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It’s ‘Car Wars’ as Mayor Khan looks to reduce impact of SUVs
London’s road hogs could soon face having to pay extra charges for driving in the capital and taking up extra space on our roads and in residential parking bays. Sir Sadiq Khan, the Mayor of London, has today re-launched his … Continue reading
Posted in London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Parking, Sadiq Khan
Tagged London, Mayor, Mayor Khan, Mayor Sadiq Khan, Mayor Sir Sadiq Khan, SUVs, TfL, Transport for London, Vision Zero
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Khan hails £130m chance to revive Crystal Palace sports centre
Proposals for what London Mayor Sir Sadiq Khan has welcomed as a “once-in-a-generation” redevelopment of the sports facilities in Crystal Palace Park have been submitted in a planning application to Bromley Council. The £130million project aims to bring the Olympic-sized … Continue reading
Posted in Athletics, Basketball, Boxing, Bromley Council, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Cycling, Football, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Rugby League, Sadiq Khan, Sport, Swimming, Tennis
Tagged Crystal Palace, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Crystal Palace athletics stadium, Crystal Palace National Sports Centre, Dave Bedford, London, London Mayor, Mayor, Mayor Khan, Mayor Sadiq Khan, Mayor Sir Sadiq Khan, Pope John Paul II, Shane Gould, Usain Bolt
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12,500 Croydon children lifted out of poverty by scrapping the two-child benefit cap. But what about homelessness?
ANDREW FISHER pores over the fine detail in the Budget, including more income tax, lower energy bills and frozen rail fares, and highlights some of the important areas that were not addressed by Chancellor Rachel Reeves Just over a year … Continue reading
Posted in Andrew Fisher, Croydon Council, Croydon East, Croydon West, Natasha Irons, Sarah Jones MP, SEND
Tagged Andrew Fisher, Budget, Chancellor Rachel Reeves, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon East, Croydon West, Electric vehicles, Labour, London, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Sadiq Khan, Mayor Sir Sadiq Khan, Natasha Irons MP, Sarah Jones MP, SEND, Special Educational Needs and Disabilities, Tory, Tourist Tax
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Croydon is worst in London for reports of ‘violence with injury’
Croydon was the worst place in the whole of London for violent crime in the past year, according to a shocking report published this morning based on official figures from the Office for National Statistics. Perhaps of greatest concern is … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, Croydon Council, Croydon West, Knife crime, London-wide issues, Mayor Jason Perry, Policing, Sadiq Khan, Sarah Jones MP
Tagged Crime, Croydon, Croydon Council, Homicide, knife crime, London, London Assembly, Mayor, Mayor Jason Perry, Mayor Sadiq Khan, Mayor Sir Sadiq Khan, Metropolitan Police, murder, Sarah Jones MP, Shoplifting, Violence with injury, youth knife crime
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Two Merton police stations to close in latest Met cut-backs
Croydon, Sutton and Bromley stations among those to operate on reduced opening hours in future under the latest police budget cuts Wimbledon and Mitcham are among 10 London police stations facing permanent closure under the latest version of cost-cutting measures … Continue reading
Posted in Bexley, Boris Johnson, Bromley Council, Crime, Kingston, Lewisham, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Merton, Policing, Sadiq Khan, Sutton Council
Tagged Assistant Commissioner Matt Twist, Bexley, Bexleyheath, Brixton, Bromley, Croydon, Croydon Police Station, Kingston, Lavender Hill, London, London Assembly, Mayor, Mayor Khan, Mayor Sadiq Khan, Mayor Sir Sadiq Khan, Metropolitan Police, Mitcham Police Station, Plumstead, Sir Sadiq Khan, Sutton Police Station, Walworth, Wimbledon Police Station
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London Mayor Khan is 12,000 homes short of his own target
According to figures from City Hall, just 347 new affordable homes have been started in London in three months since April. Inside Housing reports the figures from the Greater London Authority which also show that 312 of the homes were … Continue reading
Now Streatham MP Reed faces court action over water torture
Rivers charity begins a Judicial Review, accusing the environment secretary of having ‘no policy at all’ for solving the crisis around Thames Water Environment secretary Steve Reed, the MP for Streatham (and Croydon North, if he can ever be bothered) … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Environment, Leonie Cooper, London Assembly, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, Steve Reed MP, Streatham and Croydon North, Thames Water
Tagged Croydon, Cunliffe Review, DEFRA, Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs, Environment Agency, Feargal Sharkey, Labour, Leonie Cooper, London, London Assembly, Mayor of London, Mayor Sadiq Khan, Mayor Sir Sadiq Khan, Ofwat, Sir Jon Cunliffe, Southern Water, Steve Reed OBE, Streatham and Croydon North, Thames Water
