Tag Archives: Greater London Authority

Plastic pollution is reaching a high tide mark on our rivers

Posted on November 24, 2021 by insidecroydon

CROYDON COMMENTARY: Want to do your bit to help clean up the environment, while trying to avert even worse effects of climate crisis? Inspired by a Croydon-based activist, LEWIS WHITE has tried, but like Greta Thunberg, has had a predictable … Continue reading →

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Leader of crisis-hit council has kept her job at City Hall

Posted on December 18, 2020 by insidecroydon

EXCLUSIVE: While others in the council’s leadership have left employment to better focus on the crises at the Town Hall, Hamida Ali has opted for a spot of unpaid leave from her role at the GLA.  By STEVEN DOWNES If … Continue reading →

Posted in Croydon Council, Hamida Ali, Report in the Public Interest, Stuart King, Tony Newman | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , | 6 Comments

‘Unrealistic’ plans for Crystal Palace face a ‘final’ showdown

Posted on February 6, 2019 by insidecroydon

The latest draft of plans for the future of the National Sports Centre at Crystal Palace “falls way short” and is “unrealistic”, according to the campaign group which represents thousands of users of the Olympic legacy sports facilities. There is … Continue reading →

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‘Deep suspicion’ over Mayor plans for National Sports Centre

Posted on August 20, 2018 by insidecroydon

The future of the athletics stadium at the Crystal Palace National Sports Centre is under threat once again, as the Mayor of London is staging the latest round of “consultations” on the badly neglected, once internationally renowned facility. Campaigners have … Continue reading →

Posted in Athletics, Boris Johnson, Bromley Council, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Football, Housing, Ken Livingstone, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Outside Croydon, Sadiq Khan, Sport | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | 4 Comments

Is the bell sounding for the final lap at Crystal Palace NSC?

Posted on February 2, 2018 by insidecroydon

There’s a public consultation underway to try to resolve the future of the National Sports Centre at Crystal Palace. And it’s déjà vu all over again. Poor publicity for the process run by a bunch of consultants, a reluctant attitude … Continue reading →

Posted in 2012 Olympics, Athletics, Boris Johnson, Community associations, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Football, Mayor of London, South London Harriers, Sport, Swimming | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | 2 Comments

Wolmar: Choose a Mayor for real Londoners and London

Posted on May 26, 2015 by insidecroydon

The selection of candidates to stand for election as the next Mayor of London is under way in earnest this week, at least within the Labour Party, where the various constituencies are each asked to nominate a candidate. Here, one … Continue reading →

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Work underway to get Boxpark to pop-up in summer 2016

Posted on March 12, 2015 by insidecroydon

Boxpark, the pop-up retail centre built from disused shipping containers, will open alongside East Croydon Station with up to 80 shops, fashionable boutiques and cafes next summer, it was confirmed this morning. Work is to begin immediately, and around 200 … Continue reading →

Posted in "Hammersfield", Boxpark, Business, Croydon Council, East Croydon, Nathan Elvery, Planning, Property, Ruskin Square, Tramlink, Transport, Whitgift Centre | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | 4 Comments

Bromley leader Carr attacks Boris’s Palace consultation

Posted on November 5, 2014 by insidecroydon

Seconds out, round three: In a pull-no-punches letter sent to City Hall today, Stephen Carr, the leader of Tory-run Bromley Council, has condemned London Mayor Boris Johnson’s on-going consultation over the future of Crystal Palace National Sports Centre as “…variations … Continue reading →

Posted in 2012 Olympics, Athletics, Boris Johnson, Bromley Council, Crystal Palace Park, Environment, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Planning, Sport, Stephen Carr | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

Greens take a stand against Chinese takeaway of public park

Posted on April 30, 2014 by insidecroydon

Green Party figures from the five boroughs that meet at Crystal Palace – Bromley, Lewisham, Southwark, Lambeth and Croydon – have united to oppose what they have called the “privatisation” of the Grade II-listed public park in a promised £500 … Continue reading →

Posted in 2014 council elections, Boris Johnson, Bromley Council, Business, Community associations, Croydon Greens, Crystal Palace Community Association, Crystal Palace Park, Darren Johnson, Environment, London-wide issues, Mayor of London | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

Group offering mentoring courses to help make a difference

Posted on March 9, 2013 by insidecroydon

Are you interested in the development of young people? Could you help a young black or minority ethnic male to reach his full potential? The Croydon Mentoring Consortium is a partnership of six organisations who are working with the Greater … Continue reading →

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Few takers for Croydon’s £1.1m post-riots rates scheme

Posted on February 7, 2013 by insidecroydon

Eighteen months after the Croydon riots, and a senior councillor has been forced to admit that a £1.1 million scheme that was to attract 2,000 jobs to  the worst affected areas of the borough has yet to get underway, mired … Continue reading →

Posted in Boris Johnson, Business, Croydon 8/8, Fairfield, Mayor of London, Vidhi Mohan | Tagged , , , , , , | 3 Comments

Boris’s objections are set-back for Beddington incinerator

Posted on September 26, 2012 by insidecroydon

Croydon’s Greens and other groups opposed to the £1 billion Beddington Lane waste incinerator scheme were in celebratory mood last night thanks to help from a most unexpected source: Mayor of London Boris Johnson. The Greater London Authority has submitted … Continue reading →

Posted in Boris Johnson, Broad Green, Croydon Council, Croydon Greens, Croydon North, Environment, Health, Jenny Jones, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Norbury, Outside Croydon, Planning, Sutton Council, Thornton Heath, Waddon, Waste incinerator, Wildlife | Tagged , , , , , , , | 3 Comments

Boris agrees £250m “build now, pay later” Cane Hill scheme

Posted on August 21, 2012 by insidecroydon

The Greater London Authority yesterday exchanged contracts on a £250 million “build now pay later” deal to redevelop the 83-hectare site of the former Cane Hill asylum at Coulsdon. Cane Hill is the site of the former mental hospital famous … Continue reading →

Posted in Boris Johnson, Cane Hill, Coulsdon, Coulsdon East, Croydon South, East Coulsdon Residents' Association, Environment, History, Housing, Mayor of London, Planning | Tagged , , , , , , , | 4 Comments

Croydon questions: Louisa Woodley, Labour

Posted on May 2, 2012 by insidecroydon

Inside Croydon has put a set of questions, mostly on policy, to all the candidates to become Sutton and Croydon’s GLA member. Here we have the final candidate’s responses on the record, publishing their responses in full, unedited, and without … Continue reading →

Posted in Boris Johnson, Commuting, Crime, Croydon 8/8, Health, Ken Livingstone, London Assembly, London-wide issues, Louisa Woodley, Mayday Hospital, Mayor of London, Policing, Steve O'Connell, Sutton Council, Thornton Heath, Tramlink, Waste incinerator | Tagged , , , , , , , | Leave a comment