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Cummings in poll position with all-woman Assembly shortlist
Political editor WALTER CRONXITE on how Labour has finally got round to selecting candidates for next May’s London Assembly elections The fix is in. Labour announced yesterday morning that the selection of a candidate to stand for the party in … Continue reading
Posted in 2021 London elections, Andrew Dismore, Florence Eshalomi, Jamie Audsley, London Assembly, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Patsy Cummings, Sadiq Khan, Shaun Bailey, Tom Copley
Tagged Conservative, Croydon, Jamie Audsley, Labour, Liberal Democrats, London, London Assembly, Mayor, Patsy Cummings, Steve Reed OBE, Sutton Council, Tory
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Creatura needs help from ‘Bust-up Boris’, as LibDems win seat
Two south London council by-elections in the past week suggest the LibDems might have a chance of breaking Croydon’s political duopoly, reports our political editor, WALTER CRONXITE Boris Johnson’s selection by the 0.15per cent of the population which comprises the … Continue reading
Posted in Boris Johnson, Chris Philp MP, Coulsdon, Croydon Central, Croydon Council, Croydon South, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Mario Creatura, Merton, Old Coulsdon, Sarah Jones MP, Wandsworth Council
Tagged Boris Johnson, Chris Philp MP, Conservative, Coulsdon, Croydon Central, Croydon South, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Labour, Liberal Democrats, Merton Council, Tory, Wandsworth Council
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Unhappy tenants say they’re ready to quit loss-making Boxpark
It’s not been a great week for Boozepark. Then again, nor has it been great for Croydon Council, either, as it was they who provided a £3million loan and more than £400,000 in hand-outs of public money to help get … Continue reading
Jobs for the gals! Newman hands £100,000 job to Blairite pal
It’s not what you know, but who you know when it comes to some top-level jobs at Croydon Council, as KEN LEE reports Tensions between Croydon Council’s senior paid officials and the Town Hall’s Labour leadership threaten to break out … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, Croydon Council, Croydon North, Jo Negrini, Julian Ellerby, Knife crime, Paula Murray, Sarah Hayward, Steve Reed MP, Tony Newman
Tagged Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon North, Jo Negrini, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor, Sarah Hayward, Steve Reed OBE, Tony Newman, youth knife crime
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Council apprentices to get a pay rise – five years late
The Labour-run council was elected in 2014 on a promise to pay all its staff fairly. Yet some of the council’s least well-paid workers are only catching up now, and as KEN LEE reports, the Town Hall’s job brokerage service … Continue reading
Posted in Boxpark, Business, Croydon Council, Jo Negrini, Tony Newman
Tagged Croydon Council, Croydon Works, Jo Negrini, Labour, Tony Newman
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Bonham selected by LibDems to seize Assembly seat chance
Political editor WALTER CRONXITE reports that while Labour in London is sitting on their hands over next year’s Assembly elections, their polling booth rivals are already getting to work Chuka Umunna, who was elected as the Labour MP for Streatham … Continue reading
Posted in Caroline Pidgeon, Claire Bonham, London Assembly, Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, Shaun Bailey, Sutton Council
Tagged Caroline Pidgeon, Claire Bonham, Conservative, Croydon, Crystal Palace, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Labour, Liberal Democrats, London, London Assembly, Mayor, Sadiq Khan, Siobhan Benita, Sutton Council, Tory
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Council garages flogged off in latest Brick by Brick giveaway
Town Hall reporter KEN LEE on the half-truths and blank maps that came with the latest batch of 60 sites being handed over for development After flogging off public green spaces and kids’ playgrounds for the in-house house-builder to build … Continue reading
Posted in Alison Butler, Brick by Brick, Business, Colm Lacey, Croydon Council, Jo Negrini, Paul Scott, Planning, Tony Newman, Woodside
Tagged Alison Butler, Brick by Brick, Colm Lacey, Croydon, Croydon Council, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Jo Negrini, Labour, New Addington, Paul Scott, Tony Newman, Waddon
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‘I think the council was right to give Brick by Brick a try’
CROYDON COMMENTARY: Not everyone thinks that the council-owned house-builder is doing a bad job. Here DAVID WHITE puts the case in favour of Brick by Brick The housing crisis is getting worse because of Tory government policies, not because of … Continue reading
Posted in Brick by Brick, Croydon Central, Croydon Council, David White, Housing
Tagged Brick by Brick, Croydon Council, David White, Labour
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Library closures: Lewis forced to issue statement on plans
The Labour cabinet member who told the scrutiny committee that he ‘absolutely’ has plans to build more flats on the borough’s public libraries now says the council ‘currently’ has no plans to close libraries. Our bookish gyms correspondent, GENE BRODIE, … Continue reading
Posted in Brick by Brick, Carillion, GLL - Better, Libraries, Oliver Lewis, Sanderstead, Shirley North, South Norwood, Tony Newman
Tagged Bradmore Green, Chris Philp MP, Conservative, Coulsdon, Croydon Central, Croydon Council, Croydon South, Labour, Oliver Lewis, Sanderstead, Sanderstead Library, Sarah Jones MP, Shirley, Shirley Library, South Norwood, Tory
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‘Land For The Many’ recommends local planning committees
Bad news for Paul Scott, the de facto chair of Croydon’s planning committee. Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour Party wants to introduce local planning “juries”. Scott has firmly rejected the notion of having more localised committees to consider planning matters – doubtless … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, Housing, Paul Scott, Planning
Tagged Labour, Paul Scott, Planning
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Scott of the Architects unleashes his bile on residents
