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Cash-strapped council has spent £6.4m… to make more cuts

Posted on November 19, 2024 by insidecroydon

CROYDON IN CRISIS: After cuts to services of £137m in four years and with this year’s council budget out of control, official figures show that the council is spending millions more to find out how to save money. EXCLUSIVE by … Continue reading →

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Council consultants take six months to discover the obvious

Posted on October 1, 2024 by insidecroydon

CROYDON IN CRISIS: It has taken external consultants almost six months to discover that the council’s website is ‘jargon-heavy’, ‘corporate’ and ‘difficult’ to use. Those findings have cost the cash-strapped council at least £1m. EXCLUSIVE by STEVEN DOWNES After being … Continue reading →

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Council’s multi-million consultant deals to make more cuts

Posted on June 25, 2024 by insidecroydon

CROYDON IN CRISIS: Staff in Fisher’s Folly have already dubbed the plan ‘No Future Croydon’. After cuts of £100m from council budgets in four years, now the chief exec is forking out public money to find more ways of axing … Continue reading →

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