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Muslims excluded from Croydon’s Remembrance service
There is mounting anger from some senior figures at the Town Hall over the way in which Muslim community leaders were excluded from any formal role in Sunday’s Remembrance Service at Croydon Minster. The absence was despite recent assurances given … Continue reading
Westfield have run down the CPO clock on £1.4bn scheme
BARRATT HOLMES on the charade of a planning meeting to take place at the Town Hall tonight The long-delayed re-application for planning permission by Westfield and Hammerson – “The Croydon Partners” – for a £1.4billion redevelop-ment of the ageing Whitgift … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", Business, Centrale, CPO, Croydon Council, Housing, Jo Negrini, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Parking, Paul Scott, Place Review Panel, Planning, Property, Sadiq Khan, TfL, Tony Newman, Whitgift Centre
Tagged Conservative, Croydon Council, Hammersfield, Hammerson, Jo Negrini, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor, Paul Scott, Sadiq Khan, Tony Newman, Tory, Westfield, Whitgift Centre, Whitgift Foundation
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Police now conducting ‘stop and search’ to catch fly-tippers
A multi-agency clampdown against fly-tipping and other offences has this week seen police and council officials make their 31st seizure of a vehicle suspected of being used to illegally store or dump rubbish. More than 30 officers from Croydon Council … Continue reading
Official investigation under way over West Thornton selection
WALTER CRONXITE reports on further delays and dispute in Croydon Labour’s candidate selection process ahead of next May’s local elections Labour Party officials in West Thornton ward face an investigation after what one member described as a “farce” of a … Continue reading
Private Eye makes a 999 police call over ‘The Godfather’
Inspector Knacker, the satirical fortnightly’s nickname for the police, should “log in and feel some digital collars” at Croydon Council, according to the latest edition of Private Eye magazine. The Godfather scandal at Fisher’s Folly, where assistant chief executive Graham … Continue reading
Newman remains silent over council’s ‘Godfather’ affair
By STEVEN DOWNES Council leader Tony Newman remains silent on the unfolding scandal at Fisher’s Folly, where the council’s assistant chief exec has overseen payments of £787 per day to a friend without first properly declaring the relationship, as is … Continue reading
Council CEO confirms ‘The Godfather’ paid chum £787 per day
STEVEN DOWNES reports on the latest clumsy move by Croydon Council’s £185,000 chief exec to try to cover-up a scandal in her administration Jo Negrini, Croydon Council’s chief executive, has confirmed that one of her most senior aides has managed … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon Council, Graham Cadle, Jo Negrini
Tagged Croydon, Croydon Council, Graham Cadle, Jo Negrini, London Borough of Croydon
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You’re hired! Council takes on two dozen apprentices
Croydon Council has taken on 24 apprentices this week as part of a campaign to create more training and job opportunities for local young people. The new recruits arrived as the council launched a campaign called Choose Your Future, encouraging … Continue reading
The Godfather (part 2): Residents’ data ‘at risk’ by off-shoring
The personal data of everyone paying Council Tax in Croydon may have been put at risk by the council’s decision to off-shore parts of its IT development programme to India, according to Town Hall whistle-blowers. STEVEN DOWNES reports The decision … Continue reading
The Godfather: Croydon official hired friend on £787 per day
A two-month investigation into Croydon Council’s IT operation has uncovered major concerns over procurement and payments. STEVEN DOWNES reports Croydon Council is undertaking its second internal investigation this year into the conduct of its assistant chief executive. Graham Cadle is … Continue reading
Church-linked academy chain denies having ‘religious ethos’
Our education correspondent, GENE BRODIE, has found a new website which has discovered the Oasis academy chain, led by a Baptist minister, saying that they really have very little to do with churches or religion There have been calls for … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Oasis Academy, Oasis Academy Coulsdon, Oasis Academy Shirley Park, Paul Scott, Ryelands Primary and Nursery, Schools, Woodside
Tagged Chris Wright, Conservative, Croydon, Gareth Streeter, London Borough of Croydon, Oasis Academy Arena, Oasis Academy Coulsdon, Oasis Academy Shirley Park, Paul Scott, South Norwood, Tory, Woodside
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Council planners ignore Queen’s Hotel objections from MP
