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Tag Archives: London Assembly
Mind the digital gap: survey finds 1.5m Londoners ‘left behind’
Tube strikes notwithstanding, transport watchdog London TravelWatch has today published a report that shows 1.5million people in the capital are unable to buy a bus, Tube or tram ticket because they can’t use or don’t have access to a smartphone … Continue reading
Posted in Commuting, TfL, Tramlink, Transport
Tagged Croydon, Croydon Tramlink, Croydon Trams, London, London Assembly, London TravelWatch, TfL, Transport for All, Transport for London
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TfL needs to find £50m to replace Croydon’s oldest trams
Transport for London needs to replace two-thirds of its fleet of trams – but still has to secure the funding to pay for them. The original 24 Bombardier-built trams have been trundling from Beckenham Junction and New Addington through Croydon … Continue reading
Khan guarantees London primaries free school meals for a year
The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has announced an historic £130million emergency scheme to help families with the spiralling cost of living by ensuring that every primary school pupil in London will receive free school meals in the next academic … Continue reading
£81,000 pa Mayor: Croydon is too skint to oppose ULEZ
Jason Perry, Croydon’s Tory Mayor, says that his cash-strapped borough doesn’t have enough money to join the Judicial Review legal action being brought by other outer London boroughs against the expansion later this year of ULEZ – the Ultra Low … Continue reading
Posted in Bexley, Bromley Council, Croydon Council, Environment, Health, London-wide issues, Mayor Jason Perry, Mayor of London, Outside Croydon, Sadiq Khan, ULEZ expansion
Tagged Bexley Council, Bromley Council, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, London, London Assembly, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor, Mayor Jason Perry, Mayor Sadiq Khan, Tory, ULEZ
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London Stadium deal could give Crystal Palace new lease of life
After decades of damaging dither and delay, might an eclectic coalition of bodies, including a Premier League football club, be about to come up with a plan, and the cash, to revive the NSC? By STEVEN DOWNES Might there be … Continue reading
Posted in 2012 Olympics, Athletics, Boris Johnson, Business, Community associations, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, Sport, Swimming
Tagged Boris Johnson, Commonwealth Games, Croydon, Crystal Palace, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Crystal Palace National Sports Centre, Crystal Palace NSC, Crystal Palace Sports Partnership, Dave Bedford, John Powell, London, London Assembly, Lord Coe, Matt Lawton, Mayor, Mayor Sadiq Khan, Sadiq Khan, Seb Coe, Sebastian Coe
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Pro-pollution Dombey re-states Sutton opposition to ULEZ
Environment correspondent PAUL LUSHION on the cynical games being played with people’s lives by some of the capital’s third-rate politicians Ruth Dombey, the leader of LibDem-controlled Sutton, today declared war on ULEZ, warning Mayor of London Sadiq Khan that she … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon Council, Environment, Health, London Assembly, London-wide issues, Mayor Jason Perry, Mayor of London, Ruth Dombey, Sadiq Khan, Surrey, Sutton Council, ULEZ expansion, Waste incinerator
Tagged Beddington Lane incinerator, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Department for Transport, Grant Shapps, Labour, Liberal Democrats, London, London Assembly, Mayor Jason Perry, Mayor Sadiq Khan, Ruth Dombey, Sutton Council, Tory, ULEZ, Ultra Low Emission Zone
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Ignore ULEZ scare stories – it will reduce traffic and save lives
CROYDON COMMENTARY: Some 80% of vehicles in Croydon are compliant with requirements of the Ultra Low Emission Zone and so will not incur charges. If we want to improve London’s toxic air quality, doing nothing is not an option, says … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon Council, Croydon Greens, Environment, Health, London-wide issues, Mayor Jason Perry, Mayor of London, Peter Underwood, Sadiq Khan, ULEZ expansion, Waste incinerator
Tagged air quality, Conservative, Croydon, Green Party, Liberal Democrats, London, London Assembly, Mayor, Mayor Jason Perry, Mayor of London, Mayor Sadiq Khan, Peter Underwood, Ruth Dombey, Sadiq Khan, Sutton Council, Tory, ULEZ, Ultra Low Emission Zone
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Mayor of London activates emergency procedure for homeless
CROYDON IN CRISIS: Voluntary groups are concerned that the council did not respond quickly or properly when SWEP – the Severe Weather Emergency Protocol – was activated across London last month. EXCLUSIVE by STEVEN DOWNES With freezing temperatures forecast tonight, … Continue reading
Posted in Charity, Croydon Council, CVA, Housing, London-wide issues, Mayor Jason Perry, Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan
Tagged Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, London, London Assembly, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor, Mayor Jason Perry, Mayor of London, Mayor Sadiq Khan, Sadiq Khan, Severe Weather Emergency Protocol, SWEP, Tory
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Customers at Crystal Palace stadium could be left in the dark
