Tag Archives: Jerry Fitzpatrick

Squaring the rubbish circle on Oval Road was never easy

Posted on October 20, 2022 by insidecroydon

CROYDON COMMENTARY: In answer to a public question at last night’s Town Hall meeting about the terrible state of Oval Road since rubbish contractors Veolia started a bin bags trial in 2020, Cllr Scott Roche said ‘a review of the … Continue reading →

Posted in Addiscombe West, Business, Community associations, Croydon Council, ECCO, Fly tipping, Jerry Fitzpatrick, Patricia Hay-Justice, Refuse collection, Tom Lawrence, Veolia | Tagged , , , , , , , | 3 Comments

#TheLabourFiles: Whip letters prove they knew hack was illegal

Posted on October 5, 2022 by insidecroydon

The Al Jazeera investigations broadcast last week included correspondence from a retired barrister to Labour’s General Secretary that identified the handling of stolen data by party officials in Croydon as unlawful. But David Evans did nothing about it. By STEVEN … Continue reading →

Posted in Addiscombe West, Clive Fraser, Crime, Hamida Ali, Inside Croydon, Jerry Fitzpatrick, Steve Reed MP, Tony Newman | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Council leader Ali rules herself out of running to be Mayor

Posted on October 27, 2021 by insidecroydon

EXCLUSIVE: Newman’s protégé makes a call for ‘a break from the recent past’ at the Town Hall. Plus another sitting Labour councillor decides against standing in 2022.  By STEVEN DOWNES The Tony Newman era at Croydon Town Hall should really, … Continue reading →

Posted in 2022 council elections, 2022 Croydon Mayor election, Addiscombe West, Hamida Ali, Jerry Fitzpatrick, Tony Newman, Woodside | Tagged , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Newman’s Nark v Steve’s Snitch: Town Hall’s Hobson’s choice

Posted on October 12, 2021 by insidecroydon

The Town Hall Labour group, shellshocked after last Thursday’s massive rejection of their status quo stance at the mayoral referendum and still reeling from a series of resignations, suspensions and selection blocks, faces another rats-in-a-sack internal election tomorrow night. Jerry … Continue reading →

Posted in 2022 council elections, Clive Fraser, Croydon North, Louis Carserides, Norbury, Shafi Khan, South Norwood, Steve Reed MP | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | 4 Comments

Fitzpatrick rallies Addiscombe residents to object to 5G mast

Posted on June 19, 2021 by insidecroydon

An Addiscombe councillor has stepped in to try to protect the local environment by demanding “Not In Our Back Yard” over proposals to build a massive 5G telecommunications mast on a patch of public green space. Jerry Fitzpatrick, the veteran … Continue reading →

Posted in Addiscombe West, Business, Jerry Fitzpatrick, Planning | Tagged , , | 2 Comments

Council applies emergency brake on New Year parking hike

Posted on January 5, 2021 by insidecroydon

CROYDON IN CRISIS: Transport correspondent JEREMY CLACKSON reports on how Fisher’s Folly officials have been forced into a sudden U-turn over their money-spinning ’emissions-based’ parking charges New car parking charges, due to come into force at council-run car parks and … Continue reading →

Posted in Business, Coulsdon, Croydon Council, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Environment, Jerry Fitzpatrick, Joy Prince, Muhammad Ali, New Addington, Parking, Pubs, Purley, Restaurants, Robert Ward, Sean Fitzsimons, Selsdon & Ballards, Shifa Mustafa, Shirley, Thornton Heath, Transport | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 8 Comments

The late, late show: scrutiny sees anger and hears of bullying

Posted on November 19, 2020 by insidecroydon

CROYDON IN CRISIS: The council is ‘on a journey’, according to the interim chief executive, who clung firmly to platitudes and clichés at her first scrutiny committee this week. But will it all be just ‘words, words, words’, as a … Continue reading →

Posted in Brick by Brick, Croydon Council, Hamida Ali, Jerry Fitzpatrick, Jo Negrini, Joy Prince, Katherine Kerswell, Paul Scott, Report in the Public Interest, Sean Fitzsimons, Section 114 notice, Tony Newman, Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 10 Comments

‘Lack of trust’ sees arts venue selling just 26% of tickets

Posted on February 17, 2020 by insidecroydon

With the Fairfield Halls refurbishment costs now confirmed as £42.6m, and still rising, the venue is struggling to win back its audiences, as KEN LEE reports The costs of refurbishing the Fairfield Halls rose by another £1.6million in just five … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Ashcroft Theatre, BH Live, Brick by Brick, Colm Lacey, Croydon Council, Fairfield Halls, Jerry Fitzpatrick, Jo Negrini, Neil Chandler, Sean Fitzsimons | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , | 10 Comments