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Assembly Member calls on Reed to nationalise Thames Water
With backing of London Mayor Sir Sadiq Khan, Labour’s Leonie Cooper calls for water utilities ‘that put the needs of the public and the environment ahead of private profit’ Senior figures in the Labour Party in London have joined calls … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Environment, Leonie Cooper, London Assembly, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, Steve Reed MP, Streatham and Croydon North, Thames Water
Tagged Croydon, Cunliffe Review, DEFRA, Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs, Environment Agency, Feargal Sharkey, Labour, Leonie Cooper, London, London Assembly, London Mayor, Mayor Sadiq Khan, Mayor Sir Sadiq Khan, Ofwat, Sadiq Khan, Sir Jon Cunliffe, Southern Water, Steve Reed OBE, Streatham and Croydon North, Thames Water
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Motoring penalty charges to increase to £160 in Croydon
Conservative councils in London – which potentially incudes Croydon’s Tory Mayor Jason Perry – wanted to hike the cost of parking tickets to £180 a pop. That’s according to a report by the London Standard, as the capital seeks to … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon Council, London Councils, London-wide issues, Mayor Jason Perry, Mayor of London, Parking
Tagged Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Liberal Democrats, London, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor, Mayor Jason Perry, Mayor Sadiq Khan, Mayor Sir Sadiq Khan, Parking, PCN, Penalty Charge Notices, Sir Sadiq Khan, Tory, Transport for London
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TfL spending £3.2m to replace Croydon bus shelters by March
CROYDON IN CRISIS: After four years of waiting in the wind and rain, the borough’s bus passengers are about to have much-missed street furniture replaced – but no thanks to Mayor Perry and our dysfunctional council. PLUS: the official list … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Commuting, Croydon Council, Mayor Jason Perry, Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, TfL, Transport, ULEZ
Tagged bus shelters, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, London, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor, Mayor Jason Perry, Mayor Sadiq Khan, TfL, Tory, Transport for London, Valo Smart City UK Ltd
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TfL instals new shelters but 70 Croydon bus stops miss out
CROYDON IN CRISIS: Work has begun for the installation of bus shelters replacing street infrastructure removed by Croydon Council almost four years ago. But TfL is only providing shelters for two-thirds of the former sites. EXCLUSIVE by STEVEN DOWNES Sir … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Commuting, Croydon Council, Mayor Jason Perry, Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, TfL, Transport, ULEZ
Tagged bus shelters, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, London, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor, Mayor Jason Perry, Mayor Sadiq Khan, TfL, Tory, Transport for London, Valo Smart City UK Ltd
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Ghost of Brick by Brick comes to haunt London Mayor Khan
BARRATT HOLMES, housing correspondent, identifies some troubling similarities between the collapse of Croydon’s failed housing company and recent auditors’ warnings over a GLA-owned development firm A housing company established by the Greater London Authority which has received £300million in loans … Continue reading
TfL announces latest fares freeze on buses and trams for 2025
London’s tram and bus fares are to be frozen in 2025, London Mayor Sadiq Khan has announced. It is the sixth fares freeze for bus and tram passengers since 2016, with passengers continuing to be able to make unlimited journeys … Continue reading
Posted in Commuting, Sadiq Khan, TfL, Tramlink, Transport
Tagged Croydon, Croydon Tramlink, Labour, London, London Buses, London Tramlink, Mayor Sadiq Khan, TfL, Transport for London
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London police numbers face 2,700 cut, Commissioner warns
Sir Mark Rowley, the Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police, today warned the London Policing Board that the force in the capital is facing significant staffing cuts in order to balance its books. Sir Mark said he could be forced to … Continue reading
Overground’s understaffing is placing passenger safety at risk
The RMT rail union is urging Sadiq Khan, the Mayor of London, to intervene over what it calls “the damaging ticket office cuts and chronic understaffing on the London Overground”. The Overground is the rail service with the soon-to-be-renamed Windrush … Continue reading
Posted in Norwood Junction, TfL, Transport, West Croydon
Tagged Arriva Rail London, Croydon, Crystal Palace, Mayor, Mayor Sadiq Khan, Mick Lynch, Norwood Junction, RMT, RMT union, Sadiq Khan, TfL, Transport for London, West Croydon