One week on from an emergency closure of the National Sports Centre and parts of Crystal Palace Park, the venue is being “partially” re-opened today. But the thousands of runners, jumpers and throwers who train on the track at what … Continue reading
Posted in Athletics, Boris Johnson, Bromley Council, Caroline Russell, Croydon parks, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Crystal Palace Park, London Assembly, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, Sport
Tagged Caroline Russell, Crystal Palace, Crystal Palace National Sports Centre, Crystal Palace NSC, Crystal Palace Park, GLA, GLL, Greater London Authority, Greenwich Leisure, London Assembly
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Mayor Khan announces reprieve for doomed bus services
Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has today abandoned proposals to axe one-fifth of London’s bus routes, following a massive backlash from passengers, unions and politicians. The Transport for London consultation held earlier this year drew 20,000 responses from across the … Continue reading
Posted in Commuting, London Assembly, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, TfL, Transport
Tagged Croydon, Labour, London, London Assembly, Mayor, Mayor of London, Mayor Sadiq Khan, Sadiq Khan, TfL, Transport for London
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Mayor Khan calls for ‘better, safer, fairer housing’ in London
Croydon Council could face financial penalties if it fails to keep its social housing up to higher standards, Sadiq Khan, the Mayor of London, has warned. City Hall holds the purse strings for billions of pounds of housing development funding, … Continue reading
Posted in Brick by Brick, Community associations, Croydon Council, Housing, Katherine Kerswell, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Regina Road Residents' Support Group, Sadiq Khan, South Norwood, Tom Copley
Tagged Brick by Brick, City Hall, Croydon, Croydon Council, GLA, Greater London Authority, Housing, London, London Assembly, Mayor, Mayor Sadiq Khan, Sadiq Khan
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‘Alarming’ report finds 1-in-4 older Londoners living in poverty
Poverty rates among older Londoners are significantly higher compared to the rest of the country, according to a report published today by charity Age UK London. The figures show that 25per cent of older Londoners live in poverty, compared to … Continue reading
Posted in Age UK Croydon, Charity
Tagged Age UK, Age UK London, Croydon, fuel poverty, London, London Assembly, Mayor, Mayor of London, Poverty
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‘No choice’: Khan accepts £3.6bn deal for London’s transport
Tories used threat of cuts to London’s bus routes to force London Mayor to accept pension ‘reforms’ and to move towards potentially dangerous driverless Tube trains The Conservative government has finally agreed a longer-term funding settlement for London’s buses, Tubes, … Continue reading
Posted in Commuting, Cycling, London Assembly, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, Sian Berry, TfL, Tramlink, Transport
Tagged Conservative, Croydon, Department for Transport, DfT, Grant Shapps, Labour, London, London Assembly, Mayor, Mayor Sadiq Khan, Sadiq Khan, Sian Berry, TfL, Tory, Transport for London
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Thames Water imposes hosepipe ban but still can’t fix leaks
Flood warnings one day, a hosepipe ban the next… That’s the reality in Croydon in the climate crisis. Thames Water this morning confirmed what had been widely expected after two months of drought that has seen the source of the … Continue reading
Part-time Perry is fiddling over ULEZ while Croydon burns
In the middle of the hottest and driest summer on record, Jason Perry, Chris Philp and south London Tories are opposing measures to address the climate crisis. By our environment correspondent, PAUL LUSHION Jason Perry, Croydon’s part-time Mayor, has made … Continue reading
Posted in Boris Johnson, Business, Chris Philp MP, Climate Crisis Commission, Commuting, Croydon Council, Environment, London-wide issues, Mayor Jason Perry, Mayor of London, Neil Garratt, Sadiq Khan, TfL, Transport, ULEZ, Waste incinerator
Tagged Chris Philp MP, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon Mayor, Croydon South, Labour, London, London Assembly, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor, Mayor Jason Perry, Mayor of Croydon, Mayor Sadiq Khan, Neil Garratt, Sadiq Khan, TfL, Tory, Transport for London, ULEZ, Ultra Low Emissions Zone
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Pelling set to run as independent for Mayor, and in Waddon
EXCLUSIVE: After 40 years in Croydon politics, councillor decides to run as the ‘non-party’ candidate, offering to axe council rent increases, sack a distrusted council planning director and start a forensic investigation to recover the millions lost on the Fairfield … Continue reading
Posted in 2022 council elections, 2022 Croydon Mayor election, Andrew Pelling, Community associations, Croydon Council, Fairfield Halls, Hamida Ali, Heather Cheesbrough, Planning, Tony Newman, Val Shawcross, Waddon
Tagged Andrew Pelling, Conservative, Croydon Central, Croydon Council, Labour, Liberal Democrats, London, London Assembly, London Borough of Croydon, Tony Newman, Tory, Val Shawcross
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Tram passengers face 6.5% fare rise as TfL feels the squeeze
