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Car park failure is dire warning for Croydon’s casino economics
CROYDON COMMENTARY: Another week, another multi-million pound company goes into administration. ANDREW PELLING says that the collapse of financial scheme behind a car park operator will have lasting repercussions for Croydon There’s been a lot of action this week that … Continue reading
Posted in Allders, Andrew Pelling, Business, Centrale, Commuting, Council Tax, Croydon Council, Fairfield, Fairfield Halls, Jon Rouse, Parking, Property, South Croydon, Transport, Waddon, Whitgift Centre
Tagged BBC, Croydon, Croydon Council, Fairfield, London, London Borough of Croydon, Royal Bank of Scotland, Westfield
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Residents’ fears ignored as Tesco gets 6am booze licence
On whose behalf does Croydon Council operate? Residents or big business? At the meeting of the licensing authority in the Town Hall tonight, the choice made was clear: Croydon Council does not listen to its residents. Tesco had placed an … Continue reading
“Wastefield” finally plugs the £200m Hole in Bradford
Another straw in the wind for Croydon Council’s dependency on high street retail this morning, as the Telegraph and Argus is reporting that Westfield has cashed its chips on the controversial land holding in Bradford, where a vast, water-filled crater … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Centrale, Whitgift Centre
Tagged Croydon, Estates Gazette, George Galloway, London, London Borough of Croydon, Mary Portas, Westfield, Yorkshire
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Redundancy costs could burden Upper Norwood library trust
Another offering for the bulging file of “Croydon Council Adds Insult to Injury” comes from the splendid News from Crystal Palace site, which reports that leading figures at our Town Hall are seriously considering burdening any community trust which takes … Continue reading
Did Mead mislead Town Hall over Newsnight interview?
Did Dudley Mead, the deputy leader of the Conservative group that controls Croydon Council, deliberately mislead a full council meeting last night? Croydon’s shameful record on providing emergency housing for the borough’s homeless was highlighted by BBC Newsnight two weeks … Continue reading
Council awards posthumous honour to Malcom Wicks
Malcolm Wicks is to be made the 15th Freeman of the London Borough of Croydon. The posthumous honour was announced at the council full meeting last night by the leaders of the two political groups. The proposal was announced immediately … Continue reading
What the ****?! Council issues staff warning over office graffiti
It seems that the council workers in Taberner House are beginning to express their frustrations with their mismanagement. Widespread redundancies, with more to come; much reduced employment terms imposed upon staff; allegations of bullying and poor practice. Now staff appear … Continue reading
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Tagged Croydon, Croydon Council, London, London Borough of Croydon, Taberner House
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Hollands’ contempt for public is Croydon’s “pleb” moment
Our man in the public gallery, WALTER CONXITE, found little evidence of Croydon’s “Proud to Serve” slogan being put into practice at a Town Hall meeting last week The truly depressing thing about the way in which our council is … Continue reading
Newman plans to get Croydon’s houses in order
TONY NEWMAN, the leader of the opposition Labour group on Croydon Council, responds to last week’s report on Newsnight with a plan to provide proper housing for the borough’s homeless Millions of people have now seen last week’s shocking BBC Newsnight … Continue reading
Town Hall report ignores crime, Council Tax and roads
It is so often cited as to have become clichéd, but in George Orwell’s vision of a dystopian future, the novel 1984, when the powers-that-be had bad news, it got its Ministry of Truth to erase it from the records … Continue reading
Labour calls for closure of “squalid” Croydon B&Bs
Croydon’s opposition Labour group has demanded the immediate closure of the Thornton Heath B&B hotel used by the council to house the borough’s homeless. Labour has also demanded an independent inquiry into how the council has failed to take proper … Continue reading
Don’t panic! Mead’s benefits U-turn shows council in crisis
CROYDON COMMENTARY: Something strange is happening at the Town Hall. Commonsense is prevailing over political dogma. Some highly placed people’s jobs must be at stake, says Inside Croydon editor STEVEN DOWNES Don’t panic! Croydon’s Captain Mainwaring is in charge! Something … Continue reading
Posted in Allders, Croydon 8/8, Croydon Council, Dudley Mead, Jon Rouse, Margaret Mead, Menta Tower, Mike Fisher, Planning, Schools, URV
Tagged BBC, Conservative, Croydon, Eric Pickles, London, London Borough of Croydon, Taberner House
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Croydon’s B&B nightmare: “an indictment of modern Britain”
