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Tag Archives: Lewisham
Starmer shocker: could Gorton and Denton happen here?
Our resident psephologist, WALTER CRONXITE, crunches the numbers after a disastrous by-election result at Gorton and Denton for the Labour Prime Minister, with local elections across London, including in Croydon, just 70 days away The Green Party’s historic parliamentary by-election … Continue reading
Posted in 2026 council elections, 2026 Croydon Mayor election, Croydon East, Croydon West, Natasha Irons, Rowenna Davis, Sarah Jones MP, Steve Reed MP, Streatham and Croydon North
Tagged 2026 council elections, 2026 Croydon mayoral election, 2026 local elections, Andy Burnham, Camden, Cllr Rowenna Davis, Conservative, Council Tax, Croydon, Croydon Council, Gorton and Denton byelection, Green Party, Hackney, Hannah Spencer, Keir Starmer, Lambeth, Lewisham, London Borough of Croydon, Manchester, Natasha Irons MP, Sarah Jones MP, Southwark, Steve Reed OBE, Tony Newman, Tory, Zack Polanski
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Call for delivery firms to act to reduce risk of e-bike fires
The London Fire Brigade is calling for leading delivery firms – Uber Eats, Just Eat and Deliveroo – to do more to make their riders aware of the fire risk of the batteries used to power their e-bikes and e-scooters. … Continue reading
Posted in London Fire Brigade, London-wide issues
Tagged Catford, Croydon, Deliveroo, e-bikes, e-scooters, Just Eats, Lewisham, LFB, London Fire Brigade, Uber, Uber Eats
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Free travel for a week – on TfL’s new electric Bakerloop buses
Transport for London is offering a week’s worth of free bus travel on the Bakerloop, a new express service connecting Waterloo to Lewisham. From Saturday September 27 until Saturday October 4, you can travel the Bakerloop for free and see … Continue reading
Posted in Commuting, Lewisham, London-wide issues, Sadiq Khan, Southwark Council, TfL, Tramlink, Transport
Tagged Bakerloo line extension, Baklerloop, Beckenham Junction, BL1, Croydon Tramlink, Croydon Trams, Donald Trump, Elephant and Castle, Lewisham, Mayor of London, Mayor Sir Sadiq Khan, Old Kent Road, Sadiq Khan, Sir Sadiq Khan, Southwark, Superloop, TfL, Transport for London, Waterloo
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Minister rules out new mayors – but Croydon’s stuck with ours
Government proposals over the running of local councils will mean more ‘strong leaders’ across the country – like Tony Newman. Or Mike Fisher. WALTER CRONXITE, Political Editor, reports The Labour government wants to “standardise” local council governance so that most … Continue reading
Posted in 2026 council elections, 2026 Croydon Mayor election, Croydon Council, London-wide issues, Mayor Jason Perry, Mayor of London, Mike Fisher, Reigate and Banstead Council, Sadiq Khan, Surrey, Tony Newman
Tagged Angela Rayner MP, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Jim McMahon, Labour, Lewisham, London, London Assembly, London Borough of Croydon, London Borough of Hackney, London Borough of Newham, London Borough of Tower Hamlets, Lutfer Rahman, Mayor Jason Perry, MHCLG, Mike Fisher, Ministry of Housing Communities and Local Government, Newham, Reigate and Banstead, Surrey County Council, Tandridge District Council, Tony Newman, Tory
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TfL unveils its ‘Bakerloop’ bus while hoping for Tube extension
Transport for London has today confirmed the introduction from the autumn of a new “Bakerloop” express bus route between Waterloo and Lewisham, via the Elephant and Castle and the Old Kent Road, as the latest addition to the Superloop routes … Continue reading
Posted in Commuting, Lewisham, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, Southwark Council, TfL, Tramlink, Transport
Tagged Beckenham Junction, Croydon, Croydon Tramlink, Croydon Trams, Elephant and Castle, Lewisham, London, Mayor, Old Kent Road, Southwark, Superloop, TfL, Transport for London
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TfL dusts off plan for £10bn Bakerloo line extension to Bromley
Transport for London’s Christmas present to south-east London was to announce that it is dusting off its plans for an extension of the Bakerloo line to Lewisham, and potentially beyond to Beckenham Junction and Elmers End. The capital’s transport authority … Continue reading
Posted in Bromley Council, Commuting, Lewisham, Outside Croydon, TfL, Tramlink, Transport
Tagged Bakerloo Line, Bakerloo line extension, Beckenham Junction, Bromley, Croydon, Croydon Tramlink, Croydon Trams, DLR, Docklands Light Railway, Elmers End, Lewisham, London, London Tramlink, Mayor, TfL, Transport for London
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Mayor Perry could be ‘discontinued’ under devolution reforms
Our political editor, WALTER CRONXITE, delved deeper into the White Paper on English devolution to discover a proposal which could end directly elected borough mayors in London, including Croydon Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner made a speech yesterday promising devolution … Continue reading
Posted in 2026 council elections, 2026 Croydon Mayor election, Croydon Council, London-wide issues, Mayor Jason Perry, Mayor of London
Tagged Angela Rayner MP, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Jim McMahon, Labour, Lewisham, London, London Assembly, London Borough of Croydon, London Borough of Hackney, London Borough of Newham, London Borough of Tower Hamlets, Lutfer Rahman, Mayor Jason Perry, MHCLG, Ministry of Housing Communities and Local Government, Newham, Tory
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Ombudsman creates league table of London’s failing councils
The Housing Ombudsman has launched a special investigation into Lewisham Council, which is guilty of “repeated failings”. The watchdog said it would carry out the probe into the south London council after issuing it with 16 “severe maladministration” findings in … Continue reading
