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Inside Croydon goes in search of the ‘real’ Andy Burnham
ANDREW FISHER has spent the week at the Labour Party Annual Conference in Liverpool, where the new Prime Minister continued to confound political editors and expert pundits A Blairite, a Brownite and a Corbynite walk into bar. The barman asks: … Continue reading
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Tagged Andrew Fisher, Andy Burnham MP, Angela Rayner MP, Croydon, Ed Miliband, Empty Dwelling Management Orders, Gaza, Gaza genocide, Help to Buy, Housing, John Healey MP, Keir Starmer, Labour, Labour Party Conference, Lambeth council, Liverpool, London, Palestine, Prime Minister Andy Burnham, Sir Keir Starmer, Your First Home
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Shadow of Starmer lingers over Labour Conference in Liverpool
A year ago, Andy Burnham was seen scurrying away from the Labour Party Conference, scorned by loyal Starmerites. Today, he makes a speech to the 2026 conference as Prime Minister. ANDREW FISHER reports from Liverpool exclusively for Inside Croydon on … Continue reading
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Tagged Andrew Fisher, Andy Burnham MP, Angela Rayner MP, Croydon, Ed Miliband, Empty Dwelling Management Orders, Gaza, Gaza genocide, Help to Buy, Housing, John Healey MP, Keir Starmer, Labour, Labour Party Conference, Lambeth council, Liverpool, London, Palestine, Prime Minister Andy Burnham, Sir Keir Starmer, Steve Reed OBE, Streatham and Croydon North, Your First Home
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Voluntary groups to open homeless day centre next month
New partnership of faith, charity and volunteer groups is working together to provide assistance for the homeless from the CVA Resource Centre and West Croydon Baptist Church, following the Prime Minister’s pledge to eliminate rough sleeping The first instruction that … Continue reading
Posted in CAYSH, Charity, Church and religions, CVA, West Croydon
Tagged Andy Burnham MP, CAYSH, Croydon CVA, Croydon Voluntary Action, CVA, Homelessness, Housing, MHCLG, Ministry of Housing Communities and Local Government, Prime Minister Andy Burnham, Spires, West Croydon Baptist Church
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MP Philp’s Green Belt petition slammed as ‘scaremongering’
‘Croydon’s Green Belt under threat!’ was the deliberately alarmist headline on a mass email from the Croydon South MP last week. Some have described it as ‘reckless scaremongering’. Others have called it ‘outright lies’. BARRATT HOLMES, housing correspondent, puts down … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", Addington Hills, Addiscombe West, Business, Chris Philp MP, Croydon Council, Croydon parks, Croydon South, East Croydon, Environment, Housing, Lloyd Park, London Councils, London-wide issues, Mayor Jason Perry, Mayor of London, New Addington North, New Addington South, Park Hill and Whitgift, Park Hill Recreation Ground, Planning, Sadiq Khan, Selsdon and Addington Village, South Croydon, Tramlink, Transport
Tagged Addington Hills, Addiscombe, Andrew Pelling, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, East Croydon, East Croydon tram stop, Green Belt, Housing, Labour, London, London Assembly, London Borough of Croydon, London Mayor, Lord Sadiq Khan, Mayor Jason Perry, Mayor Sadiq Khan, New Addington, South Croydon, The Local Plan, The London Plan, Tory
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Perry challenge to Khan: ‘Croydon’s Green Belt is sacrosanct’
Jason Perry, Croydon’s failed Mayor, has put himself on a collision course with Lord Sadiq Khan and City Hall over proposals in the draft London Plan to build hundreds of homes on the borough’s Green Belt. “Whilst I am Mayor, … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", Addington Hills, Addiscombe West, Andrew Pelling, Business, Croydon Council, Croydon parks, East Croydon, Environment, Housing, Lloyd Park, London Councils, London-wide issues, Mayor Jason Perry, Mayor of London, New Addington North, New Addington South, Park Hill and Whitgift, Park Hill Recreation Ground, Planning, Sadiq Khan, Selsdon and Addington Village, South Croydon, Tramlink, Transport
Tagged Addington Hills, Addiscombe, Andrew Pelling, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, East Croydon, East Croydon tram stop, Green Belt, Housing, Labour, London, London Assembly, London Borough of Croydon, London Mayor, Lord Sadiq Khan, Mayor Jason Perry, Mayor Sadiq Khan, New Addington, South Croydon, The Local Plan, The London Plan, Tory
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London’s ‘Lord Mayor’ puts Croydon Green Belt in his plan