KEN LEE has obtained a copy of a letter from one of the Town Hall’s most senior and powerful councillors which shows exactly how he regards the residents who fund his generous council allowances Those who have been spared the … Continue reading
Posted in Alison Butler, Brick by Brick, Housing, Paul Scott, Planning
Tagged Alison Butler, Brick by Brick, Croydon Council, Labour, Paul Scott, Planning, Woodside
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Labour warns that education cuts threaten knife crime work
Shadow education secretary Angela Rayner and Croydon MP Sarah Jones have warned that funding cuts to colleges and schools in Croydon risk jeopardising the good work being done in the borough to tackle knife crime. The Labour MPs met staff … Continue reading
Council fails to write to permit-holders over parking charge hike
Croydon is being accused of deliberately suppressing details of its on-going parking consultation from the people most affected: the 9,000-plus residents who already have permits for on-street parking issued by the council each year. “We’re earning a deserved reputation for … Continue reading
Beenie Man accuses Newman of stealing music festival idea
Jamaican reggae star Beenie Man has accused Tony Newman and Croydon Council of stealing the concept of The Ends Festival, and of cultural appropriation. The three-day Ends Festival was staged in Lloyd Park last weekend, having sold-out more than 40,000 … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Croydon Council, Music, Paula Murray, The Ends Festival, Tony Newman
Tagged Beenie Man, Croydon, Croydon Council, Labour, Lloyd Park, London Borough of Croydon, Shezal, The Ends Festival, Tony Newman
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Mayor Khan facing ‘the most fragmented Assembly ever’
Like last month’s European elections, the London Mayor and Assembly votes in May 2020 will be conducted using a form of proportional representation. As WALTER CRONXITE reports, based on the Euro poll, that could cause even further discomfort for Croydion’s … Continue reading
Posted in 2021 London elections, Charlie Mansell, London Assembly, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Neil Garratt, Sadiq Khan, Shaun Bailey, Sutton Council, Uncategorized
Tagged Brexit, Brexit Party, Conservative, Croydon, Jamie Audsley, Labour, Liberal Democrats, London, London Assembly, Mayor, Neil Garratt, Patsy Cummings, Sadiq Khan, Shaun Bailey, Sian Berry, Siobhan Benita, Sutton Council, Tory, UKIP
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OFFICIAL: Croydon is fourth worst in England for fly-tipping
News of another Croydon success which council leader Tony Newman will doubtless never mention and which will never appear amid the council’s propaganda and falsehoods on their website has dropped into the in-box at Inside Croydon Towers this morning. Croydon … Continue reading
Can Labour and Tories stop ‘The Peterborough Effect’ here?
After a week to let the dust settle and some of the implications of the voting sink in, our resident psephologist WALTER CRONXITE crunches more numbers from the European elections and discovers that two of the borough’s sitting MPs have … Continue reading
Posted in 2019 European elections, Chris Philp MP, Croydon Central, Croydon North, Croydon South, Mario Creatura, Sarah Jones MP, Steve Reed MP
Tagged Brexit, Brexit Party, Chris Philp MP, Conservative, Croydon Central, Croydon North, Croydon South, Labour, Liberal Democrats, London, Member of parliament, Sarah Jones MP, Steve Reed OBE, Tory, UKIP
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Scott’s cunning plan to squeeze in 3,000 new homes per year
KEN LEE on how increased housing targets have forced the council into a rapid rethink of its Local Plan Just like Baldrick, Paul Scott has got a cunning plan. Another one. Controversial Town Hall figure Scott has been booked to … Continue reading
Posted in Alison Butler, Chris Philp MP, Croydon Central, Croydon Council, Croydon South, Housing, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Paul Scott, Planning, Property, Purley Way, Sadiq Khan, Sarah Jones MP, Tony Newman, Uncategorized
Tagged Alison Butler, Chris Philp MP, Conservative, Croydon Central, Croydon Council, Croydon South, Labour, London, Mayor, Paul Scott, Purley Way, Sadiq Khan, Sarah Jones MP, Shirley, Tory
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Scott forced to U-turn over developer’s Barham Road scheme
Paul Scott, the puppet-master on the council’s planning committee, was forced to make an embarrassing U-turn last night over a developer’s application to turn a Victorian family home in South Croydon into five small flats. As Inside Croydon reported yesterday, … Continue reading
Posted in Paul Scott, Planning, Robert Canning, South Croydon, Toni Letts, Waddon
Tagged Conservative, Croydon Council, Jason Perry, Labour, Paul Scott, South Croydon, Toni Letts, Tory, Waddon
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Slums of the Future: Croydon has capital’s smallest micro-flat
Thousands of Croydon families are finding themselves in “cramped, substandard, and unaffordable homes” due to “flawed” government planning regulations, research published today claims. The report by London Assembly Member Tom Copley highlights Croydon has having more permitted development flats than … Continue reading
CLP cancels meeting with motion opposing NHS privatisation
A constituency Labour Party in Croydon cancelled its regular monthly meeting this week – thwarting an attempt to discuss a motion opposing the latest round of NHS reorganisation and privatisation in the borough. Town Hall sources suggest that centrist-dominated Croydon … Continue reading
Posted in Andrew Pelling, Croydon South, Jane Avis, Oliver Lewis
Tagged Andrew Pelling, Croydon South, Jane Avis, Labour, Oliver Lewis
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Planning protests expected as Scott angers residents
Town Hall reporter KEN LEE reports ahead of what could prove to be another contentious session in the council chamber, amid calls for a domineering councillor to stand down from a committee Security is likely to be tight at the … Continue reading
Posted in Andrew Pelling, Chris Philp MP, Community associations, Croydon Council, Croydon South, Paul Scott, Planning, Robert Canning, Toni Letts, Waddon
Tagged Andrew Pelling, Chris Philp MP, Conservative, Croydon Council, Croydon South, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Paul Scott, Robert Canning, Toni Letts, Tory, Waddon
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