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Police chief dragged into Surrey Street trader’s latest vendetta
Repeated allegations posted across social media platforms by Jose Joseph could yet be the subject of legal action, as Met officer requires the stall-holder to alter one recent, misleading message. EXCLUSIVE by STEVEN DOWNES Jose Joseph, the eccentric Surrey Street … Continue reading
Posted in 2026 Croydon Mayor election, Business, Croydon Business Association, Jose Joseph, Surrey Street
Tagged asylum seeker, CBA, Croydon, Croydon Business Association, Croydon Council, Home Office, immigration, Jose Joseph, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor, Reform Ltd, Reform UK, Surrey Street, Surrey Street Market
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Mayor hopeful’s £40,000 Home Office fine for migrant worker
2026 LOCAL ELECTIONS: Market trader was removed as chair of the Croydon Business Association last October, and is now running as an independent candidate after quitting Labour and Reform in the first three months of this year Jose Joseph, the … Continue reading
Posted in 2026 council elections, 2026 Croydon Mayor election, Business, Croydon Business Association, Fairfield, Jose Joseph, Surrey Street
Tagged asylum seeker, CBA, Croydon, Croydon Business Association, Croydon Council, Home Office, immigration, Jose Joseph, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor, Reform Ltd, Reform UK, Surrey Street, Surrey Street Market
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Croydon man among six charged with stealing from immigrants
A man from Croydon is among six immigration officers who have appeared in court facing various charges related to them stealing money from people arriving in Britain after having crossed the Channel in small boats. David Grundy, 43, from Croydon, … Continue reading
Posted in Crime
Tagged David Grundy, Dover, Home Office, immigrants, immigration, Immigration officers, Immigration officials, small boats
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How we’ve managed to make a bad, sad situation much worse
There’s a new level of toxicity around the intertwined issues of race, immigration and asylum seekers, and in this latest Andrew Fisher Interview, our columnist talks to Dr Maya Goodfellow, the academic and writer, about how far-right rhetoric has been … Continue reading
After the riots, survey finds we are not an ‘island of strangers’
Have we really lost our sense of community? Or are we all just people separated by our mobile devices? Our columnist ANDREW FISHER, right, looks at some interesting data from a piece of academic research PLUS: Jeremy Corbyn stands up … Continue reading
Posted in Andrew Fisher, Community associations, Croydon East, Croydon South, Croydon West, Libraries, Streatham and Croydon North
Tagged allotments, Andrew Fisher, Angela Rayner, Citizens UK, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon East, Croydon South, Croydon West, immigration, Jeremy Corbyn, Keir Starmer, Labour, London, More in Common, Rachel Reeves, Reform UK, Southport, Streatham and Croydon North, This Place Matters, Tory, UCL, University College London
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London is a success. That’s why the right really hates our city
Earlier this month, in a corruscating piece of writing, Ian Dunt, author and columnist for The i Paper, tried to explain the phenomenon of right-wing politicians – including Croydon South MP Chris Philp – and commentators who have taken to … Continue reading
Posted in Andrew Fisher, Chris Philp MP, Croydon South, Inside Croydon, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, The Andrew Fisher Interview, Under The Flyover
Tagged Andrew Fisher, Chris Philp MP, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon South, Ian Dunt, immigration, Podcast, racism, Reform UK, The Andrew Fisher Interview, The i Paper, Tory, Under The Flyover
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Philp’s taped admission of big Brexit drawback on immigration
The previous Conservative government, and the MP for Croydon South, knew for more than five years that leaving the EU would make it more difficult to deal with asylum seekers – but that’s not what they said publicly Chris Philp, … Continue reading
Posted in Chris Philp MP, Croydon South
Tagged asylum seekers, Brexit, Chris Philp MP, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon South, immigration, Labour, Sky News, Tory
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Law centre offering free advice to apply for Home Office eVisas
A government policy shift towards digital immigration checks and using eVisas from 2025 means that all Biometric Residence Permits and most Biometric Residence Cards will expire on December 31. The South West London Law Centres, with an office in Croydon, … Continue reading
Bishop of Croydon makes amnesty appeal on immigration
The Bishop of Croydon, Jonathan Clark, has today entered the debate on the government’s “hostile” immigration strategy by calling for the immediate release of a mother and daughter who have been interned in “inhuman” conditions at immigrants’ removal centre at … Continue reading
Unions call for support for anti-BNP rally at Lunar House
Local trades unionists and activists are to hold a rally outside Lunar House on September 5, as a counter-demonstration to a protest by the fascist British National Party. The BNP, possibly accompanied by some of their mates from the EDL, … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon Central, Steve Reed MP
Tagged BNP, Croydon, immigrants, immigration, Labour, Lunar House, Steve Reed OBE
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