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Council fails to pay 200 interpreters for more than three months
CROYDON IN CRISIS: A ‘collapsed’ payments system has seen the council stiff hundreds of casual workers – highly trained translators and interpreters – for tens of thousands of pounds. And Mayor Perry knew nothing about it. EXCLUSIVE by STEVEN DOWNES … Continue reading
Posted in Adult Social Care, Children's Services, Conrad Hall, Croydon Council, Mayor Jason Perry, Simon Robson, Stuart King, Yvette Hopley
Tagged Adult Services, Adult Social Care, business and service compliance operations manager, Cllr Stuart King, Cllr Yvette Hopley, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon Translation and Interpretation Service, CTIS, David Wheeler, director of operations for adult social care, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, Simon Robson, Tory
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Mendacious Mayor is sitting on £8m of overpaid tax money
CROYDON IN CRISIS: The cash-strapped council’s Tory leader had no answers when asked why he has failed to refund ‘money which rightfully belongs to hardworking residents’. By our Town Hall reporter, KEN LEE Croydon’s failed Mayor Jason Perry is sitting … Continue reading
Healey’s ‘breathing space’ Budget was tempered by Trump
Small Business Rate Relief is not the headline-grabber from yesterday’s Budget that a £100 payment to millions of households to help with fuel bills was. WALTER CRONXITE, Political Editor, reports how it is a measure that should help more than … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Chris Philp MP, Council Tax, Croydon Council
Tagged Chancellor of the Exchequer, Chris Philp MP, Conservative, Council Tax, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon South, Iran, Iran war, John Healey, Labour, London, President Donald Trump, Small Business Rate Relief, SMEs, Tory
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Mayor fails to find ‘right’ person for £275,000 CEO vacancy
CROYDON IN CRISIS: A year since the vacancy arose at Fisher’s Folly, the Mayor is no closer to recruiting someone for the top job to take over from Katherine Kerswell. KEN LEE, Town Hall correspondent, reports Jason Perry has failed … Continue reading
Posted in Commissioners, Conrad Hall, Council Tax, Croydon Council, Elaine Jackson, Jo Negrini, Katherine Kerswell, Mike Jackson, Section 114 notice
Tagged Chief executive officer, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Elaine Jackson, GatenbySanderson, Interiim chief executive, Jo Negrini, Katherine Kerswell, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, Mike Jackson, Steve Reed OBE, Tory
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Coulsdon’s Red Clover Gardens gets a new coat of whitewash
A housing scheme in Coulsdon has won the country’s top architecture award. Yet there’s not been a peep from the council’s propaganda department, usually desperate to spin anything as ‘good’ news in Croydon. STEVEN DOWNES on the desperate efforts of … Continue reading
Posted in Brick by Brick, Business, Colm Lacey, Coulsdon, Croydon Council, Environment, Housing, Jo Negrini, Mayor Jason Perry, Planning, Property
Tagged Brick by Brick, Conservative, Coulsdon, Croydon, Croydon Council, Jo Negrini, Labour, Lion Green Road, Lion Green Road car park, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, Paul Scott, Red Clover Gardens, RIBA, Royal Institute of British Architects, Stirling Prize
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London’s bus and tram fares to rise by 10p from November 1
The fares freeze on London’s buses and trams ends this month. From November 1, the adult bus and tram fare, including the Hopper fare, will increase by 10p from £1.75 to £1.85, Transport for London confirmed in a statement this … Continue reading
Award-winning comic Mark Steel on Keir, Keegan and cancer
Award-winning stand-up Mark Steel sits down with our columnist, Andrew Fisher, for a frank, wide-ranging and often hilarious interview, the latest podcast from the Inside Croydon ‘multiverse’. As our brief extract clip illustrates, the interview switches between the poignant and … Continue reading
Posted in Andrew Fisher, Inside Croydon, The Andrew Fisher Interview, Under The Flyover
Tagged Andrew Fisher, Andy Burnham, antisemitism, Cancer, Croydon, Croydon North, Crystal Palace FC, FA Cup final, Green Party, Keir Starmer, Kevin Keegan, Labour, Mark Steel, Patreon, Prime Minister Andy Burnham, Steve Reed OBE, Wembley, Zack Polanski, Zionism
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After five years, council finally acts to clean up country park
Sluggish council has finally acted to clean up local streams that have been turned into ‘sludge’ by sewage pollution After a five-year campaign by residents and environmentalists, backed by their Labour councillors and MP, Croydon Council has finally confirmed that … Continue reading
Posted in Amy Foster, Brigitte Graham, Community associations, Croydon Council, Croydon East, Croydon parks, Environment, Friends of South Norwood Country Park, Natasha Irons, Wildlife, Woodside
