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Cyclists still forced to ride on dangerous roads to nowhere
CROYDON COMMENTARY: A recent report on the state of the borough’s unhealthy streets has caused dismay for DAN MAERTENS Dismay. That was my first thought when reading the report on Inside Croydon about our borough’s poor rating as far as … Continue reading
Posted in Boris Bikes, Commuting, Cycling, Environment, TfL, Transport
Tagged Croydon, Croydon Council, Dan Maertens, Labour, London, STUART KING
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Three-quarters of iC readers say they will still wear masks
More than three-quarters of Inside Croydon readers say that they will continue to wear a face covering in public places, despite today’s government relaxation of precautions against the spread of covid-19. Today marks what some have tried to characterise as … Continue reading
Posted in Health, Inside Croydon
Tagged Conservative, coronavirus, Covid-19, Croydon, Freedom Day, London, Mayor, Sadiq Khan, Tory
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‘Don’t let covid ruin your summer’, health chief warns Croydon
Coronavirus cases are rising rapidly and public health measures are not enough to contain the pandemic, according to leading academic There were almost 194,000 new cases of covid-19 reported in England last week, up by more than one-third on the … Continue reading
Posted in Health
Tagged Boris Johnson, Christina Pagel, coronavirus, Covid-19, Croydon, London
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Readers’ poll: Will you continue to wear a mask after July 19?
On Monday, the government confirmed that it would be moving to the next stage of lockdown easing on July 19, writes Sanjana Idnani. This means that almost all legal restrictions on social contact will be lifted. This also removes the … Continue reading
Posted in Health
Tagged Boris Johnson, coronavirus, Covid-19, Croydon, Croydon Council, Face masks, London, Mayor of London, TfL, Transport for London
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London Mayor insists on masks on capital’s public transport
Face coverings must be worn on London’s buses, trains, Tube and trams, despite lockdown restrictions easing on Monday, Sadiq Khan, the Mayor of London, announced overnight. Mayor Khan has made “the right decision”, according to Croydon Central MP Sarah Jones. … Continue reading
Posted in Commuting, Elly Baker, Health, London Assembly, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, TfL, Tramlink, Transport
Tagged coronavirus, Covid-19, Croydon Central, Croydon Tramlink, Elly Baker, London, London Assembly, Mayor, Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, Sarah Jones MP, TfL, Transport for London
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Cornering the market in smocks, dockets and community care
CROYDON COMMENTARY: Our local shops are an important part of the fabric of society, and have played an often vital role during lockdown. We should cherish them, writes RICHARD PACITTI I have been reading Babita Sharma’s book The Corner Shop, … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Health
Tagged Babita Sharma, corner shops, Croydon, Derek Bentley, London, Richard Pacitti, Tamworth Road, West Croydon
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House sale prices in London suffer biggest fall for a decade
Hopes that some quick sales of Brick by Brick’s long-overdue and hugely overpriced homes might help to ease Croydon Council’s financial woes took a knock yesterday with publication of a report that showed that London’s “gravity-defying” house price rises had … Continue reading
Posted in Brick by Brick, Business, Housing, London-wide issues
Tagged Croydon, house prices, London
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Tories accused of ‘giving London a kicking’ over TfL funding
With the government exploiting difficulties arising over covid-19 to turn the financial screw on Transport for London, a Labour Assembly Member has accused the Tories of “giving London a kicking”. Elly Baker AM’s report, TfL Funding Settlement – Another short-term … Continue reading
Posted in Boris Johnson, Commuting, Elly Baker, London Assembly, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, TfL, Transport
Tagged Boris Johnson, Conservative, Elly Baker, Labour, London, London Assembly, TfL, Tory, Transport for London
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Rapid rise in coronavirus positives raises fears of ‘third wave’
Croydon has the joint highest number of new cases of covid-19 in the last seven-day period among London boroughs, as fears grow that Britain may be about to endure a third wave of the pandemic. The rise in the number … Continue reading
Posted in Health, London-wide issues
Tagged coronavirus, Covid-19, Croydon, London, NHS Croydon
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Spendthrift LibDems won’t pay for Carshalton investigation
Liberal Democrat-controlled Sutton Council has ruled that it cannot afford to carry out an official, lawyer-led investigation into the misconduct of three LibDem councillors who libelled a local businessman and community sports club in one of their party leaflets. This … Continue reading
Posted in Ben Andrew, Environment, Nick Mattey, Shasha Khan, Sutton Council, Waste incinerator
Tagged Beddington Lane incinerator, Beddington North, Ben Andrew, Carshalton Athletic, Carshalton Central, Colin Drummond, Jill Whitehead, John Drage, LibDems, Liberal Democrats, London, Sutton Council, Viridor
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Voting figures suggest there’s a storm coming for Labour
Croydon’s own red wall turned blue in the London elections this month. Ward-level voting figures provide more bad news for Labour in Croydon, reports our resident psephologist, WALTER CRONXITE The unseasonable heavy rainfall in May is not the only reason … Continue reading
Posted in 2021 London elections, 2021 Mayor Referendum, 2022 council elections, Addiscombe East, Addiscombe West, Croydon Council, Croydon Greens, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Fairfield, Hamida Ali, Jason Perry, Maddie Henson, Mayor of London, New Addington, New Addington North, Norbury Park, Sadiq Khan, Shaun Bailey, South Croydon, Waddon
