Tag Archives: ITV News

Council’s Ministry of Truth forced to pull housing press release

Posted on March 24, 2022 by insidecroydon

CROYDON IN CRISIS: On the first anniversary of the broadcast of the TV news report that shocked the nation, the council has been forced to pull a press release which tried to misrepresent the findings of the independent housing improvement … Continue reading →

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Inside Croydon’s Person of the Year 2021: Fransoy Hewitt

Posted on December 31, 2021 by insidecroydon
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Nine months on and council tenants are still being ignored

Posted on December 16, 2021 by insidecroydon

CROYDON IN CRISIS: If 2020 was Croydon Council’s year of Negreedy and bankruptcy, 2021 has been the year of leaks, mould and a local authority exposed as incompetent and uncaring about those living in its properties. And there are worrying … Continue reading →

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Tenants’ despair and politicians’ disdain: Britain’s slum crisis

Posted on September 10, 2021 by insidecroydon

STEVEN DOWNES on the television documentary being broadcast on Sunday night which seems certain to shock the nation and pour shame on Croydon Council all over again You might think you couldn’t be shocked any more. But you’d be wrong. … Continue reading →

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Podcast: ‘My living nightmare in temporary accommodation’

Posted on April 2, 2021 by insidecroydon

Last week, we published the account by SHANTAL MOSES (left) of her  lockdown year spent with her young son in inadequate and dangerous accommodation provided by Croydon Council. This is Croydon’s real housing crisis, another aspect of the appalling conditions … Continue reading →

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‘Why do you appear not to know the answer to anything?’

Posted on March 24, 2021 by insidecroydon

Anyone who watches the full horror of the 17-minute unedited interview conducted by ITV News’s Dan Hewitt with Hamida Ali last night will quickly realise why Croydon was so reluctant to put up the council leader to talk about the … Continue reading →

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‘Is it because the council don’t care? Where is their humanity?’

Posted on March 23, 2021 by insidecroydon

Millions around the country were shocked when they saw a television news report last night which showed the appalling – and dangerous – conditions tenants in a council-owned block in South Norwood have had to endure for months. Here, the … Continue reading →

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