London’s Tube, bus and tram fares are to be increased by an average of almost 5per cent, the biggest annual jump in Transport for London fares since 2012, when Boris Johnson was London Mayor. The daily tram and bus cap … Continue reading
Posted in Boris Johnson, Caroline Pidgeon, Christian Wolmar, Commuting, London Assembly, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, Sian Berry, TfL, Tramlink, Transport
Tagged Caroline Pidgeon, Christian Wolmar, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Tramlink, Department for Transport, DfT, Labour, London, London Assembly, Mayor, Sadiq Khan, TfL, Tory, Transport for London
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Mayor Khan settles in for the long-haul and a third term
Sadiq Khan wants to be London’s first three-term Mayor. Khan was first elected as London’s Mayor in 2016, succeeding Boris Johnson. Johnson, like Ken Livingstone before him, the capital’s first Mayor, had served two four-year terms. Now Khan, who was … Continue reading
Posted in 2024 London elections, Boris Johnson, Ken Livingstone, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Neil Garratt, Sadiq Khan, Zac Goldsmith MP
Tagged Boris Johnson, Conservative, Croydon, Ken Livingstone, Labour, London, London Assembly, Mayor, Mayor of London, Neil Garratt, Sadiq Khan, Silvertown Tunnel, Tory
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Bailey goes AWOL after losing position on two committees
Party animal Shaun Bailey, the Conservative candidate for London Mayor last year, has been forced to resign his position as chair on a second London Assembly committee over his part in the rumbling Tory “partygate” scandals. Last month, Bailey stood … Continue reading
Posted in Boris Johnson, London Assembly, London-wide issues, Shaun Bailey
Tagged Conservative, London, London Assembly, Partygate, Shaun Bailey, Tory
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Croydon 2021: Where Eagles care and people power takes hold
DID WE HAVE NEWS FOR YOU: In the second part of our review of the year, loyal readers step up to report raptor sightings, there’s the retirement of a much-admired Palace manager, worrying election results for Labour and the council … Continue reading
Posted in 2021 London elections, Community associations, Croydon Council, Croydon North, Crystal Palace FC, Environment, Housing, Inside Croydon, London Assembly, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Neil Garratt, New Addington North, Patsy Cummings, Planning, Roy Hodgson, Sadiq Khan, Simon Hall, South Norwood, Steve Reed MP, Tony Newman, Wildlife, Woodside
Tagged Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon North, Emma Hope-Fitch, Labour, London, London Assembly, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor, New Addington, Simon Hall, Steve Reed OBE, Tony Newman, Tory
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The Shawcross Redemption: coming back to fix Croydon
Val Shawcross has spent her life in public service – a charity worker, then New Addington councillor and Croydon council leader in the 1990s; London Assembly member for nearly 20 years; London’s deputy mayor at City Hall in the 2010s; … Continue reading
Posted in 2022 council elections, 2022 Croydon Mayor election, Callton Young, Jason Perry, Ken Livingstone, London Assembly, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, No1 Croydon, Sadiq Khan, Tony Newman, Val Shawcross
Tagged 2022 Mayoral election, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon Mayor, Labour, London, London Assembly, New Addington, Tony Newman, Tory, Val Shawcross
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Bailey under fire for staging his own illegal Tory Party party
Questions are being asked about which Croydon and Sutton Conservatives attended their mayoral candidate’s lockdown-busting ‘raucous’ Christmas shin-dig. By WALTER CRONXITE There have been calls for Shaun Bailey to resign as chair of the London Assembly’s police and crime committee … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, London Assembly, London-wide issues, Neil Garratt, Policing, Shaun Bailey
Tagged Conservative, Leonie Cooper, London, London Assembly, Neil Garratt, Shaun Bailey, Tory
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Tories try to make crime pay by misleading over figures
Croydon’s Conservatives have shifted up a gear in their campaign efforts ahead of next May’s local elections, but WALTER CRONXITE, our political editor, has been fact-checking their latest video nasty Inside Croydon’s loyal reader has probably already twigged that there … Continue reading
Posted in 2022 council elections, 2022 Croydon Mayor election, Andrew Stranack, Boris Johnson, Chris Philp MP, Crime, Croydon 8/8, Croydon South, Knife crime, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Policing
Tagged Andy Stranack, Boris Johnson, Chris Philp MP, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, London, London Assembly, Mayor, Metropolitan Police, Tory
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Food bank use up 74% in 5 years as London faces winter crisis
The need for food banks is still well above what it was before the start of the coronavirus pandemic, and is a shocking 74per cent higher than it was in 2016, according to the latest figures from charity the Trussell … Continue reading
Posted in Charity, London Assembly, London-wide issues, Marina Ahmad
Tagged food banks, London, London Assembly, Marina Ahmad, Trussell Trust
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