Posted in Alison Butler, Bexley, Bromley Council, Croydon Council, Housing, Lambeth Council, Lewisham, London-wide issues, Merton, Southwark Council, Sutton Council, Wandsworth Council
Tagged Alison Butler, Bexley, Brick by Brick, Bromley, Croydon, Croydon Council, Housing Ombudsman, Labour, Lambeth, Lewisham, Merton, Richard Blakeway, Southwark, Sutton
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They’re having a Mayor in Lewisham as finally Egan quits
Our south-east London correspondent, HILLAIRE FIELDS, on the long-predicted exit of another borough’s leader The thrusting political ambitions of Damien Egan, Lewisham’s sometime borough Mayor, finally got the better of him this morning as he officially handed in his executive … Continue reading
Perry left pot-less after failed bid for £20m levelling up money
Our Town Hall staff reporter, PEARL LEE, on the latest disappointing set-back for the Conservative Mayor Despite growing social deprivation in the borough and its failing town centre economy, Croydon has failed in its bid for £20million of Levelling Up … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon Council, Mayor Jason Perry, Neil Garratt, Paul Scully MP, Section 114 notice, Sutton Council
Tagged Belmont, Chris Philp MP, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Department for Levelling Up, Levelling Up, Levelling Up Fund, Lewisham, London Borough of Croydon, London Cancer Hub, Mayor Jason Perry, Michael Gove, Rishi Sunak, S114, Section 114 Notice, Sutton and Cheam, Tory
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Museum on a hilltop that is outstanding in so many ways
KEN TOWL’s been on his travels again, this time to the country’s best museum. And it’s just a bus ride away I have just been to the best museum in the UK. And that’s official. It’s not in Croydon (London … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Art, Education, History, Ken Towl
Tagged Frederick Horniman MP, Horniman Museum, Ken Towl, LCC, Lewisham
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Freedom! Are Crystal Palace residents ready for breakaway?
The week-long Crystal Palace Festival gets underway tomorrow with a weekend of music and dance in the park. But because of the local borough geography, the organisers and other groups have to deal with five, even six, local authorities, which … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Art, Bromley Council, Comedy, Croydon Council, Croydon North, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Crystal Palace Park, Dance, Lambeth Council, London Assembly, London-wide issues, Music, Poetry, Southwark Council, Theatre
Tagged Bromley, Crystal Palace, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Crystal Palace Festival, Lambeth, Lewisham, London, Noreen Meehan, Southwark
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Assembly Member calls Chinese Palace plans a “fiasco”
An influential member of the London Assembly has warned that Mayor Boris Johnson is trying to flog off a chunk of Crystal Palace Park to Chinese developers for the benefit of a Tory borough council, with little proper consultation or … Continue reading
Posted in 2014 council elections, 2015 General Election, Boris Johnson, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Crystal Palace Park, Environment, London Assembly, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Planning, Val Shawcross
Tagged Boris Johnson, Bromley, Conservative, Croydon, Crystal Palace, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Lambeth, Lewisham, London Assembly, Southwark, Tory, Zhong Rong
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Public only get to peek in at the uncertain Palace plans
CROYDON COMMENTARY: Nearly a year on since Boris Johnson stood on the terracing of the old Crystal Palace to announce a £500 million “investment” and the handing over of a significant chunk of public property to a Chinese developer, there’s … Continue reading
Posted in Boris Johnson, Bromley Council, Business, Community associations, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Crystal Palace Community Association, Crystal Palace Park, Environment, London Assembly, Mayor of London, Planning, Property, Tramlink, Transport, Val Shawcross
Tagged Andrew Pelling, Boris Johnson, Bromley, Conservative, Croydon, Crystal Palace, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Crystal Palace National Sports Centre, Crystal Palace Park, Lambeth, Lewisham, London, London Assembly, Ni Zhaoxing, Southwark, Val Shawcross, ZhongRong Group
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Lights go out again in Addiscombe but Skanska are in no rush
Residents in and around Addiscombe have been left in the dark again this week, less than two months after filing formal complaints to Croydon Council over the service – or lack of it – from contractors Skanska when several roads … Continue reading
Posted in Addiscombe Residents Association, Addiscombe West, Bensham Manor, Croydon Council, Environment, Fairfield, Lebanon Road Residents' Association, Phil Thomas, Selhurst, Skanska, Street lighting, Woodside
Tagged Addiscombe West, Bensham Manor, Conservative, Council Tax, Croydon, Croydon Council, Fairfield, Lewisham, lighting, London Borough of Croydon, Skanska, street lights, Tory, Woodside
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Croydon’s £40m Council Tax arrears make headlines again
Croydon’s Conservative-run council’s failure to collect more than £40 million-worth of Council Tax made it on to the pages of the Daily Wail and The Stun at the weekend, something which, with local elections coming, will have done nothing for … Continue reading
Posted in 2014 council elections, Council Tax, Croydon Council, Mike Fisher, Nathan Elvery
Tagged Bromley, Conservative, Council Tax, Croydon, Croydon Council, Eric Pickles, Gideon Osborne, Labour, Lambeth, Lewisham, Liberal Democrats, London, London Borough of Croydon, Mike Fisher, Sutton, Tory
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