Autism Champion in broadcast that offered real experience

Posted on May 3, 2019 by insidecroydon

Jerry Fitzpatrick, the Addiscombe West councillor who is the borough’s Autism Champion, was this week interviewed on the Women’s Radio Station by Anna Kennedy. Kennedy is the founder of Anna Kennedy Online, an autism charity, and helping with the radio … Continue reading →

Posted in Anna Kennedy Online, Charity, Children's Services, Croydon Council, Jerry Fitzpatrick, SEND | Tagged , | 1 Comment

Our children deserve help to improve their life opportunities

Posted on April 5, 2019 by insidecroydon

CROYDON COMMENTARY: It is autism awareness week. There’s been events staged at the Town Hall, and tomorrow there’s a special meeting at which teens, young adults, parents, guardians and carers can discuss their situations with councillors and officials. SARAH BOWELL, … Continue reading →

Posted in Adult Social Care, Children's Services, Croydon Council, Education, Jerry Fitzpatrick, Schools, SEND | Tagged , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Hear Autism meeting, The Cherry Hub, Apr 6

Posted on March 31, 2019 by insidecroydon
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New councillor sweeps in with series of Hear Autism events

Posted on February 16, 2019 by insidecroydon

They say a new broom sweeps clean, but residents in Croydon aren’t used to this being true (cough… Veolia… cough). Although that seems to be changing, at least for the autism community. After last May’s local elections, Jerry Fitzpatrick, the … Continue reading →

Posted in Addiscombe West, Children's Services, Croydon Council, Education, Health, Jerry Fitzpatrick, Schools | Tagged , , , , , | 2 Comments

Local Offer website fails to meet standards under SEND laws

Posted on August 21, 2018 by insidecroydon

Parents and carers of children and young adults with SEND – Special Educational Needs and Disability – claim that the new, malfunctioning Local Offer website launched by the council last month is not only full of broken hyperlinks and broken … Continue reading →

Posted in Adult Social Care, Alisa Flemming, Andrew Rendle, Children's Services, Croydon Council, Jerry Fitzpatrick, Jo Negrini | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | 4 Comments

Council’s Autism Board failed to hold meetings for nine months

Posted on August 10, 2018 by insidecroydon

Croydon Council’s Autism Board failed to hold any meetings during a nine-month period from October last year. That’s according to a written response from the cabinet member responsible, Jane Avis. For a council which is struggling to improve its reputation … Continue reading →

Posted in Addiscombe West, Adult Social Care, Andrew Rendle, Charity, Children's Services, Croydon Council, Jane Avis, Jerry Fitzpatrick | Tagged , , , , , | Leave a comment

Dear councillor, please don’t let the autism community down

Posted on July 13, 2018 by insidecroydon

CROYDON COMMENTARY: The council has handed out a range of appointments for its four-year term, including making the recently elected Addiscombe West councillor, Jerry Fitzpatrick, the borough’s ‘Autism Champion’. Here, DAWN ASSEFA, pictured right, sends him an open letter Dear … Continue reading →

Posted in Addiscombe West, Adult Social Care, Children's Services, Community associations, Croydon Council, Education, Jerry Fitzpatrick, Schools | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

Canning rejects new job after being dropped as cabinet deputy

Posted on May 25, 2018 by insidecroydon

Political editor WALTER CRONXITE reports on the fall-out from the latest round of patronage for Tony’s cronies Tony Newman’s usual tactic of using public money patronage to keep the support of his Labour council colleagues appears to have been less … Continue reading →

Posted in Andrew Pelling, Callton Young, Croydon Council, Pat Ryan, Patsy Cummings, Paul Scott, Robert Canning, Tony Newman | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Developers must finish station bridge, residents demand

Posted on November 9, 2017 by insidecroydon

A former deputy leader of the council is demanding that Croydon’s planning department should withhold permission for Menta Redrow’s latest luxury flats development scheme on Cherry Orchard Road, unless or until they make good on six-year-old promises to allow the … Continue reading →

Posted in Addiscombe West, Cherry Orchard Gardens, Croydon Council, East Croydon, Menta Tower, Planning, Property, Transport | Tagged , , , , , , , | 2 Comments