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Voluntary groups to present their ‘manifesto’ to the Mayor
The borough’s voluntary sector meets next week and is laying down a challenge to newly-elected Mayor Jason Perry to provide a proper framework that will allow the borough’s volunteers and carers to meet the growing demands for their help. The … Continue reading
Council is forced to amend its Tory-biased press release
Officials in Fisher’s Folly have been accused of breaking the strict rules about public-funded announcements in the days before a local by-election. By our Town Hall reporter, KEN LEE The council has been forced to change an article on its … Continue reading
£81,000 part-time Mayor pulls a sickie for first scrutiny meeting
Town Hall reporter KEN LEE on the seemingly miraculous recovery from covid by Tory Jason Perry Croydon’s £81,000 part-time Mayor pulled out of his first scheduled appointment with the council’s scrutiny committee last night, citing covid as his excuse. Yet … Continue reading
Bins strike called off after Veolia agree to increase staff pay
The Croydon bins strike, due to start on Thursday in a dispute over “poverty pay”, has been called off after the council’s rubbish contractors, Veolia, finally agreed an improved pay deal for some of their poorest-paid workers. The strike was … Continue reading
Time’s running out for Axis as new Mayor comes under scrutiny
The honeymoon period is over for Jason Perry, as the first reports of his administration are due to be published this week, reports KEN LEE, our Town Hall correspondent Jason Perry this week faces his first real tests as Croydon’s … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Croydon Council, Housing, Mayor Jason Perry, Rowenna Davis, Sean Fitzsimons, South Croydon
Tagged Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon Mayor, Democratically Elected Mayor of Croydon, Green Party, Jason Perry, Labour, Liberal Democrats, Mayor Jason Perry, Mayor of Croydon, Regina Road, Rowenna Davis, Scrutiny and Overview Committee, South Norwood, Tory
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Hodgson rules himself out of the running for ‘impossible job’
By our Town Hall correspondent, PEARL LEE Roy Hodgson, Croydon lad, Freeman of the Borough and all-round local hero, has firmly ruled himself out of the reckoning to become the first directly-elected mayor of Croydon next year. Hodgson was at … Continue reading
Mayor’s charity fish and chips lunch, Forestdale, Feb 6
Posted in Activities, Charity, New Addington South
Tagged Mayor of Croydon, New Addington
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Murder, mystery and turkey dinner – all for Mayor’s charities
The Mayor of Croydon, Councillor Patricia Hay-Justice, is seeking people’s support to a couple of events being held in aid of her nominated charities in the run-up to Christmas. The Mayor’s charities are: MIND in Croydon – an active charity … Continue reading
Mayor of Croydon’s charity wine tasting evening, Oct 23
Posted in Charity, Mind in Croydon
Tagged charity, Croydon Council, Mayor of Croydon, Mind in Croydon
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Mayor’s charity Valentine’s concert, Feb 13
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Tagged Cancer, charity, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor of Croydon
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Boswell speaks out on behalf of Croydon’s “heroic” teachers
Canon Colin Boswell used Croydon’s annual civic service yesterday to call on the people of the borough ”to encourage heroic teachers”. The Vicar of Croydon’s remarks came in a sermon to the congregation in Croydon Minster and to the many … Continue reading
Posted in Archbishop Lanfranc, Canon Colin Boswell, Church and religions, Croydon Minster, Education, Manju Shahul Hameed, Parish Church schools, Roke Primary, Schools, Stuart Collins
Tagged Canon Colin Boswell, Colin Boswell, Croydon Minster, Eddy Arram, Lord Bowness, Manju Shahul Hameed, Mayor of Croydon, Ofsted, Parish Church schools, Peter Bowness, Tory, Vicar of Croydon
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Broad Green councillor nominated to be next Mayor of Croydon
Broad Green councillor Manju Shahul Hameed is to be nominated to be the next Mayor of Croydon by the Labour group at Monday’s council meeting. The appointment of the borough mayor is made by a committee on which Conservatives have … Continue reading