Tagged Conservative, Croydon, Croydon and Sutton (London Assembly constituency), Croydon Council, Green Party, Labour, Liberal Democrats, London, London Assembly, Mayor, Sadiq Khan, Shaun Bailey
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Tories won’t scrutinise Grenfell scandal and Arcuri affair
CROYDON COMMENTARY: A week ago, we reported how horse-trading at City Hall had seen the Tories take their pick of the top posts on the various committees at the London Assembly. Here, MURAD QURESHI explains why that is a very … Continue reading
Covid pressures could see homelessness soar, warn boroughs
London faces the most severe homelessness crisis in the country, according to the capitals borough councils, as they face a “triple whammy” of upcoming risks over the summer, as lockdown restrictions and special covid-19 emergency aid for the homeless are … Continue reading
Greens and LibDems team up with the Tories at City Hall
Less than a week since Assembly Members were elected to City Hall, a Labour party strop has left the London Assembly hobbled in its work of holding the capital’s devolved government to account, as the Greens and LibDems have forged … Continue reading
Posted in 2021 London elections, Caroline Pidgeon, Caroline Russell, London Assembly, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, Shaun Bailey, Sian Berry
Tagged Caroline Pidgeon, Caroline Russell, Conservative, Green Party, Labour, Len Duvall, Leonie Cooper, Liberal Democrats, London, London Assembly, Susan Hall, Tory
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Football club threatens libel action against three councillors
Our Sutton reporter, BERTIE WORCESTER-PARK, on how the LibDems have been accused of having a ‘vendetta’ against Carshalton Athletic “At best incompetent, at worse downright dishonest, and in either case incredibly negligent.” That is how three Liberal Democrat councillors have … Continue reading
Mayor Khan takes the stage to launch city’s tourist drive
Sadiq Khan used his formal signing-in ceremony for his second term as London Mayor this morning to reveal his cunning plan to revive the capital’s economy post-covid: tourism. Mayor Khan announced a £6million advertising campaign to encourage tourists back to … Continue reading
Posted in Art, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, Theatre
Tagged David Hockney, Labour, London, Mayor, Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan
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Garratt doubles victory margin as he takes City Hall seat
NOT-SO-SPECIAL ELECTION SPECIAL: Labour has slipped back in the London Assembly voting, with its worst result in Croydon and Sutton for 13 years. By WALTER CRONXITE, political editor Neil “Father Jack” Garratt was named on Saturday as Croydon and Sutton’s … Continue reading
Posted in 2021 London elections, London Assembly, London-wide issues, Marina Ahmad, Mayor of London, Neil Garratt, Patsy Cummings, Sadiq Khan, Shaun Bailey, South Norwood, Sutton Council
Tagged Conservative, Croydon and Sutton (London Assembly constituency), Green Party, Labour, Liberal Democrats, London, London Assembly, Marina Ahmad, Neil Garratt, Patsy Cummings, Peter Underwood, Sadiq Khan, Tory
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Khan wins second term as Tories claim Pyrrhic success
Sadiq Khan will serve a second term as Mayor of London, after beating Conservative rival Shaun Bailey “quite comfortably”, according to the capital’s leading political pundit. The London Mayoral election result was declared late on Saturday night, with Khan requiring … Continue reading
Going to the lowest, only bidder: council finds buyer for BxB
EXCLUSIVE by STEVEN DOWNES Croydon Council could have to pay at least another £40million in order to sell off Brick by Brick, the Labour-controlled local authority’s failed housing developer which bankrupted the Town Hall. And the multi-million-pound spending on the … Continue reading
#Binmageddon: Binface out-foxes rubbish Mayor candidates
Political editor WALTER CRONXITE says that after an over-long and extremely lacklustre London election campaign, there has been one bright spot – and it’s not been Tory Shaun Bailey’s joke candidacy It has been a very long, and very tedious, … Continue reading
Mayor’s relocation plans place City Hall on ‘at risk’ register
The 20th Century Society expresses fears for landmark building and for under-threat social housing at Cressingham Gardens On the eve of the sixth election for the Mayor of London, City Hall, the building which has been the home of the … Continue reading
Silvertown build costs Khan backing from Friends of the Earth
The hugely polluting Silvertown Tunnel scheme, backed by both Labour’s Sadiq Khan and the Tories’ Shaun Bailey, could see both candidates in Thursday’s Mayor election lose the support of Londoners who are rightly concerned about the climate crisis and the … Continue reading
Posted in 2021 London elections, Croydon Friends of the Earth, Environment, London Assembly, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, Shaun Bailey, Sian Berry, Waste incinerator
Tagged Addiscombe West, Conservative, Green Party, Labour, Liberal Democrats, London, London Assembly, Mayor, Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, Shaun Bailey, Sian Berry, Tory
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Candidates Khan and Bailey set for citizens’ ‘accountability’
More than 3,000 community leaders and members from Citizens UK’s alliances across London will tonight champion the problems affecting their communities, and put the candidates for London Mayor on the spot at an event they are calling an “Accountability Assembly”. … Continue reading
Posted in 2021 London elections, Housing, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Policing, Sadiq Khan, Shaun Bailey
Tagged Citizens UK, Conservative, Croydon, Labour, London, London Assembly, London Citizens, Mayor, Sadiq Khan, Shaun Bailey, Tory
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