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Last-minute nominations get Davis on Labour’s ballot paper
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
Posted in 2020 London elections, London Assembly, London-wide issues, Neil Garratt, Patsy Cummings, Rowenna Davis
Tagged Carshalton and Wallington, Croydon, Croydon and Sutton, Croydon and Sutton (London Assembly constituency), Croydon Central, Croydon North, Croydon South, Labour, London, London Assembly, Patsy Cummings, Rowenna Davis, South Norwood, Sutton and Cheam, Tony Newman, Tory
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Documents show TfL censored safety audit after tram crash
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
Posted in Caroline Pidgeon, London Assembly, Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, Sandilands derailment, TfL, Tramlink, Transport
Tagged Croydon tram crash, Croydon Tramlink, London, London Assembly, Mayor, Sadiq Khan, Sandilands, Sandilands derailment, TfL, Tram Operations Ltd, Transport for London
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Developer in administration after owner jailed over car crash
In a bitter metaphor for the profit-hungry developers who have made millions from creating “the slums of the future” with the conversions of old office blocks into under-sized flats, one of the leading firms specialising in their developments in Croydon, … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Housing, Planning
Tagged London, Croydon, London Borough of Croydon, Tory, Conservative, Green Dragon House, Inspired Homes, Martin Skinner
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Why Croydon needs more and better democracy, not less
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
Posted in Croydon Council, Croydon Greens, Peter Underwood
Tagged Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Green Party, Labour, Liberal Democrats, London, London Assembly, Mayor, Peter Underwood, Tory
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Official figures show Croydon is capital’s worst for complaints
Our Town Hall reporter, KEN LEE, crunches some numbers and finds that according to the annual report from the Local Government Ombudsman, our council does not compare well, however you dress it up Official figures from the Local Government Ombudsman … Continue reading
Posted in Adult Social Care, Bromley Council, Children's Services, Croydon Council, Education, Jo Negrini, Lambeth Council, Merton, Planning, SEND, Southwark Council, Sutton Council, TfL, Tony Newman
Tagged Bromley, Conservative, Croydon Council, Haringey, Jo Negrini, Labour, Lambeth, Liberal Democrats, Local Government Ombudsman, London, London Borough of Croydon, Merton, Ombudsman, Southwark, Sutton, Tory
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5% increase in road collisions set-back for Mayor’s Vision Zero
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
Posted in Caroline Russell, Cycling, London Assembly, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, TfL, Transport
Tagged Caroline Russell, Croydon, London, London Assembly, Mayor, Sadiq Khan
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Croydon residents spend 45% of their wage on private rents
While Croydon’s Labour-run council stages museum exhibitions on the history of the council house, as they meanwhile use public money to build houses for private sale which local residents cannot afford, a London Assembly Member has produced figures which shows … Continue reading
