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Dangerous driver does a runner after crash on Woodside Green
Residents in Woodside Green were both terrified and relieved last night, after a car that was racing through their neighbourhood crashed into roadside barriers and ended up on its roof in the middle of the public open space. They were … Continue reading
Perry’s council fails to spend £74,000 from road safety budget
Under the Tory Mayor, Croydon axed six lollipop patrols outside primary schools last year in a cost-cutting measure. Yet now, according to Croydon East MP Natasha Irons, the council is sitting on a pot of grant money while children’s lives … Continue reading
Posted in Addington, Crime, Croydon Council, Croydon East, Forestdale Primary, Mayor Jason Perry, Natasha Irons, New Addington South, Schools, Selsdon Vale and Forestdale
Tagged Addington, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Featherbed Lane, Fickleshole, Forestdale, Forestdale Primary School, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, New Addington, road safety, Tory, White Bear Pub
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Minister Reed buckles under lobbying for ‘feudal’ landlords
BARRATT HOLMES, housing correspondent, on how an election promise to scrap ground rents for leaseholders has been watered down to something which now won’t take full effect until the year 2066 Groups representing leaseholders and renters have accused the Labour … Continue reading
Labour makes new U-turn as Señor Vestey opts to stand down
INSIDE SUTTON: Just days after his local party posted leaflets online calling on supporters to vote for him in May, the controversial councillor on the Costa has changed his mind – but that won’t stop him pocketing thousands of pounds … Continue reading
Posted in 2026 council elections, Dave Tchil, Sheldon Vestey, Steve Alvarez, Sutton Council
Tagged Cllr Sheila Berry, Cllr Sheldon Vestey, Cllr Steve Alvarez, Conservative, Hackbridge, Labour, Margaret Thomas, Señor Sheldon Vestey, Sheldon Vestey, St Helier West, Steve Alvarez, Sutton Council, Tory
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Labour minister Streeting opens New Addington health centre
New Addington has a new multi-million-pound Community Diagnostics Centre, which was formally opened yesterday by health secretary Wes Streeting and local MP Natasha Irons. The centre, on Chertsey Crescent, has been busy with patients since October, and is now fully … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon East, Croydon NHS Trust, Health, Natasha Irons, New Addington Community Diagnostics Centre, New Addington North, New Addington South
Tagged Croydon, Croydon East, Croydon NHS Trust, Labour, Natasha Irons MP, New Addington, New Addington Community Diagnostics Centre, Wes Streeting
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No apologies from Señor Vestey over three conduct complaints
INSIDE SUTTON: A Labour councillor who moved home to Spain more than a year ago has refused to comply with recommendations of a committee that found him to have broken the Code of Conduct multiple times. EXCLUSIVE by CARL SHILTON, … Continue reading
Drivers in Bromley and Sutton put on red alert over potholes
Road users in Bromley and Sutton need to exercise extra care to avoid troublesome pot holes. That’s according to a register of poorly-maintained roads issued over the weekend by the Department for Transport, which has both south London boroughs given … Continue reading
Posted in Bromley Council, Cycling, Kingston, Merton, Sutton Council, TfL, Transport
Tagged Bromley, Bromley Council, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Department for Transport, DfT, Edmund King, Heidi Alexander, Labour, Liberal Democrats, Mayor Jason Perry, Merton, Merton Council, Potholes, Sutton, Sutton Council, TfL, The AA, Tory, Transport for London
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Corbyn-Sultana in-fighting scuppers Your Party’s election bid
Denied campaign funds and details of their own members, the new party will struggle to field candidates in May’s local elections. EXCLUSIVE by STEVEN DOWNES Your Party, the socialist party launched last summer by ex-Labour MPs Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah … Continue reading
Posted in 2026 council elections, 2026 Croydon Mayor election
Tagged 2026 council elections, 2026 Croydon mayoral election, 2026 local elections, Broad Green, Croydon, Croydon Council, Green Party, Jeremy Corbyn, Karie Murphy, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Peter Underwood, Ruskin House, West Thornton, Zack Polanski, Zarah Sultana
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In one-hour interview, pandering PM Starmer offers no answers
Columnist ANDREW FISHER, pictured right, begins the New Year doing a spot of TV reviewing, and reveals how four of Croydon’s mayoral candidates will be invited to take part in his podcast interviews To start 2026, we were treated to … Continue reading
Posted in 2026 council elections, 2026 Croydon Mayor election, Andrew Fisher
