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Tag Archives: Labour
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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Parking charge consultation begins as air quality worsens
Our transport correspondent JEREMY CLACKSON on the latest sham consultation from the council intended to justify a £300 per year charge for resident parking permits Croydon Council’s propaganda department – the press office, which operates off a budget of around … Continue reading
After campaign criticism, Labour’s organiser passes the Buck
Thursday’s Euro election results are expected tonight, but in Croydon Labour the party in-fighting has already begun, as WALTER CRONXITE reports Recriminations and faction fighting has broken into public among the Croydon Labour Party even before the votes have been … Continue reading
Save Shirley Library: MP Jones steps in with her own survey
Sarah Jones, the Labour MP for Croydon Central, has launched an online survey as part of a campaign to resist the Labour-controlled council’s proposals to close or move Shirley Library. Shirley is one of four public libraries earmarked for relocation … Continue reading
Negrini’s gone silent over secret subsidies to Brick by Brick
Questions have been asked in the House of Commons about the legality of Croydon Council’s land sales to Brick by Brick, and the answers make for uncomfortable reading for the Town Hall leadership, as KEN LEE reports Croydon Council may … Continue reading
Posted in Brick by Brick, Business, Chris Philp MP, Colm Lacey, Croydon Council, Croydon South, Housing, Jo Negrini, Tony Newman
Tagged Brick by Brick, BxB, Chris Philp MP, Colm Lacey, Croydon Council, Croydon South, Jo Negrini, Kit Malthouse, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Tony Newman
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Hancock’s half-hour at Mayday prompts politicians’ squabble
Our elected representatives had a busy Monday. As well as the borough’s three MPs and short-attention-span councillors turning out at the Town Hall for the Mayor-making in the evening, earlier in the day many of them were in attendance for … Continue reading
Posted in Chris Philp MP, Croydon Central, Croydon North, Croydon South, Health, Helen Redfern, Jane Avis, Louisa Woodley, Mayday Hospital, Ola Kolade, Purley Hospital, Sarah Jones MP, St Helier Hospital, Steve Reed MP
Tagged Chris Philp MP, Conservative, Croydon Central, Croydon Council, Croydon North, Croydon South, Helen Redfern, Jane Avis, Labour, Sarah Jones MP, Steve Reed OBE, Tory
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Councillors have ‘short attention spans’ declares new Mayor
Town Hall reporter KEN LEE reports from last night’s business-lite council meeting, safe in the knowledge that there’s just two further full councils and a Christmas get-together to be held in 2019 Croydon councillors, having only recently voted themselves a … Continue reading
Barwell’s legacy to Croydon: Tories set for fifth in Euro vote
While the two major parties in Croydon try to behave as if there’s nothing going on, weekend polling ahead of Thursday’s European elections suggests that Labour and Tories are to lose seats in London. Political editor WALTER CRONXITE reports With … Continue reading
MP Jones wants council proposal for Shirley Library ‘ignored’
Our bookish gyms correspondent GENE BRODIE reports on how the local Labour MP has vowed to oppose plans to close a library in her constituency, as suggested in a report commissioned by the Labour-run council Sarah Jones, the Labour MP … Continue reading
Posted in Andrew Pelling, Coulsdon, Croydon Central, Croydon Council, Libraries, Old Coulsdon, Purley, Sanderstead, Sarah Jones MP, Shirley North, Waddon
Tagged Andrew Pelling, Conservative, Coulsdon, Croydon Council, Labour, Old Coulsdon, Purley, Sanderstead, Sarah Jones MP, Shirley, Tim Pollard, Tory
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Council tries a cover-up over £41m spent on Fairfield Halls
WALTER CRONXITE reports on the latest attempt by council officials to disguise blundering that is costing the borough millions The increasingly secretive Croydon Council has taken to hiding behind its wholly owned building firm, Brick by Brick, as it tries … Continue reading
Ombudsman rules against council over unsafe housing case
Croydon Council has now received EIGHT rulings against it from the Local Government Ombudsman so far this year – a rate of two per month for failings in children’s services, adult social care, education, housing or planning. The latest case, … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon Council, Housing
Tagged Croydon, Croydon Council, Labour, Local Government Ombudsman, London Borough of Croydon
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Shhh! Four libraries could be flogged off. Don’t tell anyone