Any green space within one mile of a tram stop or railway station might be available for housing development according to Mayor Khan’s draft London Plan. ANDREW PELLING takes a look at the new proposals London Mayor Sadiq Khan wants … Continue reading
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Tagged Addington Hills, Addiscombe, Andrew Pelling, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, East Croydon, East Croydon tram stop, Green Belt, Housing, Labour, London, London Assembly, London Borough of Croydon, London Mayor, Lord Sadiq Khan, Mayor Jason Perry, Mayor Sadiq Khan, New Addington, South Croydon, The Local Plan, The London Plan, Tory
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‘We need to pull every lever available to end the housing crisis’
This month, Inside Croydon columnist Andrew Fisher interviews Fiona Fletcher-Smith, the chief executive of one of the country’s largest housing associations, L&Q, and hears what policy changes she believes new Prime Minister Andy Burnham needs to implement if the government … Continue reading
Posted in Andrew Fisher, Fiona Fletcher Smith, Housing, Inside Croydon, London-wide issues, Property, Sadiq Khan, The Andrew Fisher Interview, Under The Flyover
Tagged affordable housing, Andrew Fisher, Council housing, Fiona Fletcher-Smith, Housing, Housing policy, L&Q, Queens Gardens, Rent controls, social housing, Temporary accommodation, The Andrew Fisher Interview
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Croydon Community Energy: Join our board of directors
C O M M U N I T Y A D V E R T I S E M E N T Click here for more information about Croydon Community Energy, and to apply for the roles
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Tagged CCE, Croydon, Croydon Community Energy, Housing
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Housing and benefits advice sessions, free, South Norwood
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Housing and benefits advice sessions, free, South Norwood
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Housing and benefits advice sessions, free, South Norwood
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Red coats march on Delta Point to protest against evictions
On a visit to Croydon, the former housing secretary describes companies run by a billionaire Labour Party donor as ‘disgusting and disgraceful’, as hundreds of their tenants are served Section 21 eviction orders Angela Rayner, tipped as the next leader … Continue reading
Posted in 2026 Croydon Mayor election, Business, Criterion Capital, Croydon West, Housing, London-wide issues, Property, Rowenna Davis, Sarah Jones MP
Tagged Angela Rayner MP, Asif Aziz, Cllr Rowenna Davis, Councillor Rowenna Davis, Criterion Capital, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon West, Delta Point, Housing, London, London Borough of Croydon, Rowenna Davis, Sarah Jones MP
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Council seizes 36 homes in crackdown against tenancy fraud
Croydon has seized possession of 36 council-owned homes in a massive crackdown on housing fraud in the borough. The council homes – desperately needed to provide housing for people on the council’s waiting list – were being occupied by people … Continue reading
Sunday Times says Croydon is in UK’s Top 20 places to live
Don’t get too excited. The national newspaper’s praise for the south London town is, at best, grudging. By special correspondent, PHIL SPACE Croydon is one of the top 20 places in the country to live if you’re under 35. That’s … Continue reading
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Tagged Boozepark, Boxpark, Croydon, East Croydon station, Housing, London Borough of Croydon, Sunday Times, Westfield
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MPs told that Croydon flats are example of how not to build
The appalling conditions in ‘luxury apartments’ in new-build flats at The Fold, opposite Croydon Town Hall, were raised with a House of Commons select committee hearing yesterday Leading housing campaigner Kwajo Tweneboa cited The Fold in central Croydon as an … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon Council, Fairfield, Housing, Mayor Jason Perry, Mayor of London, Property, Queens Gardens, Steve Reed MP, Taberner House, The Fold
Tagged ACORN, Alison Butler, Bloom House, Brick by Brick, Build Baby Build, Chorus Apartments, Croydon, Croydon Council, Florence Eshalomi MP, Housing, Jo Negrini, Kwajo Tweneboa, L&G, L&Q, Legal and General, London, London Borough of Croydon, Malcolm Wicks House, Mayor Jason Perry, Paul Scott, Queen's Quarter, Queens Gardens, Steve Reed OBE, Taberner House, The Fold, Tony Newman
