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Serving south London copper cops guilty plea to sexual assault
Croydon’s police commander accused of ‘window-dressing’ as he fails to reply to community complaint over a convicted constable who has been allowed to continue to work A serving Metropolitan Police officer has entered a guilty plea to charges of sexual … Continue reading
Met detective in court today charged with sexual assault
Croydon is not the only policing area which has an officer on duty while they are facing serious criminal charges. Detective Constable Jose Poonsawat, “attached to the Central South Command Unit”, according to the Metropolitan Police, is due to appear … Continue reading
Posted in Andy Brittain, Crime, Policing
Tagged Ch Supt Andy Brittain, Croydon, DC Jose Poonsawat, Lambeth, Metropolitan Police, PC Perry Lathwood, Southwark
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Latest poll predicts the implausible with Philp doing Houdini act
Labour candidates have been briefed to say nothing or to claim ‘Nuffink to do wiv me, Guv’ is their best way of dodging questions about their party’s bankrupting the borough, as the campaign crawls its way towards its final week. … Continue reading
Posted in 2024 General Election, Andrew Pelling, Ben Taylor, Bobby Dean, Chris Philp MP, Croydon East, Croydon South, Croydon West, Ellie Reeves MP, Elliot Colburn, Luke Taylor MP, Natasha Irons, Paul Scully MP, Sarah Jones MP, Sutton and Cheam
Tagged 2024 General Election, Andrew Pelling, Ben Taylor, Brick by Brick, Carshalton and Wallington, Chris Philp MP, Conservative, Coulsdon, Council Tax, Croydon, Croydon East, Croydon South, Croydon West, Elliot Colburn, General Election, General Election 2024, Iain Dale, Jason Cummings, Labour, Lambeth, Liberal Democrats, Natasha Irons, Nigel Farage, Paul Scully, Peter Underwood, Reform UK, Ria Patel, Sarah Jones MP, Scott Holman, Steve Reed OBE, Streatham and Croydon North, Sutton, Sutton and Cheam, Tony Newman, YouGov
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Farewell but no thanks: troubleshooters leave BxB’s board
Step by tiny step, the winding up of failed developer Brick by Brick is coming to an end, reports BARRATT HOLMES, housing correspondent The deckchairs are being re-arranged on the deck of Brick by Brick, seemingly for one final time. … Continue reading
Posted in Brick by Brick, Business, Colm Lacey, Coulsdon, Croydon Council, David Courcoux, Jo Negrini, Report in the Public Interest, RIPI II: Fairfield Halls, Section 114 notice, Simon Hall, The Penn Report, Tony Newman
Tagged affordable housing, Andrew Percival, Brick by Brick, Companies House, Croydon, Croydon Council, David Corcoux, Duncan Whitfield, Griff Marshalsay, Griffith McCallum Marshalsay, Homes for Lambeth, Housing, Ian O'Donnell, Jo Negrini, Labour, Lambeth, London Borough of Croydon, Southwark Council, Stephen Hopkins, Tony Newman
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Tracking the life and suspicious death of Benjamin Bowles Esq
SUNDAY SUPPLEMENT: Not all the documents and wills in the Croydon Minster archive give up the full details of the lives of long-dead parishioners, as DAVID MORGAN found with his latest researches After reading Inside Croydon’s recent report which highlighted … Continue reading
Posted in Church and religions, Croydon Minster, David Morgan, History, Whitgift Foundation
Tagged Beddington, Benjamin Bowles, Carew Manor, Croydon, Croydon Minster, Croydon Parish Church, David Morgan, Lambeth, Loughborugh House, Magdalen Hospital, Rev Dr William Dodd, Samuel Johnson, Sir John Fielding, Tyburn hangings, Whitgift Foundation
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Actor Ainslie is Greens’ pick for Streatham and Croydon North
The Green Party has named Scott Ainslie as their parliamentary candidate for the new seat of Streatham and Croydon North. Ainslie is a former MEP (remember them?) and has been a councillor in Lambeth since 2014 for St Leonard’s ward, … Continue reading
Tandridge among 14 landlords rebuked by Gove over housing
Social housing is being badly managed by councils and housing associations across the country, and all the Tory government is doing is sending a few ‘stern’ letters to officials. By our housing correspondent, BARRATT HOLMES Tandridge District Council in Surrey … Continue reading
Posted in Housing, Lambeth Council, London-wide issues, Outside Croydon, Southwark Council, Tandridge District Council
Tagged Conservative, Croydon, Department for Levelling Up, DLUHC, Lambeth, Lambeth council, Limpsfield, Michael Gove, Oxted, Southwark, Southwark Council, Surrey, Tandridge, Tandridge District Council, Tory
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We are witnessing the long, slow death of local government
