting to use their council’s online services this morning found that the local authority’s website was “unavailable” for a 10th successive day, a “down time” that is potentially costing the council millions of pounds and creating widespread inconvenience … Continue reading
Posted in Capita, Croydon Council, Nathan Elvery
Tagged Capita, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Fisher's Folly, Mike Fisher, Nathan Elvery, Tory
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Newman offers ambition for a fairer future for Croydon
VOTE 2014: The leader of Croydon’s Labour group, TONY NEWMAN, says that the time has come for a new council that no longer takes the borough’s people for granted Croydon goes to the polls tomorrow. As the leader of the … Continue reading
Posted in 2014 council elections, Bernard Weatherill House, Croydon Council, Fly tipping, Housing, Planning, Refuse collection, Taberner House, Tony Newman, URV, Waste incinerator, Woodside
Tagged Conservative, Council Tax, Croydon, Croydon Council, Fisher's Folly, Labour, Liberal Democrats, Tony Newman, Tory
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Tory council votes to increase payments to its leadership
Mike Fisher, the florid-faced leader of the Conservatives who have been running Croydon Council since 2006, is keen to see next Thursday’s election contested on his record in office. Unsurprisingly, the £1 billion debt that Croydon Council has built up … Continue reading
Posted in 2014 council elections, Croydon Council, Dudley Mead, Kenley, Margaret Mead, Mike Fisher, Steve O'Connell, Surrey, Tim Pollard
Tagged Conservative, Council Tax, Croydon, Croydon Council, Dudley Mead, Fisher's Folly, Helen Pollard, Labour, Margaret Mead, Mike Fisher, Steve O'Connell, Surrey, Tim Pollard, Tory
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Budget-busting 25 quid bribe ignores Croydon’s £1bn debt
Have you received your Council Tax bill this week? Wonder how Croydon Council can afford to pay out £25 to residents? With the Town Hall having accumulated £1 billion debt in the last eight years, SIMON HALL, pictured, says that, … Continue reading
Posted in 2014 council elections, Bernard Weatherill House, Croydon Council, Dudley Mead, Fieldway, Fly tipping, Housing, Mike Fisher, Refuse collection, Simon Hall, Steve O'Connell, Street lighting, URV, Youth Services
Tagged Bernard Weatherill House, Conservative, Council Tax, Croydon, Croydon Council, Dudley Mead, Fieldway, Fisher's Folly, Labour, Mike Fisher, Simon Hall, Steve O'Connell, Tory
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Tax-payers get a soaking as council taps run up £20,000 bill
Taking photographs inside gentlemen’s lavatories can lead to some unwanted outcomes, so in the past week Inside Croydon has gone to great, and most discreet, lengths to bring to you the first picture from inside the toilets of the council’s … Continue reading
Croydon Council spends £272 on one tap in £140m new HQ
Croydon Council, which has managed to rack up debts of more than £1 billion, has paid £272.69 to fit a replacement tap in its new headquarters office building which opened just four months ago. And the cost of furnishing Fisher’s … Continue reading
Dale Road flood victims evacuated to stay at council HQ
Finally, Croydon Council has found a suitable purpose for Fisher’s Folly: it is being used as emergency accommodation for people displaced from their homes in Purley by the floods. And according to one local resident on Dale Road, this afternoon … Continue reading
Labour promises proper choices and people’s priorities
Inside the 100-day countdown to the Town Hall elections on May 22, TONY NEWMAN, pictured left, the leader of Croydon’s Labour group, outlines his party’s fresh approach All elections are important, of course. But the council elections on May 22 … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", 2014 council elections, Bernard Weatherill House, Business, Community associations, Croydon Central, Environment, Fly tipping, Refuse collection, Tony Newman, Waste incinerator, Woodside
Tagged Bernard Weatherill House, Conservative, Council Tax, Croydon, Croydon Central, Croydon Council, Fisher's Folly, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Mike Fisher, Tony Newman, Tory
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Council-funded ‘community group’ gets closer to the council
More questions have arisen about the independence from Croydon Council of the council-funded “Croydon Communities Consortium”, after Inside Croydon had sight of an email to the CCC’s chairwoman, Elizabeth Ash, from David Freeman. Freeman works in the office of Nathan … Continue reading
Posted in Anthony Brooks, Community associations, Crime, Croydon Council, CVA, Fly tipping, Libraries, Refuse collection
Tagged Anthony Brooks, Bernard Weatherill House, CCC, Council Tax, Croydon, Croydon Central, Croydon Communities Consortium, Croydon Council, Croydon North, Croydon South, Elizabeth Ash, Fisher's Folly, London Borough of Croydon, Moriarty, Save Croydon Libraries, Tory
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