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Regina Road redevelopment council update, Tue Oct 14
Posted in Advertisement, Advertisement features, Community associations, Croydon Council, Housing, Planning, Property, Regina Road redevelopment, South Norwood, Susmita Sen
Tagged Croydon, Croydon Council, Housing, London Borough of Croydon, Norwood Junction, Regina Road, Regina Road redevelopment, Regina Road Residents' Support Group, South Norwood
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Reed’s housing plan is just the same as Thatcher’s and Blair’s
The Streatham and Croydon North MP’s cunning plan is ‘using the state balance sheet to crack open the opportunity for private profit’ The housing minister, Streatham and Croydon North MP Steve Reed, spent much of Sunday promoting himself, autographing MAGA-style … Continue reading
Posted in Housing, London-wide issues, Steve Reed MP, Streatham and Croydon North
Tagged baby, Boris Johnson, Build, Cane Hill, Clement Attlee, Crawley, Croydon, Housing, Housing crisis, Inside Housing, Labour, London, London Docklands Development Corporation, Margaret Thatcher, Milton Keynes, New Towns, Peter Apps, Post-war building boom, Steve Reed OBE, Stevenage, Streatham and Croydon North, Thamesmead, Tony Blair
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Fold managers admit to fire alarm fault in 35-storey tower
EXCLUSIVE: Four fire marshals and battery-powered smoke alarms have been intalled in the mould-ridden block, where there is only a single staircase to serve as a fire escape. By STEVEN DOWNES The managers of The Fold, the 35-storey residential tower … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Croydon Council, Fairfield, Housing, Mayor of London, Property, Queens Gardens, Taberner House, The Fold
Tagged ACORN, Croydon, Croydon Council, Housing, L&G, L&Q, Legal and General, London Borough of Croydon, Queen's Quarter, Queens Gardens, Taberner House, The Fold
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Mouldy Fold: no problems with council flats says Town Hall
Croydon Council is to carry out checks on its 90 flats in Malcolm Wicks House, the fourth block built in the Queen’s Quarter where the 35-storey private rental tower The Fold is being evacuated to allow its owners to completely … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Croydon Council, Fairfield, Housing, Mayor of London, Property, Queens Gardens, Taberner House, The Fold
Tagged Alison Butler, Bloom House, Chorus Apartments, Croydon, Croydon Council, Housing, Jo Negrini, L&G, L&Q, Legal and General, London Borough of Croydon, Malcolm Wicks House, Queen's Quarter, Queens Gardens, Taberner House, The Fold
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‘Let us be free from this hellhole’: Fold tenants issue demands
EXCLUSIVE: Residents in one of Croydon’s tallest buildings are becoming increasingly angry and militant over their treatment by their multi-billion-pound landlords. By STEVEN DOWNES The owners of The Fold, the 35-storey residential tower in Queen’s Gardens, have been given a … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Croydon Council, Fairfield, Housing, Mayor Jason Perry, Mayor of London, Property, Queens Gardens, Rowenna Davis, Taberner House, The Fold
Tagged ACORN, Bloom House, Chorus Apartments, Councillor Rowenna Davis, Croydon, Croydon Council, Housing, Jo Negrini, L&G, L&Q, Legal and General, London Borough of Croydon, Malcolm Wicks House, Mayor Jason Perry, Queen's Quarter, Queens Gardens, Taberner House, The Fold
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Regulator finds ‘serious failings’ in Tandridge’s social housing
Some things ‘came as an absolute surprise to me’ says chair of district council’s housing committee, as inspectors found more than 1,000 overdue fire safety fixes and no clear records of stock surveys for almost a decade Tandridge District Council, … Continue reading
UnFolding story: residents’ meeting is moved as concerns rise
EXCLUSIVE by STEVEN DOWNES Fire safety inspectors from the London Fire Brigade were on site this morning at The Fold, the 35-storey tower block close to Croydon Town Hall, where residents fear for their well-being because of poor-quality finishes to … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Croydon Council, Fairfield, Housing, Mayor of London, Property, Queens Gardens, Taberner House, The Fold
Tagged Alison Butler, Bloom House, Chorus Apartments, Croydon, Croydon Council, Housing, Jo Negrini, Kwajo Tweneboa, L&G, L&Q, Legal and General, London Borough of Croydon, Malcolm Wicks House, Queen's Quarter, Queens Gardens, Taberner House, The Fold
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