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Our news podcast looks at bins, cold cases, LTNs and Reform

The new episode of The Croydon Insider, our regular round-table, news panel discussion podcast thingy, looks at recent events in Croydon, including the Reform party’s rally at the Fairfield Halls, where they revealed their candidate for Croydon Mayor – and … Continue reading

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The art of the deal: what is Perry hiding over Veolia contract?

CROYDON COMMENTARY: In 2023, Croydon’s Mayor cancelled the borough’s contract with rubbish contractors Veolia because of “significant and ongoing concerns” over performance. In 2025, the council handed a new £40m deal to Veolia. A year on, the Town Hall has … Continue reading

Posted in Business, Community associations, Croydon Council, Croydon parks, Environment, Fly tipping, Litter Free Norbury, London-wide issues, Love Norbury, Mayor Jason Perry, Norbury, Refuse collection, Tony Hooker, Veolia | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 9 Comments

Campaigners accuse council of ‘misinformation’ over fly-tips

With Croydon featuring on local television news tonight – for all the wrong reasons as usual – PAUL LUSHION, environment correspondent, reports on how more groups are beginning to doubt every word that comes out of Croydon Town Hall or … Continue reading

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Croydon has worst fly-tipping record in whole of England

There was an average of more than 1,000 fly-tips reported every week around the borough last year, according to official figures published today – at a time when the council had no enforcement staff Croydon has the worst record in … Continue reading

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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

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#BINMAGEDDON: Veolia performance is worse under new deal

CROYDON IN CRISIS: The rubbish contractor handed a £40m eight-year contract by Mayor Jason Perry, just two years after he sacked them for underperforming, is now taking longer to clear fly-tips than under their old deal. NORA BERRY reports  Figures … Continue reading

Posted in Community associations, Croydon Council, Fly tipping, Mayor Jason Perry, Norbury, Norbury Park, Refuse collection, Scott Roche, Veolia | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , | 4 Comments

Saga of Croydon’s vanished bins and the audit that never was

#BINMAGEDDON: After five years of community campaigning, and following repeated broken promises from Fisher’s Folly, now the council says it has no idea where around 1,000 street bins have gone. By our Town Hall correspondent, SANDRA STEAD “Totally inaccurate nonsense”. … Continue reading

Posted in Broad Green, Business, Community associations, Croydon Council, Karen Agbabiaka, Norbury, Refuse collection, Steve Iles, Veolia | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 25 Comments

#BINMAGEDDON: Perry sneaks out charges for wheelie bins

CROYDON IN CRISIS: Having dumped his secret plan to charge a £5 admin fee for new bins, now the borough’s Tory Mayor is charging residents up to £39 for replacement wheelies. By our Town Hall reporter, SANDRA STEAD Jason Perry, … Continue reading

Posted in Council Tax, Croydon Council, Katherine Kerswell, Mayor Jason Perry, Refuse collection, Veolia | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , | 14 Comments

This is what ‘Zero Tolerance’ looks like in Perry’s Croydon

PERRY’S PILES: For all the Mayor’s grandstanding on local television news, he has been completely ineffectual in getting rubbish contractors Veolia to do their job. By SANDRA STEAD, Town Hall reporter This is what “zero tolerance” looks like in Jason … Continue reading

Posted in 2026 council elections, 2026 Croydon Mayor election, Broad Green, Community associations, Crime, Croydon Council, Environment, Fly tipping, Mayor Jason Perry, Norbury, Property, Refuse collection, Steve Iles, Thornton Heath, Veolia | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 9 Comments

‘Busted’: Mayor’s video shows rubbish contractors are failing

PERRY’S PILES: Council bosses accused of making Croydon’s fly-tipping crisis worse with their ‘banded’ collection system. ‘The council has completely lost control,’ says one campaigner. By our Town Hall reporter, KEN LEE Jason Perry, Croydon’s failed Mayor, has given up … Continue reading

Posted in 2026 council elections, 2026 Croydon Mayor election, Broad Green, Community associations, Crime, Croydon Council, Environment, Fly tipping, Mayor Jason Perry, Norbury, Property, Refuse collection, Steve Iles, Thornton Heath, Veolia | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 14 Comments

Community event at Manor Farm Nature Reserve, Apr 26

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Volunteer criticises Perry for taking credit for residents’ efforts

DODGY LEAFLETS: The Tory campaign to save Jason Perry’s political career is underway, with the Conservatives delivering pamphlets making all kinds of exaggerated claims. As KEN LEE reports, some community groups have not been fooled by Perry’s false claims With … Continue reading

Posted in Community associations, Council Tax, Croydon Council, Fly tipping, Love Norbury, Norbury, Norbury Avenue and Thornton Heath Residents' Association, Norbury Green Residents' Association, Norbury Park Residents' Association, Norbury Village Residents' Association, Refuse collection, Veolia | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , | 7 Comments

Just four prosecutions for fly-tipping in Croydon under Perry

Since Croydon’s Conservative Mayor Jason Perry was elected in 2022, there have been just four successful prosecutions brought by the council for criminal fly-tipping in the borough. That’s according to a Freedom of Information response to an enquiry submitted by … Continue reading

Posted in Crime, Croydon Council, Fly tipping, Mayor Jason Perry, Norbury, Refuse collection, Veolia | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | 10 Comments

#Binmageddon: 1,000 street bins have vanished from borough

CROYDON IN CRISIS: Council agreed to pay its rubbish contractor an extra £20.7m while it reduced the services they are expected to deliver, leaving the borough’s streets ever dirtier. EXCLUSIVE by SANJANA IDNANI Around 1,000 bins have been vanished from … Continue reading

Posted in Business, Croydon Council, Environment, Leila Ben-Hassel, Norbury, Refuse collection, Shafi Khan, Stuart Collins, Veolia | Tagged , , , , , , , , | 16 Comments