Croydon Council’s planning department has gone against the views of two MPs, a pair of London Assembly Members, elected councillors and hundreds of angry residents, and has recommended approval of a monstrous expansion of the historic Queen’s Hotel on Church … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon Council, Croydon North, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Fiona Twycross, History, London Assembly, Planning, South Norwood, Steve O'Connell, Steve Reed MP
Tagged Croydon North, Crystal Palace, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Fiona Twycross, London Assembly, London Borough of Croydon, Queen's Hotel, South Norwood, Steve O'Connell, Steve Reed OBE
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Former Mayor of Croydon decides to stand down from council
Another senior member of the Labour group at the Town Hall has decided not to stand at next May’s council elections. Wayne Trakas-Lawlor, a councillor in South Norwood ward since 2010, announced his decision to colleagues yesterday. Trakas-Lawlor is the … Continue reading
Council left without operator for Ashburton Park venue
Political editor WALTER CRONXITE reports on the strange silence from the council about the faltering fate of one of its flagship projects The latest embarrassing set-back for Tony Newman and his Labour colleagues’ hopes of retaining control of the council … Continue reading
Posted in Addiscombe West, Alison Butler, Ashburton, Croydon Council, Croydon parks, Maddie Henson, Tony Newman
Tagged Addiscombe East, Addiscombe West, Alison Butler, Ashburton, Ashburton Hall, Ashburton Park, Conservative, Croydon Council, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Maddie Henson, Old Ashburton Library, Tony Newman, Tory
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Even Westfield now agree there’s no need for £28m tram loop
CROYDON COMMENTARY: As first revealed by Inside Croydon last week, Transport for London is to make some wide-ranging schedule changes to the tram network from November 5. In particular, there will no longer be a direct service from New Addington … Continue reading
Town centre social cleansing is back on council’s agenda
WALTER CRONXITE reports on a Town Hall proposal which few people want, and which would provide ‘powers’ which already exist Another week, another lip-service “consultation” from the council. Only this one’s a bit special, possibly the work of a comedy … Continue reading
Butler in U-turn over parks protection: ‘Nothing to see here’
Alison Butler, the Croydon Council cabinet member responsible for planning, has made a U-turn over the future planning status of the borough’s parks. On Saturday, Inside Croydon reported how the government planning inspector had rejected Croydon Council’s efforts to apply … Continue reading
Posted in Alison Butler, Community associations, Croydon Council, Croydon Federation of Allotment and Garden Societies, Croydon parks, Duppas Hill Park, Environment, Friends of Addiscombe Railway Park, Friends of Ashburton Park, Friends of Croham Hurst Woods, Friends of Crystal Palace Park, Friends of Farthing Downs, Friends of Grange Park, Friends of Grangewood Park, Friends of Haling Grove, Friends of Heavers Meadow, Friends of Marlpit Lane Bowling Green, Friends of Millers Ponds, Friends of Selsdon Woods, Friends of Shirley Windmill, Friends of South Norwood Country Park, Friends of Wandle Park, Friends of West Norwood Cemetery, Peter Underwood, Planning, Queens Gardens, Wildlife
Tagged Alison Butler, Coulsdon, Croydon Council, Crystal Palace, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Queens Gardens, South Norwood
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Council to drop licensing restrictions to make way for Westfield
KEN LEE, our Town Hall reporter, on the latest move by the council to make it easier for Westfield to rent out space in its supermall to boozers, bars and places flogging £10 burgers There’s an estimated 17,000 people moving … Continue reading
Night clubbers’ cars stop Surrey Street traders from working
It is only now, three months after the re-opening of Surrey Street Market, beginning to emerge why it was necessary to spend £1.2million on resurfacing a stretch of the road as part of Councillor Mark Watson’s attempt to drive stall-holders … Continue reading
Posted in Mark Watson, Surrey Street
Tagged Croydon, Croydon Council, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Mark Watson, Surrey Street, Surrey Street Market
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Labour-run council moves to block future People’s Audits
Lambeth, where Steve Reed OBE was the leader of the “co-operative” council until he became an MP for Croydon North, is seeking help from the Tory government to shut down questions about how it spends public money. Hyperlocal website Brixton … Continue reading
Crapita profits plunge even after council IT jobs move to India
Some council staff have been expressing concerns around the performance and standards of service provided by Crapita, who manage the council’s IT and phone systems. The company, which is midway through an eight-year, £73.5million “mega-deal” that was agreed by the … Continue reading
Posted in Capita, Croydon Council
Tagged Capita, Crapita, Croydon Council, London Borough of Croydon
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