Tagged Andrew Fisher, BBC, Conservative, Croydon, Green Party, Keir Starmer, Labour, Laura Kuenssberg, Liberal Democrats, London, London Borough of Croydon, Sir Keir Starmer, The Fraud: Keir Starmer Morgan McSweeney and the Crisis of British Democracy, Tory
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Palestine Action prisoner Hoxha ends hunger strike at 58 days
Teuta Hoxha, the Palestine Action prisoner from Croydon, has ended her hunger strike after 58 days. The decision to pause the hunger strike was taken on Monday, with Hoxha’s physical condition weakened so significantly that, according to supporters, she is … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, Croydon West, Sarah Jones MP
Tagged Bobby Sands, Croydon West, David White, Good Law Project, Greta Thunberg, HMP Peterborough, IRA hunger strike, Jeremy Corbyn, Labour, Lord James Timpson, Lord Timpson, Palestine Action, Palestine hunger strikers, Sarah Jones MP, Teuta Hoxha
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Reed’s loyal Streatham SPAD gets transferred into No10
Political Editor WALTER CRONXITE on a Whitehall transfer which may have considerable significance Steve Reed, the MP for Streatham (and Croydon North if he can be bothered), who has been implicated in spying on his colleague councillors in Lambeth and … Continue reading
Posted in 2026 council elections, Mike Bonello, Steve Reed MP, Streatham and Croydon North, Tony Newman, Woodside
Tagged Croydon, Downing Street, Green Party, Keir Starmer, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Mike Bonello, Morgan McSweeney, No10, No10 Downing Street, Oscar Harman, Paul Holden, Sir Keir Starmer, Southwark Council, Steve Reed OBE, Streatham and Croydon North, The Fraud, The Fraud: Keir Starmer Morgan McSweeney and the Crisis of British Democracy, Tony Newman, Woodside, Zack Polanski
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Rubbish contractors don’t know how many bins there are
Four years after being caught out ripping out 1,000 street bins – all to make work for rubbish contractors Veolia a bit easier – and now Croydon Council is forced to admit it has no real idea of how many … Continue reading
Posted in Inside Croydon
Tagged Allders, Andrew Fisher, Coulsdon, Coulsdon banking hub, Council Tax, Croydon, Croydon Council, Golden handshake, Hammersfield, Katherine Kerswell, Kerswell yoghurt, Labour, Litter Free Norbury, Mayor Jason Perry, Pay-off, Surrey Street, Tony Hooker, Tory, Unibail Rodamco Westfield, URW, Veolia, Westfield, Whitgift Centre, Whitgift Foundation
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CEO quit council with £50,000 pay-off to not work for 3 months
This was awkward: Jason Perry, the politician who promised to clawback money from the massive golden handshake paid to the previous council CEO, in October found himself overseeing a pay-off to Katherine Kerswell, as she resigned after five years as … Continue reading
Posted in Inside Croydon
Tagged 000, Allders, Andrew Fisher, £50, Council Tax, Croydon, Croydon Council, Golden handshake, Hammersfield, Katherine Kerswell, Kerswell yoghurt, Labour, Mayor Jason Perry, Pay-off, Surrey Street, Tory, Unibail Rodamco Westfield, URW, Westfield, Whitgift Centre, Whitgift Foundation
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Croydon and council at centre of new £100m housing scandal
The housing scandal at Regina Road was appalling, but by September 2025, Croydon found itself embroiled in another dreadful instance of the shortcomings of tall residential towers. Plus our writers get lost searching their way through the half-closed shopping mall, … Continue reading
Posted in Inside Croydon
Tagged Allders, Andrew Fisher, Council Tax, Croydon, Croydon Council, Hammersfield, Jeremy Corbyn, Labour, Liberal Democrats, Mayor Jason Perry, Nigel Farage, Purley Pool, Reform, Reform Ltd, Reform UK, Sharon Carby, Tory, Unibail Rodamco Westfield, URW, Westfield, Whitgift Centre, Whitgift Foundation
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How Farage’s party picked a dead woman as election candidate
Into August, and the news stories just kept coming, including the latest moves by Westfield to make the Whitgift Centre ever more inaccessible, and the public library where council contractors chucked thousands of books on to the street. There was … Continue reading
Posted in Inside Croydon
Tagged Allders, Andrew Fisher, Council Tax, Croydon, Croydon Council, Hammersfield, Jeremy Corbyn, Labour, Liberal Democrats, Mayor Jason Perry, Nigel Farage, Purley Pool, Reform, Reform Ltd, Reform UK, Sharon Carby, Tory, Unibail Rodamco Westfield, URW, Westfield, Whitgift Centre, Whitgift Foundation
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The cash-strapped council paying consultant £726 PER HOUR
The dog days of a long, hot summer are not usually a time for significant news stories. But that wasn’t to be the case in Croydon as readers flocked to this news site for our coverage in in July and … Continue reading
Posted in Inside Croydon
Tagged Adecco, Allders, Andrew Fisher, Council Tax, Croydon, Croydon Council, Dean Shoesmith, Hammersfield, Ian Dunt, Katherine Kerswell, Kevin Day, Labour, Liberal Democrats, Mayor Jason Perry, Purley Pool, Tory, Unibail Rodamco Westfield, URW, Westfield, Whitgift Centre, Whitgift Foundation
