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Tag Archives: Local government
New law to force Croydon to open up its council meetings
Croydon Council is to be forced by law to allow the public to record Town Hall meetings, in audio and video, and to Tweet and live blog from Katharine Street without their data being routed through the council’s wi-fi. Eric … Continue reading
Posted in 2014 council elections, Croydon Council, Joy Prince, Mike Fisher, Tim Pollard, Waddon
Tagged Conservatives, Croydon, England, Eric Pickles, Local government, Pickles, Tim Pollard, Waddon
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Council approves another £420,000 spend on Fisher’s Folly
And still the costs of moving the offices into Fisher’s Folly, the shiny glass palace on Cost A Mint Walk to be opened next month by Croydon Council leader Mike Fisher, continue to mount. On top of the £140 million … Continue reading
Croydon’s £1bn debt: the cracks are appearing, say PwC
Tonight’s Evening Boris has raised another question about how close Croydon is to financial collapse under the weight of its £1 billion debt: is Mike Fisher, the Tory council leader, or its “interim” chief executive, Nathan Elvery, among the 90 … Continue reading
Gone to pots: Protest against Riesco sell-off gathers pace
In just two days, 100 people, all angered by the council’s secret plans to flog off the Riesco Collection, have signed a petition to protest this latest piece of cultural vandalism in Croydon. Inside Croydon last week exposed the deceit … Continue reading
“No service will be untouched” in further cuts, says CEO
Maybe it is the “interim” element of the title that gives Nathan Elvery a touch of impermanence as Croydon’s chief executive, a bit like Rafa Benitez, the unloved and unappreciated “interim” manager at Chelsea football club. Or maybe, as a … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon Council, Hannah Miller, Nathan Elvery, URV
Tagged Bernard Weatherill, Croydon, Human Resources, Local government, London, Nathan Elvery, Pam Parkes, Taberner House
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Attention-seeking mayor deserves the Advertiser’s criticism
CROYDON COMMENTARY: Eddy Arram, presiding over a full council meeting for the last time, this week managed to do something which many believed was impossible: getting the editors of Inside Croydon and the Croydon Sadvertiser to agree, at least on … Continue reading
Posted in David Callam, Eddy Arram, Local media
Tagged Croydon, Croydon Council, Eric Pickles, Local government, London, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor, Twitter
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Croydon is officially the worst English borough on Council Tax
It is official, because according to Eric Pickles, the Conservative Cabinet minister in charge of local government, Conservative-run Croydon has the worst record among boroughs in England for managing its own Council Tax. There are 326 local authority councils in … Continue reading
Posted in Council Tax, Croydon Council, Mike Fisher, Sara Bashford
Tagged Council Tax, Croydon, Croydon North, England, Eric Pickles, Labour, Local government, London
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Planning conflicts of interest? In Croydon? Don’t be silly
The Daily Torygraph, that bastion of left-wing revolutionaries, yesterday ran a fascinating report on how some councillors had been abusing their position within local authority planning committees to line their own pockets. Or purses. Shock! Horror! This, of course, would … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", Business, Cane Hill, Clare Hilley, Croydon South, Housing, Menta Tower, Planning, Property, Richard Ottaway MP, Ruskin Square, URV, Whitgift Centre
Tagged Croydon, Croydon South, Daily Telegraph, Eric Pickles, Hilary Benn, Local government, London, Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
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Fisher goes radio ga-ga over council’s broadcast promises
Croydon’s secretive Conservative-run council scrapped the broadcasting of official meetings in 2009, on the pretext of saving money. Last week, more than a year after Croydon Radio offered to record and podcast council meetings for no charge, council leader Mike … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon Council, Croydon Radio, Mike Fisher
Tagged Conservative, Croydon, Local government, London, London Borough of Croydon, Mike Fisher, Radio
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Budget consultation condemned as just “meaningless jargon”
Croydon Council’s “budget consultation” closed last night. Those residents who managed to find this under-publicised online exercise condemned it broadly for its use of impenetrable language and its many meaningless questions. Some complained to Eric Pickles, the local government minister. … Continue reading
Posted in Charity, Community associations, Croydon 8/8, Croydon Council, Education, Environment, Football, Health, History, Libraries, Sport, Tim Pollard, Youth Services
Tagged Big Society, Croydon, Croydon Council, Disability, Eric Pickles, Local government, London Borough of Croydon, Norbury
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Croydon in a Pickles again over its rubbish service
Croydon could be penalised by having its public grant cut significantly over the move made by its Conservative-run council to move to fortnightly bin collections. “Weekly bin collections are one of the most visible frontline services and there is no … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon Council, Environment, Jon Rouse, Mike Fisher
Tagged Conservatives, Croydon, Eric Pickles, Labour, Local government, Mike Fisher, Northcliffe Media, Tory
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Croydon press chief Burrows makes move to Kent
Matt Burrows, the council’s head of communications, is to leave Croydon to head up a similar department at Kent County Council. Burrows, 32, has worked at Croydon since 2007, and his departure will be viewed as another blow to the … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon Council, Jon Rouse
Tagged Croydon, Kent, Kent County Council, Local government, London, London Borough of Croydon, Taberner House
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