Tag Archives: House of Lords

Good Lord? Starmer’s gofer Evans is lined up for a peerage

Posted on August 24, 2023 by insidecroydon

Our political editor, WALTER CRONXITE, delves through some silly season speculation to discover that one of Alison Butler’s exes could soon be heading for the red benches David Evans, the former Croydon business owner who was an aide to Tony … Continue reading →

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Baron Barwell does a bunk from Lords after Standards breach

Posted on February 6, 2023 by insidecroydon

More Tory sleaze, after a complaint from an iC reader leads to a finding that the politician broke the rules over his business declarations… and his Lordship isn’t saying whether his ‘leave of absence’ is in connection with something far … Continue reading →

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Help to Buy fuels London’s house price inflation say Lords

Posted on January 10, 2022 by insidecroydon

A parliamentary report out today underlines that £29bn-worth of housing subsidies have simply helped to boost several Tory donors’ profits, reports our housing correspondent, BARRATT HOLMES The cost of an average home in Croydon increased by 4 per cent in … Continue reading →

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Bishop of Croydon signs protest letter over benefit changes

Posted on March 10, 2013 by insidecroydon

Jonathan Clark, the Bishop of Croydon, is one of more than 40 senior churchmen, led by the Archbishop of Canterbury, to condemn the government’s plan for a 1 per cent annual increase in welfare benefits in each of the next … Continue reading →

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Croydon’s Gavin Barwell: our champion of democracy

Posted on April 20, 2012 by insidecroydon

Tory backbenchers are revolting. No, this is not a statement of the bleedin’ obvious, but a four-word summary of last night’s meeting at Westminster of the influential 1922 Committee of Conservative MPs, where talk of rebellion was in the air. … Continue reading →

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Local LibDem leads campaign against bishops in the Lords

Posted on January 24, 2012 by insidecroydon

“Will no one rid me of this turbulent priest?” David Cameron is far from the first to complain of bishops’ involvement in politics. The clergy’s role in the House of Lords vote last night on Child Benefit and the government’s … Continue reading →

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