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Mayor Perry’s 20million reasons for breaking election promise
A council FoI response suggests that bullish remarks made about removing controversial traffic reduction schemes could prove too expensive to implement. EXCLUSIVE by STEVEN DOWNES £4,288,284.76 That’s the amount just a single low traffic neighbourhood scheme has generated for Croydon’s … Continue reading
Posted in Broad Green, Community associations, Croydon Council, Cycling, Environment, London-wide issues, Mayor Jason Perry, Parking, Planning, Steve Iles, TfL, Transport
Tagged Andrew Gilligan, Broad Green LTN, Grant Shapps, Jason Perry, Low Traffic Neighbourhood, LTN, LTNs, Mayor Jason Perry, Parsons Mead, Steve Iles, TfL, Transport for London
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Welcome to the one-party state of Our Great Leader Perry
Jason Perry will make his maiden speech as Croydon’s first executive Mayor in the Town Hall Chamber tonight, where a report on the agenda will underline that the borough’s new Conservative leader will not delegate any powers or responsibility, even … Continue reading
Tory Mayor’s unnecessary ward by-election set for June 30
The South Croydon ward by-election will be held on Thursday, June 30, the council has announced. The by-election is a needless expense for the cash-strapped council that has been caused by Tory Mayor Jason Perry putting himself forward as a … Continue reading
‘Based on this year’s elections, Croydon is in a very bad place’
SPECIAL INVESTIGATION: Reports over Croydon’s local elections have been lodged with the Electoral Commission and with Scotland Yard. EXCLUSIVE by STEVEN DOWNES There could yet be further repercussions around Katherine Kerswell’s chronic mishandling of Croydon’s “never-ending” election count, which earlier … Continue reading
Posted in 2022 council elections, 2022 Croydon Mayor election, Andrew Pelling, Carole Bonner, Croydon Council, Jon Rouse, Katherine Kerswell, Mayor Jason Perry, South Croydon, Trinity School, Val Shawcross
Tagged Andrew Pelling, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon Mayor, Croydon Mayoral election 2022, Electoral Commission, Katherine Kerswell, Labour, Liberal Democrats, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor, Mayor Jason Perry, Metropolitan Police, Richard Howard, South Croydon, Tory, Trinity School, Val Shawcross, Whitgift Foundation
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Council gardeners are now an endangered species in Croydon
CROYDON COMMENTARY: While the new Mayor announces the restoration of some services, such as the graffiti-cleaning team, other parts of the fabric of the borough are still vanishing, like red-list endangered species, in this year’s £38m round of cut-backs. PETER … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon Council, Croydon parks, Environment, Gardening, Heathfield House, Mayor Jason Perry, Peter Underwood, South Croydon
Tagged Conservative, Coombe Wood, Coulsdon, Coulsdon Memorial Ground, Croydon Council, Croydon Mayor, Grounds Maintenance, Haling Grove, Heathfield House, Jason Perry, Mayor Jason Perry, South Croydon, Tory, Waddon, Waddon Ponds, Wettern Tree Gardens
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£100,000 Mayor Perry unveils his old team as the new team
WALTER CRONXITE, political editor, on the completely predictable make-up of the borough’s executive Mayor’s first cabinet, and the wheeling and dealing over who will chair the Town Hall’s most influential committees Given that it took nearly five days to count … Continue reading
Posted in Andrew Stranack, Croydon Council, Jason Cummings, Jeet Bains, Katherine Kerswell, Lynne Hale, Maria Gatland, Mayor Jason Perry, Planning, Scott Roche, Sean Fitzsimons, South Croydon, Yvette Hopley
Tagged Andy Stranack, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon Mayor, Democratically Elected Mayor of Croydon, Jason Cummings, Jason Perry, Jeet Bains, Labour, Lynne Hale, Maria Gatland, Mayor Jason Perry, Ola Kolade, Planning Committee, Scott Roche, Scrutiny and Overview Committee, Tory, Yvette Hopley
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King gets Labour leadership, but delays over cabinet posts
CROYDON LABOUR IN CRISIS: WALTER CRONXITE, political editor, on the latest horse-trading going on behind the scenes among the largest political group at the Town Hall Croydon Labour made such a mess of the council’s finances, the authority now has … Continue reading
Posted in Alisa Flemming, Callton Young, Janet Campbell, Kola Agboola, Louis Carserides, Manju Shahul Hameed, Mohammed Islam, New Addington, South Croydon, Steve Reed MP, Stuart King
Tagged Callton Young, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon North, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Janet Campbell, Kola Agboola, Labour, Louis Carserides, Mayor Jason Perry, Mohammed Islam, South Croydon, Steve Reed OBE, STUART KING, West Thornton
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Mayor Perry’s first act is to end planners’ ‘9-9-9 emergency’
Town Hall reporter KEN LEE on the early moves by the new administration Jason Perry’s first executive act as Croydon’s new Mayor was to start to wind-in the toxic legacy of Paul Scott’s time in charge of planning and development … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon Council, Improvement Board, Mayor Jason Perry, Planning
Tagged Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, grafitti, Jason Perry, Labour, Mayor Jason Perry, Paul Scott, Planning, SPD2, Tory
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