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When council boss blocked staff from reading Inside Croydon
Our review of the year’s Croydon news continues with a ecelctic mix of the infuriating and the absurd, as the unelected and unaccountable £204,000 per year public servant at the head of the council looked increasingly all at sea JUNE … Continue reading
Posted in Inside Croydon
Tagged Allders, Allders Parade, Council Tax, Croydon, Croydon Council, Fiona Fletcher-Smith, Hammersfield, Katherine Kerswell, Labour, Liberal Democrats, Mayor Jason Perry, Purley Pool, Tory, Unibail Rodamco Westfield, URW, Westfield, Whitgift Centre, Whitgift Foundation
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After 120 years, the Eagles live the dream at Wembley cup final
As we reach the month of May in our review of the biggest and best news stories of the year, there was one report, direct from the National Stadium, that had many Croydon folk walking on air for days afterwards… … Continue reading
Posted in Inside Croydon
Tagged 2025 FA Cup final, Allders, Allders Parade, Council Tax, Croydon, Croydon Council, Crystal Palace, Crystal Palace FC, East Croydon station, FA Cup, FA Cup final, Hammersfield, Katherine Kerswell, Labour, Liberal Democrats, Mayor Jason Perry, Peter Gillman, Purley Pool, Roisha Hughes, Selhurst Park, Sutton Council, Tory, Trinity School, Westfield, Whitgift Centre, Whitgift Foundation
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April fool! Plus: school goes co-ed, new owners for old pub
As we continue to sweep through the biggest and most important news stories of 2025, the latest part of our annual news review arrives at the month of the annual Council Tax hike APRIL Trinity boys’ school confirms that it … Continue reading
Posted in Inside Croydon
Tagged #BridgeToNowhere, Allders, Allders Parade, Council Tax, Croydon, Croydon Council, Crystal Palace, Crystal Palace FC, East Croydon station, FA Cup, Hammersfield, Katherine Kerswell, Labour, Liberal Democrats, Mayor Jason Perry, Purley Pool, Roisha Hughes, Selhurst Park, Sutton Council, Tory, Trinity School, Westfield, Whitgift Centre, Whitgift Foundation
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Council’s closed doors, Selhurst security, Bridge to Nowhere
Here’s more of the most significant or best-read news stories of 2025, as we delve behind the headlines with Inside Croydon reports from the past 12 months MARCH No Access Croydon: Kerswell closes off Fisher’s Folly to public The increasingly … Continue reading
Posted in Inside Croydon
Tagged #BridgeToNowhere, Access Croydon, Bernard Weatherill House, Chris Philp MP, Cllr Ria Patel, Conservative, Council Tax, Croydon, Croydon Council, Crystal Palace, East Croydon station, Fairfield Halls, Fisher's Folly, Hammersfield, Katherine Kerswell, Labour, Liberal Democrats, Mayor Jason Perry, Purley Pool, Purley Pool Towers, Selhurst Park, Sutton Council, Tory, Westfield, Whitgift Centre
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2025 in review: Purley Pool, porkie pies and a busted budget
As we approach the year’s end, we continue with our review of 2025 by taking a look at some of the Inside Croydon reports which generated most public interest FEBRUARY Croydon In Crisis: budget overspend now close to £100m The … Continue reading
Posted in Inside Croydon
Tagged #BridgeToNowhere, Chris Philp MP, Cllr Ria Patel, Conservative, Council Tax, Croydon, Croydon Council, Crystal Palace, East Croydon station, Fairfield Halls, Hammersfield, Katherine Kerswell, Labour, Liberal Democrats, Mayor Jason Perry, Purley Pool, Purley Pool Towers, Sutton Council, Tory, Westfield, Whitgift Centre
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That was the year that was: Inside Croydon’s pick of 2025
As we approach the year’s end, here’s the first part of our review of 2025, and a look at some of the Inside Croydon reports which generated most public interest JANUARY 2025 It was the grimmest of starts to the … Continue reading
Posted in Inside Croydon
Tagged #BridgeToNowhere, Chris Philp MP, Conservative, Council Tax, Croydon, Croydon Council, Crystal Palace, East Croydon station, Fairfield Halls, Hammerson, Katherine Kerswell, Labour, Liberal Democrats, Mayor Jason Perry, Sutton Council, Tory, Westfield, Whitgift Centre
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MP Reed spent Christmas tweeting link to Inside Croydon
Housing minister’s attack against the Green Party leader may have back-fired, as the cabinet member flagged up reports linking him to the unlawful hacking of this website. By STEVEN DOWNES The illegal hacking of this website in 2021 has been … Continue reading
Posted in 2026 council elections, 2026 Croydon Mayor election, Croydon Greens, Inside Croydon, Lambeth Council, Steve Reed MP, Streatham and Croydon North
Tagged Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon North, Green Party, Labour, London, London Borough of Croydon, Paul Holden, Steve Reed OBE, Streatham and Croydon North, The Fraud, The Fraud: Keir Starmer Morgan McSweeney and the Crisis of British Democracy, Zack Polanski
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