Tagged Cargreen Road, Cllr Amy Foster, Cllr Brigitte Graham, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon East, Environment, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, Natasha Irons MP, Norwood Junction, Pollution, Sewage, South Norwood, Thames Water, Woodside
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Whistleblower’s lonely eight-year battle over council spending
CROYDON IN CRISIS: In 2018, Daniel Cox blew the whistle when he discovered that a contractor was charging the council almost double what he was being paid for his work. Cox was dismissed, and the council has spent the past … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Services, Croydon Council, Jacqueline Harris-Baker, Jo Negrini, Mayor Jason Perry, SEND, Stephen Lawrence-Orumwense
Tagged Adecco, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Daniel Cox, Employment Tribunal, His Honour Judge James Tayler, Jacqueline Harris-Baker, Jo Negrini, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, Stephen Lawrence-Orumwense, Tony Newman, Tory
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First phase of Altyre Road ‘aparthotel’ set to open by Christmas
The first phase of “The Canopy”, the aparthotel on Altyre Road, could be complete before Christmas. That’s according to Addiscombe West’s Labour councillors, who recently took a tour of the building site, as the former Croydon Park Hotel is being … Continue reading
Posted in Addiscombe West, Business, Croydon Council, Croydon Park Hotel, Housing, Planning, Property, The Canopy
Tagged Addiscombe West, Altyre Road, Amro, Botanical House, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon Park Hotel, East Croydon station, Labour, Sean Fitzsimons, Simon Hall, The Canopy, Tony Newman
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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
Posted in Andrew Fisher
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
Posted in Andrew Fisher, Steve Reed MP
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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Mystery after Grade II-listed Leslie Arms is pulled from auction
Auctioneer Swindells claims the landmark pub was never in his company’s catalogue, as Ansari-linked property fails to sell for third time in as many months. EXCLUSIVE by STEVEN DOWNES The Leslie Arms, the Grade II-listed Victorian landmark building in Addiscombe … Continue reading
Posted in Addiscombe West, Business, Croydon Council, Housing, Leslie Arms, Planning, Property, Pubs
Tagged AA Homes, Addiscombe, Addiscombe West, Anwar Ansari, Cherry Orchard Road, Croydon, Croydon Council, Dogs attack, Dr Anwar Ansari, Edward Swindells, English Heritage, Kangal, Labour, Landlord licensing, Leslie Arms, Lower Addiscombe Road, The Victorian Society, Tim Martin, Turkish Kangal, Wetherspoons
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Nike’s super shoes foam factory looks to cut 100 Croydon jobs
The foam for the super shoes that help star runners like Olympic champion Keely Hodgkinson break records is made in a factory off Mitcham Road. The company wants to move production to Vietnam and make one-third of its Croydon workforce … Continue reading
Posted in Broad Green, Business, Mayor Jason Perry, Stuart King, West Thornton
Tagged Broad Green, Cllr Stuart King, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Eliud Kipchoge, GMB, GMB Union, Keely Hodgkinson, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, Mitcham Road, Tory, Zotefoams
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‘Appalled’ Labour call for inquiry into children’s home contract
Council opposition makes call for investigation into the collapse of multi-million-pound contract, as charity placed in charge of home says council report does not ‘accurately reflect’ events. EXCLUSIVE by STEVEN DOWNES The Labour opposition group at Croydon Town Hall has … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Services, Croydon Council, Mayor Jason Perry, Sanderstead, Stabilisation Plan, Stuart Collins, Stuart King
Tagged Care Homes, Children's homes, Children's Services, Cllr Stuart King, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, St Christopher's Fellowship, Tory
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Council’s all-clear for second 24/7 gambling addiction centre
A Croydon councillor has called on the Labour government to “do the right thing” and act urgently against addictive adult gambling centres, after the council’s licensing sub-committee granted an application for a slot machine shop on Westow Hill in the … Continue reading
Posted in Claire Bonham, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood
Tagged Admiral, Admiral slots, Cllr Claire Bonham, Croydon, Croydon Council, Crystal Palace, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Crystal Palace Triangle, Gambling, Kryptonite, Labour, Liberal Democrats, London Borough of Croydon, Steve Reed OBE, Streatham and Croydon North, Westow Hill, Yusuf Osman
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Councillors in plea to Wetherspoons: Dear Tim, buy our pub!
