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Barwell’s legacy to Croydon: Tories set for fifth in Euro vote
While the two major parties in Croydon try to behave as if there’s nothing going on, weekend polling ahead of Thursday’s European elections suggests that Labour and Tories are to lose seats in London. Political editor WALTER CRONXITE reports With … Continue reading
44 care homes in Croydon fail post-Grenfell fire safety tests
Figures from the Mayor of London show that 44 care homes in Croydon were failing to meet fire safety standards through London Fire Brigade audits carried out following the Grenfell Tower tragedy. The figures put Croydon as second worst in … Continue reading
Posted in Adult Social Care, Andrew Dismore, Bromley Council, Croydon Council, Kingston, Lambeth Council, London Assembly, London Fire Brigade, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Merton, Outside Croydon, Southwark Council, Sutton Council, Tom Copley
Tagged Andrew Dismore, Care Homes, Croydon, Croydon Council, London, London Assembly, London Fire Brigade, Mayor, Mayor of London, Tom Copley
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South of the border, residents brew up a planning rebellion
The Conservatives suffered a near-wipe-out in last week’s council elections held in the usually true blue stockbroker belt of Surrey. Our political editor WALTER CRONXITE has crunched the numbers and found that local issues do matter Croydon’s 70 councillors cost … Continue reading
Brick by Brick gets 100%: 38 housing projects are all delayed
BARRATT HOLMES, our housing correspondent, reports on how late completion of developments by the council’s house-builders is storing up a multi-million-pound problem Brick by Brick, Croydon Council’s house-building company, could be struggling to make its sums work as delays and … Continue reading
Massive discounts on land sales raise more questions on BxB
EXCLUSIVE: With six parcels of public land, including open spaces, sold for just £1 each, the council has handed its in-house house-builder a secret subsidy worth millions of pounds, in a series of spiv-like deals which potentially could be against … Continue reading
Posted in Alison Butler, Brick by Brick, Business, Coulsdon, Croydon Council, Housing, Jo Negrini, Paul Scott, Planning, Tony Newman
Tagged Alison Butler, Brick by Brick, Chris Philp MP, Conservative, Coulsdon, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon South, Jo Negrini, Labour, London, London Borough of Croydon, Paul Scott, Purley, Tony Newman
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Council leader: ‘Seven reasons never to move to Croydon’
Political editor WALTER CRONXITE on how Tony Newman has shown again that he ought not be allowed loose on the interweb unsupervised The increasingly error-prone Tony Newman, Labour’s leader of Croydon Council, dropped another bollock this morning, when he cheerily … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon Advertiser, Local media, Tony Newman
Tagged Croydon, Labour, London, Tony Newman
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