Our bookish gyms correspondent, GENE BRODIE, on how the Labour-run council is clearing the way for more non-unionised volunteer-run libraries than the Town Hall’s Tories ever managed Croydon Council has been accused of secrecy again, this time after stopping most … Continue reading
Posted in Brick by Brick, Broad Green, Carillion, Coulsdon, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Education, GLL - Better, Helen Pollard, Jo Negrini, Libraries, Norbury, Old Coulsdon, Planning, Property, Purley, Sanderstead, Shirley North, South Norwood, Tony Newman, Upper Norwood Library Trust
Tagged Bradmore Green, Conservative, Coulsdon, Croydon, Croydon Council, Helen Pollard, Jo Negrini, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Norbury, Oliver Lewis, Purley, Sanderstead, South Norwood, Tony Newman, Tory
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Council breaks the law to keep Newman’s Westfield letter secret
Town Hall reporter KEN LEE on how the increasingly secretive Labour council appears to have something to hide over the future of the town centre’s long-delayed redevelopment Croydon Council is trying to keep secret the contents of a letter sent … Continue reading
31 schools apply to have car-free zones on nearby roads
Proposals to introduce up to eight more School Streets across Croydon have been widely supported, with 31 of the borough’s schools having applied to have car-free zones on the roads near them during the rush hour. Ten schools at eight … Continue reading
South of the border, residents brew up a planning rebellion
The Conservatives suffered a near-wipe-out in last week’s council elections held in the usually true blue stockbroker belt of Surrey. Our political editor WALTER CRONXITE has crunched the numbers and found that local issues do matter Croydon’s 70 councillors cost … Continue reading
Brick by Brick gets 100%: 38 housing projects are all delayed
BARRATT HOLMES, our housing correspondent, reports on how late completion of developments by the council’s house-builders is storing up a multi-million-pound problem Brick by Brick, Croydon Council’s house-building company, could be struggling to make its sums work as delays and … Continue reading
Surrey’s voters face a multi-coloured swapshop at the polls
Our political editor, WALTER CRONXITE, checks out some straws in the election wind caused by the Brexit storm, as neighbouring councils hold their elections today Londoners might be spared the bother of going to the polling stations today, but for … Continue reading
Council’s secret deal on Queen’s Hotel sways inspector’s ruling
Our Crystal Palace correspondent, JOE PAXTON, on a predictable, if disappointing, outcome to a three-year planning battle Having twice won the arguments at the council’s planning committees, residents, councillors and even the local MP were today trumped by the developer-friendly … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Croydon Council, Croydon North, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Pat Ryan, Paul Scott, Pete Smith, Planning, Stephen Mann, Steve Reed MP
Tagged Croydon Council, Croydon North, Crystal Palace, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Queen's Hotel, Stephen Mann, Steve Reed OBE
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Massive discounts on land sales raise more questions on BxB
EXCLUSIVE: With six parcels of public land, including open spaces, sold for just £1 each, the council has handed its in-house house-builder a secret subsidy worth millions of pounds, in a series of spiv-like deals which potentially could be against … Continue reading
Posted in Alison Butler, Brick by Brick, Business, Coulsdon, Croydon Council, Housing, Jo Negrini, Paul Scott, Planning, Tony Newman
Tagged Alison Butler, Brick by Brick, Chris Philp MP, Conservative, Coulsdon, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon South, Jo Negrini, Labour, London, London Borough of Croydon, Paul Scott, Purley, Tony Newman
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Council leader: ‘Seven reasons never to move to Croydon’
Political editor WALTER CRONXITE on how Tony Newman has shown again that he ought not be allowed loose on the interweb unsupervised The increasingly error-prone Tony Newman, Labour’s leader of Croydon Council, dropped another bollock this morning, when he cheerily … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon Advertiser, Local media, Tony Newman
Tagged Croydon, Labour, London, Tony Newman
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MP suspended by Labour Party to give talk at Ruskin House
Chris Williamson, the Derby North MP regarded by some as a controversial figure, and a staunch supporter of Jeremy Corbyn as leader of the Labour Party, is the guest speaker at the next meeting of the Croydon Assembly. Williamson will … Continue reading
