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Tag Archives: Matthew Bennett
Now Lambeth Labour forced to ditch its failed housing venture
Our housing correspondent, BARRATT HOLMES, on the latest embarrassing climbdown by a south London council Lambeth Council is to wind up its arms-length housebuilding company Homes for Lambeth after an official review described its performance as “very poor” and recommended … Continue reading
Posted in Brick by Brick, Business, Community associations, Croydon North, Housing, Lambeth Council, London-wide issues, Matthew Bennett, Steve Reed MP
Tagged Bob Kerslake, Brick by Brick, Central Hill estate, Cressingham Gardens, Croydon, Croydon North, Homes for Lambeth, Kerslake Review, Labour, Lambeth council, Lord Kerslake, Matthew Bennett, Pete Elliott, Steve Reed OBE
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Council knew housing scheme was ‘unviable’ four years ago
Lambeth Council has known for at least four years that their proposed redevelopment of an award-winning housing estate was “unviable”. The eviction of council tenants in Cressingham Gardens and the proposed development of much of the site into private flats … Continue reading
Posted in Brick by Brick, Business, Croydon North, Housing, Lambeth Council, London-wide issues, Matthew Bennett, Mayor of London, Mott MacDonald, Steve Reed MP
Tagged Brick by Brick, Cressingham Gardens, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon North, Homes for Lambeth, Lambeth, Lambeth council, Matthew Bennett, Mott MacDonald, Steve Reed OBE
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Coronavirus being used as ‘smokescreen’ for estate demolition
It is not just in Croydon that residents’ groups have been alert to the inherent risks of placing the entire planning system into the hands of a few unelected council officials. The delegated planning powers, prompted by the coronavirus emergency, … Continue reading
Posted in Brick by Brick, Community associations, Croydon Council, Croydon North, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Housing, Jennifer Brathwaite, Lambeth Council, London-wide issues, Matthew Bennett, Mayor of London, Outside Croydon, Planning, Sadiq Khan, Steve Reed MP
Tagged Brick by Brick, Central Hill estate, coronavirus, Covid-19, Cressingham Gardens, Croydon, Crystal Palace, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Gipsy Hill, Green Party, Labour, Lambeth council, London, Matthew Bennett, Pete Elliott, Tulse Hill
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Lambeth is showing the way with destruction of five estates
This week, Labour’s ruling NEC stepped in to stop one London council from undertaking a property deal which could have seen hundreds of council tenants evicted from their homes. Yet meanwhile, a bus ride up the A23 from Croydon, at … Continue reading
Posted in Brick by Brick, Croydon North, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Housing, Jo Negrini, Lambeth Council, London-wide issues, Matthew Bennett, Outside Croydon, Planning, Property, Steve Reed MP
Tagged Croydon Council, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Jo Negrini, Labour, Lambeth council, Lib Peck, London Borough of Croydon, Matthew Bennett, Member of parliament, Steve Reed OBE
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Union group accuses MP Reed of ‘appalling nonsense’
Steve Reed OBE, the MP for Lambeth South, has lost the support of some of Croydon’s trades unionists, with one group promising to stand a candidate against the Bliarite “New Labour” advocate at next May’s General Election. The Trades Unionist … Continue reading
Ho ho ho… Season’s greetings to Inside Croydon’s loyal reader
Posted in Inside Croydon
Tagged Boxing Day, Croydon, London, Matthew Bennett, Steve Reed, Thornton Heath, Upper Norwood Library
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Redundancies and four-day opening at Upper Norwood library
So much for Croydon Council’s promises of no library closures. The Conservative-controlled council which has already axed the mobile library service and has decided to close New Addington’s purpose-built library to replace it with a few book shelves in the … Continue reading