The BBC’s Newsnight programme has taken Croydon Council’s emergency housing “policy” apart, exposing them as breaking the law twice over, while failing the borough’s homeless, many of them young children, who are forced to stay in squalid, overcrowded and unsuitable … Continue reading
Posted in Broad Green, Croydon Council, Dudley Mead, Health, Housing, Jon Rouse, Mike Fisher, Planning, Property, Tony Newman
Tagged BBC, Croydon, Croydon Council, London, London Borough of Croydon, Newsnight, Rouse, Tony Newman
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O’Connell: “I wouldn’t be so silly to take £500 per day”
Steve O’Connell, the London Assembly Member for Croydon and Sutton once dubbed Britain’s highest paid councillor by the Daily Mail, has told Inside Croydon that “even I would not be so silly as to take £500 a day”, following a … Continue reading
Croydon rejects planning proposal as a “recipe for disaster”
Croydon’s Conservative-run council has set itself on collision course with Tory local government chief Eric Pickles after deciding to reject as “a recipe for disaster” Whitehall proposals on planning that would make it easier for developers and homeowners to build … Continue reading
Upper Norwood Library funding cuts called in for scrutiny
A council decision that threatens the future of the century-old Upper Norwood Library by withdrawing the majority of the library’s funding will hit a road block this week, after Croydon’s Labour councillors called for a special Town Hall meeting to … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Cinema, Croydon Council, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, David Lean Cinema Campaign, Education, Lambeth Council, Libraries, Theatre, Timothy Godfrey, Warehouse Theatre
Tagged Conservative, Croydon, Croydon North, David Lean Cinema, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Tory, Upper Norwood Library
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Boris’s cunning plan: too high, too many, too central
CROYDON COMMENTARY: The Mayor of London’s “cunning plan” for Croydon is flawed in important respects, says ANDREW PELLING – too much housing crammed into the centre of the borough, in too many high-rise blocks, and by ignoring other parts of … Continue reading
Posted in Andrew Pelling, Ashburton, Boris Johnson, Broad Green, Cane Hill, Cherry Orchard Gardens, Commuting, Coulsdon, Croydon 8/8, Croydon Central, Croydon Council, Croydon North, East Croydon, Environment, Fairfield, Health, Housing, IYLO, London Assembly, London Road Traders Association, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Menta Tower, Planning, Property, Purley, Ruskin Square, Schools, Transport, URV, Vidhi Mohan, West Croydon, West Croydon Community Forum
Tagged Andrew Pelling, Boris Johnson, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, London, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor
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Council wields axe with 35% job cuts in customer services
The provision of services for residents in Croydon looks like being cut back even further, with 35 per cent of frontline staff in the customer service department being told on Wednesday that they are to be axed. The cuts are … Continue reading
Posted in Council Tax, Croydon Council, Jon Rouse, Nathan Elvery
Tagged Council Tax, Croydon, Croydon Council, Jedward, London, London Borough of Croydon
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Centrale pop-up shop to pilot London-wide cancer scheme
Croydon is to pilot a cancer pop-up shop, which will open tomorrow. The scheme is run with the council and one of London Mayor Boris Johnson’s projects, the London Health Improvement Board. Croydon’s shop will be on the ground floor … Continue reading
NHS executive threatens scrutiny body over £23m ‘lost’ funds
So, a public body “loses” tens of millions, yet no one is responsible? ANDREW PELLING attended the latest session of the south-west London NHS scrutiny committee Lawyers, paid for out of precious NHS funds, have been hired by senior health … Continue reading
Conflicts highlighted before Tory councillor left committee
The continuing claims of Croydon’s leading political figures that they really do avoid any potential conflicts of interest with their outside appointments are starting to ring ever more hollow, after it emerged that one Conservative councillor has left the Town … Continue reading
Posted in Cane Hill, Clare Hilley, Croydon Council, David Osland, Housing, Ian Parker, Mike Fisher, Planning, Property, URV, Waddon
Tagged Carter Ruck, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, London, London Borough of Croydon, Mike Fisher, Waddon
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Bricking it: Council refuses to rebuild wall to “save” £50,000
Party walls are among the most common causes of disputes between neighbours. Just hope that you never share a boundary with Croydon Council as your neighbours Seven years after first being warned about the possible collapse of a boundary wall … Continue reading