‘We are staring into an abyss here, and it’s time we faced up to it’. Those were the words of a Conservative councillor in Croydon – in 2013. Here, ANDREW FISHER, pictured right, says that faced with austerity on a … Continue reading
Posted in Adult Social Care, Andrew Fisher, Children's Services, Council Tax, Croydon Council, Housing, Improvement Board, Katherine Kerswell, Libraries, Mayor Jason Perry, Section 114 notice, SEND
Tagged 15% Council Tax hike, Andrew Fisher, CIPFA, Conservative, Council Tax, Croydon, Croydon Council, Department for Levelling Up, DLUHC, Hastings, Lambeth, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, Michael Gove, Northumberland, Nottingham, S114 notice, Section 114, Section 114 Notice, Slough, Thurrock, Tim Pollard, Tory, unemployment, Woking
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Lambeth’s housing under scrutiny over ‘maladministration’
Labour-controlled Lambeth Council has become the first local authority to be subjected to close scrutiny by the Housing Ombudsman over what the watchdog describes as “maladministration” and mistreatment of council tenants. The move follows an investigation into the council’s complaint-handling … Continue reading
1,606: Croydon among worst in London for empty homes
London has £20billion-worth of homes sitting vacant, according to official figures, a situation which has been described as a “scandal”. And Croydon is among the boroughs with the most vacant properties, according to analysis conducted by City Hall on data … Continue reading
Posted in Bromley Council, Croydon Council, Housing, Lambeth Council, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Property, Sadiq Khan, Southwark Council, Sutton Council
Tagged Bromley, Croydon, Housing, Lambeth, London, London Assembly, Mayor, Mayor of London, Mayor Sadiq Khan, Sadiq Khan, Southwark, Sutton
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10-year campaign by locals wins reprieve for Central Hill Estate
Plans by a labour-controlled south London council to bulldoze a residential estate have been binned, after a decade-long campaign by locals. Lambeth Council has paused the redevelopment of Central Hill and two other estates after a critical report recommended a … Continue reading
Posted in Brick by Brick, Business, Community associations, Croydon North, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Environment, Housing, Lambeth Council, London-wide issues, Matthew Bennett, Steve Reed MP
Tagged Central Hill estate, Cressingham Gardens, Croydon North, Homes for Lambeth, Labour, Lambeth, Lambeth council, Mathhew Bennett, Steve Reed OBE
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Commissioners set Reed and Jones a boundaries conundrum
Our political editor, WALTER CRONXITE, on the layer-cake solution to the future of Croydon, and Lambeth’s, parliamentary constituencies It has been a standing joke on this website for a decade or so that former Lambeth council leader Steve Reed OBE … Continue reading
Posted in Chris Philp MP, Croydon Central, Croydon North, Croydon South, Lambeth Council, Sarah Jones MP, Steve Reed MP
Tagged Chris Philp MP, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Central, Croydon East, Croydon North, Croydon South, Croydon West and South Norwood, Labour, Lambeth, Liberal Democrats, Sarah Jones MP, Steve Reed OBE, Streatham and Norbury, Sutton, Tory
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Bin workers face sack if they don’t work on Queen’s Funeral
While most council services have shut down for the bank holiday weekend ahead of Monday’s solemn royal ceremonials, Veolia staff have been told that if they don’t show up for work, they could be fired. EXCLUSIVE by STEVEN DOWNES Croydon’s … Continue reading
Posted in Bromley Council, Business, Croydon Council, Kingston, Lambeth Council, London-wide issues, Mayor Jason Perry, Merton, Refuse collection, Southwark Council, Veolia
Tagged Bromley, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, HM Queen Elizabeth II, HM The Queen, Kingston, Lambeth, Mayor Jason Perry, Merton, Queen, Queen Elizabeth, Queen Elizabeth II, Southwark, Tory, Unite, Unite the Union, Veolia
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Council knew housing scheme was ‘unviable’ four years ago
Lambeth Council has known for at least four years that their proposed redevelopment of an award-winning housing estate was “unviable”. The eviction of council tenants in Cressingham Gardens and the proposed development of much of the site into private flats … Continue reading
Posted in Brick by Brick, Business, Croydon North, Housing, Lambeth Council, London-wide issues, Matthew Bennett, Mayor of London, Mott MacDonald, Steve Reed MP
