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Council spent thousands to pay-off its own staff driving fines

Posted on July 20, 2026 by insidecroydon

Cash-strapped Croydon Council, under failed Mayor Jason Perry, has been spending thousands of pounds of tax-payers’ money to pay off staff and contractors’ parking fines – while at the same time boasting about a “zero tolerance” crackdown on illegal parking. … Continue reading →

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Starmer shocker: could Gorton and Denton happen here?

Posted on February 27, 2026 by insidecroydon

Our resident psephologist, WALTER CRONXITE, crunches the numbers after a disastrous by-election result at Gorton and Denton for the Labour Prime Minister, with local elections across London, including in Croydon, just 70 days away The Green Party’s historic parliamentary by-election … Continue reading →

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Schools and parents on alert for next week’s ‘Croydon Wars’

Posted on February 20, 2026 by insidecroydon

Police and community groups are preparing for a week of “Croydon Wars”, after children aged as young as 12 have been encouraged on social media to take weapons with them to a series of “Red v Blue” fights between schools. … Continue reading →

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Ex-Labour staffer spared jail over child exploitation pictures

Posted on August 15, 2023 by insidecroydon

Tom Dewey’s now former party colleagues continue to deny any knowledge of his collecting illegal and ‘sadistic’ images that dated back to 2008 Tom Dewey, the former borough organiser for the Labour Party in Croydon, has avoided spending time in … Continue reading →

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Dewey pleads guilty to possessing indecent images of children

Posted on July 19, 2023 by insidecroydon

Serious questions over safeguarding raised as Labour Party election candidate now faces sentencing The Labour Party’s former borough organiser for Croydon has admitted serious charges of possessing indecent images of children. Tom Dewey appeared at Uxbridge Magistrates Court yesterday, where … Continue reading →

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Former Labour Party staffer arrested on child porn charges

Posted on July 1, 2023 by insidecroydon

A former Labour Party staffer who worked as borough organiser in Croydon when Tony Newman was leader of the council has been charged with offences relating to indecent images of children. Tom Dewey worked from the constituency office of Croydon … Continue reading →

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McDonald’s new task: to help to re-build Croydon

Posted on August 16, 2011 by insidecroydon

You could be forgiven for wondering whether Stephen McDonald has been handed a poisoned chalice. It is certainly a case of out of the Olympic cauldron and into the (looters’) fire for the man announced today in an internal council … Continue reading →

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