For sale: one long-neglected, heritage-listed Victorian boozer, likely to require millions of pounds to put right. For the third time in four months, the Leslie Arms is up for auction. And Labour councillors have appealed to pub chains to show … Continue reading
Posted in Addiscombe West, Business, Croydon Council, Housing, Leslie Arms, Nick Beall, Patricia Hay-Justice, Planning, Property, Pubs, Sean Fitzsimons
Tagged AA Homes, Addiscombe, Addiscombe West, Anwar Ansari, Cherry Orchard Road, Croydon, Croydon Council, Dogs attack, Dr Anwar Ansari, English Heritage, Kangal, Labour, Landlord licensing, Leslie Arms, Lower Addiscombe Road, Nick Beall, Patricia Hay-Justice, Sean Fitzsimons, The Victorian Society, Tim Martin, Turkish Kangal, Wetherspoons
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Adderley suspension lifted by Greens after six-month wait
Husband of TV personality Nadia Sawalha is finally allowed to sit at Croydon Town Hall as an official Green Party councillor. WALTER CRONXITE, Political Editor, reports Croydon Council, as of this morning, now has eight councillors from the Green Party, … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon Council, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Mark Adderley, Steve Reed MP, Streatham and Croydon North
Tagged antisemitism, Croydon, Croydon Council, Crystal Palace, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Daily Mail, Labour, Mark Adderley, Metro, Nadia Sawalha, Steve Reed MP, Steve Reed OBE, Streatham and Croydon North, The Green Party, Zack Polanski, Zionism
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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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PM Burnham says he’ll get Selhurst rail project ‘back on track’
A massive engineering scheme to untangle the tracks that cause the ‘Selhurst bottleneck’ was dumped by the Tory government. Croydon East’s MP has got it back on Westminster’s agenda. By our transport correspondent, JEREMY CLACKSON Prime Minister Andy Burnham has … Continue reading
Posted in Commuting, Croydon Area Remodelling Scheme, Croydon East, East Croydon, Natasha Irons, Selhurst, TfL, Transport
Tagged Andy Burnham, CARS, Conservative, Croydon Area Remodelling Scheme, Croydon East, Labour, London, Natasha Irons MP, Network Rail, PMQs, Prime Minister Andy Burnham, Prime minister's questions, Selhurst, Selhurst Bottleneck, Tory, Transport for London
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That’s ACE! Gaskell the latest to join council’s growing 200 club
Cash-strapped Croydon now has at least three execs, two of them interims, being paid at rates of £200,000 per year or more. But someone in Mayor Jason Perry’s council is trying to keep the latest appointment a secret. EXCLUSIVE by … Continue reading
Posted in Commissioners, Conrad Hall, Council Tax, Croydon Council, Elaine Jackson, Jenny Rowlands, Katherine Kerswell, Mayor Jason Perry, Mike Jackson, Section 114 notice, Stephen Gaskell
Tagged Camden Council, Commissioners, Conrad Hall, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Elaine Jackson, Ged Curran, Interim assistant chief executive, Interims, Jenny Rowlands, Katherine Kerswell, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, Mike Jackson, Tory
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After closing libraries, now Philistine Perry takes axe to CALAT
Council briefing document says Mayor wants to outsource borough’s widely admired adult education service as his latest cost-cutting wheeze. EXCLUSIVE by STEVEN DOWNES CALAT, the council-run Croydon Adult Learning and Training organisation, has effectively been evicted from its home in … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Brigitte Graham, Business, CALAT, Croydon Council, Education, Greenwich Leisure, Libraries, Mayor Jason Perry
Tagged adult education, CALAT, Cllr Brigitte Graham, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Adult Learning and Training, Croydon Clocktower, Croydon Council, Croydon Town Hall, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry
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He should be so lucky, lucky, lucky: Reed’s £4,500 of freebies
INSIDE CROYDON INVESTIGATES: Our first article about the borough’s MPs’ declarations has already prompted complaints to the parliamentary commissioner for standards about Chris Philp. Now we scour the official declarations of another former Cabinet minister with interesting financial backers, the … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Inside Croydon Investigates, Steve Reed MP, Streatham and Croydon North
Tagged Croydon East, Croydon North, Croydon West, House of Commons, Labour, Natasha Irons MP, Parliamentary declarations, Political donations, Sarah Jones MP, Steve Reed MP, Steve Reed OBE, Streatham and Croydon North
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Cleverly quits Tory shadow cabinet to run for London Mayor
WALTER CRONXITE, Political Editor, on the south Londoner who wants to take on Labour at City Hall James Cleverly has resigned from Kemi Badenoch’s shadow cabinet in order to seek selection as the Conservative Party’s candidate for London Mayor in … Continue reading
Posted in 2028 London elections, James Cleverly, Laila Cunningham, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan
Tagged Conservative, Croydon, Green Party, James Cleverly, Kemi Bandenoch, Labour, Leila Cunningham, Lewisham, Liberal Democrats, London, London Assembly, Lord Khan of Tooting, Mayor Sadiq Khan, Nigel Farage, Reform, Shaun Bailey, Sir James Cleverly MP, Susan Hall, Tory
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Perry’s ‘comedy’ video claims are leaving the joke on Croydon
The borough’s Conservative Mayor, rendered impotent by the presence of government Commissioners, has spent much of the summer conducting some personal political campaigning, all paid for by tax-payers, that is often deliberately misleading, that sometimes gaslights residents and, very often, … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", Andrew Fisher, BH Group, Business, Commissioners, Council Tax, Crime, Croydon Council, Croydon parks, Fly tipping, Live Facial Recognition cameras, London-wide issues, Mayor Jason Perry, Mayor of London, Planning, Policing, Refuse collection, Sadiq Khan, Selsdon Park Hotel, Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield
Tagged Andrew Fisher, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Hammersfield, Labour, Live Facial Recognition, London, London Assembly, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor, Mayor Jason Perry, Metropolitan Police, Shop lifter tagging, Tory, URW, Westfield
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