Tagged Brick by Brick, Cressingham Gardens, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon North, Homes for Lambeth, Lambeth, Lambeth council, Matthew Bennett, Mott MacDonald, Steve Reed OBE
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Environment Agency issues flood warning for River Wandle
No sooner has the amber heatwave warning in south London faded away in some light rain than the Environment Agency has put the area on alert for flash flooding. With heavy rain forecast to hit the capital today and tomorrow, … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, Lambeth Council, Merton, Sutton Council, Transport, Waddon
Tagged Croydon, Environment Agency, Kingston, Lambeth, Merton, Norbury Brook, Richmond, River Wandle, Sutton, Wandle, Wandle Park
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Earnings struggling to keep up with property price growth
House prices have continued to soar, and even outstripped people’s wage packets in some parts of the country, making it ever more difficult for first-time buyers People’s homes in one-third of Britain have “earned” more per hour in the past … Continue reading
Posted in Housing, London-wide issues
Tagged Bromley, Croydon, GetAgent, house prices, Housing, Lambeth, Sutton
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Labour in new crisis over Lambeth councillor’s hate tweets
Croydon North MP Steve Reed’s old stomping ground of Brixton Town Hall is in turmoil today, after one of that borough’s highest-profile Labour councillors was forced to report himself to the party over historic racist, Islamophobic and transphobic tweets. Councillor … Continue reading
Norwood residents ask MP Reed to act over estate demolition
After a year-long, rear-guard action from residents of a council-built estate on the Croydon-Lambeth borough boundary, Truslove House and the mature trees in the grounds around it have in the past week been bulldozed completely. Lambeth Council has been accused … Continue reading
Boundary Commission recommends four MPs for Croydon
Croydon is to get an extra MP under far-reaching proposed changes to parliamentary constituencies released overnight by the Boundary Commission for England. Under changes which have been years in the making, England will have the number of seats in the … Continue reading
Report: Ex-Labour leader denies sexual harassment claims
Jack Hopkins, one of the rising stars of Lambeth Labour when Steve Reed OBE was council leader at Brixton Town Hall, is being investigated by the party over an allegation of sexual harassment and unwanted touching, according to a report … Continue reading
Posted in Lambeth Council, Steve Reed MP
Tagged Croydon North, Jack Hopkins, Lambeth, Lambeth council, Steve Reed OBE
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Surge tests ordered for ‘significant’ outbreak of covid variant
The euphoria surrounding the re-opening of shops and pubs yesterday after the part-lifting of the coronavirus lockdown could be short-lived, as health authorities last night announced that a new round of surge testing was taking place after more than 70 … Continue reading
Posted in Health, London-wide issues
Tagged coronavirus, Covid-19, Lambeth, surge testing, Wandsworth
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‘Surge testing’ for South African variant starts in Streatham
Lambeth today began carrying out “surge testing” for the South African variant of covid-19 in Streatham. It is the second area bordering Croydon to be subject to surge testing in a week, following cases of the South African variant being … Continue reading
Posted in Health, Lambeth Council
Tagged coronavirus, Covid-19, Lambeth, Pollards Hill, Streatham
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Activists set up camp to fight against Central Hill demolition
Campaigners have set up camp on the Central Hill Estate, on the Lambeth side of the borough boundary, in an effort to halt the felling of trees and demolition of Truslove House on Roman Way. Lambeth Council last month approved … Continue reading
Official figures show Croydon is capital’s worst for complaints
Our Town Hall reporter, KEN LEE, crunches some numbers and finds that according to the annual report from the Local Government Ombudsman, our council does not compare well, however you dress it up Official figures from the Local Government Ombudsman … Continue reading
Posted in Adult Social Care, Bromley Council, Children's Services, Croydon Council, Education, Jo Negrini, Lambeth Council, Merton, Planning, SEND, Southwark Council, Sutton Council, TfL, Tony Newman
Tagged Bromley, Conservative, Croydon Council, Haringey, Jo Negrini, Labour, Lambeth, Liberal Democrats, Local Government Ombudsman, London, London Borough of Croydon, Merton, Ombudsman, Southwark, Sutton, Tory
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