Tag Archives: London Assembly

Last-minute nominations get Davis on Labour’s ballot paper

Posted on September 9, 2019 by

Labour Party members in Sutton and Croydon will get to choose the candidate to represent their party in next May’s London Assembly elections after all, with both Patsy Cummings and Rowenna Davis receiving more than the required five nominations from … Continue reading →

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Documents show TfL censored safety audit after tram crash

Posted on September 6, 2019 by

Long-standing suspicions that there has been a cover-up over safety reports relating to the tram network following the 2016 Sandilands crash appear to be confirmed today, with the publication of a file of documents which show that reports critical of … Continue reading →

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Councillors already busy working hard for their political parties

Posted on September 6, 2019 by

Our political editor, WALTER CRONXITE, reports that the borough’s elected councillors are back to what they do best – delivering leaflets ahead of a General election. PLUS: we reveal ‘secret’ candidates in four local seats Croydon’s 70 councillors, Conservative as … Continue reading →

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Time’s up for Davis as Labour narrows Assembly field to one

Posted on September 4, 2019 by

Labour’s laborious process of selecting their candidate for the Croydon and Sutton London Assembly seat might finally reach some conclusion tonight, as both the Croydon and Sutton Co-op and the Croydon Central Constituency Labour Party delegates decide whether or not … Continue reading →

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Why Croydon needs more and better democracy, not less

Posted on August 25, 2019 by

CROYDON COMMENTARY: For all the talk of introducing a directly elected mayor for Croydon, what’s been overlooked is the need to make every vote count, writes Green Party candidate PETER UNDERWOOD There are lots of people in Croydon who are … Continue reading →

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Davis acts to take the dread out of school holiday poverty

Posted on August 6, 2019 by

The word “holiday” has become one which some children, and their hard-pressed parents, have come to dread. That’s according to a prospective London Assembly candidate, Rowenna Davis, who has started taking practical action to help people in her community. As … Continue reading →

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5% increase in road collisions set-back for Mayor’s Vision Zero

Posted on July 28, 2019 by

There was another increase in the number of people killed or seriously injured on London’s roads in 2018, figures released this week show, prompting a call for the Mayor to implement more measures more urgently for sustainable walking and cycling. … Continue reading →

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