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Croydon’s Superloop bus link to Heathrow facing the axe
Barely a year after the £6million introduction of the Superloop network, with rebranded express routes mostly around outer London, Mayor Sadiq Khan is considering axing Croydon’s long-standing bus link to Heathrow Airport. The SL7 Superloop bus was introduced in 2023, … Continue reading
Posted in East Croydon, TfL, Transport, West Croydon
Tagged Croydon, Gatwick, Gatwick Airport, Heathrow, Heathrow Airport, London, Mayor, Mayor Sadiq Khan, Superloop, Sutton, TfL, Transport for London
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Croydon among worst-hit by Tory gerrymandering ID rules
At least one-third of voters who were turned away from polling stations at the London elections in May did not bother returning to cast a vote, according to figures released by a London Assembly Member. From a Tory perspective, the … Continue reading
Making our roads safer for pedestrians makes sense for us all
CROYDON COMMENTARY: City Hall and our borough Town Hall are being petitioned over a busy junction that lacks a safe crossing place for pedestrians, as PETER UNDERWOOD explains In my lifetime there have been major advances in road safety. From … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon Council, Croydon Greens, Esther Sutton, Fairfield, Peter Underwood, Ria Patel
Tagged Caroline Russell, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon High Street, Esther Sutton, Fairfield, London, London Assembly, Lower Coombe Street, Marley King, Mayor, Mayor Sadiq Khan, Peter Underwood, Ria Patel, South Croydon
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ULEZ has seen reduction in some pollutants of up to 20%
The expansion of ULEZ to Croydon and the rest of outer London has had a “positive impact” on air quality and reduced harmful emissions, according to a report from City Hall. Some emissions levels in outer London are reckoned to … Continue reading
Posted in Caroline Russell, Environment, Health, London-wide issues, Mayor Jason Perry, Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, TfL, Transport, ULEZ, ULEZ expansion
Tagged Chris Philp MP, City Hall, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon say no to ULEZ expansion, Croydon South, Labour, London, London Mayor, Mayor Jason Perry, Mayor Sadiq Khan, Tory, ULEZ, ULEZ expansion
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153 Met police officers faced misconduct hearings in 2023
The number of police officers who have faced hearings due to misconduct or incompetence has doubled since 2016, according to official data from City Hall. In total, 163 officers faced hearings in 2023, 153 of whom were facing allegations of … Continue reading
Croydon West election just got interesting with Labour split
It has been slim pickings for surprises in Croydon’s election campaign so far, but tonight’s rally for a Taking The Initiative Party candidate might just cause a stir, reports our political editor, WALTER CRONXITE Probably the biggest surprise of the … Continue reading
Posted in 2024 General Election, Andy Brittain, Crime, Croydon West, Donna Murray-Turner, Knife crime, Policing, Sarah Jones MP
Tagged 2024 General Election, Anthony King, Ch Supt Andy Brittain, Croydon, Croydon West, Donna Murray-Turner, Drug gangs, General Election, General Election 2024, knife crime, Labour, Mayor Sadiq Khan, Metropolitan Police, MOPAC, MyEnds, Sarah Jones, Taking The Initiative Party, TTIP
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Community groups demand dismissal of convicted Met officer
After the Borough Commander says he will continue to use convicted constable Perry Lathwood on the streets of Croydon, more than a dozen local groups have written to the Met Commissioner and policing minister Chris Philp highlighting the officer’s questionable … Continue reading
Posted in Andy Brittain, Crime, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Policing, Sadiq Khan
Tagged Casey Review, Ch Supt Andy Brittain, Chris Philp MP, Holmesdale Fanatics, Jocelyn Agyemang, London, Mayor, Mayor Sadiq Khan, McPherson Report, Met Police, Metropolitan Police, PC Perry Lathwood, Sir Mark Rowley, Stephen Lawrence
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Mayor Khan says he didn’t know Croydon trams need replacing
Sadiq Khan, after eight years as Mayor of London, has admitted that he was unaware of the issue of ageing and increasingly unreliable rolling stock on the Croydon trams network, after London Assembly Members highlighted recent “abysmal” service and a … Continue reading
Posted in Commuting, East Croydon, Hina Bokhari, New Addington North, New Addington South, Sadiq Khan, TfL, Tramlink, Transport
Tagged Croydon, Croydon Tramlink, Croydon Trams, Hina Bokhari, Labour, Liberal Democrats, London, London Assembly, London Tramlink, Mayor Sadiq Khan, Transport for London
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Tories facing ‘extinction-level event’, while Greens flip their list
Tory MP hits out at Susan Hall’s mayoral election campaign as showing ‘no aspiration for what is an aspirational city’, while Green candidate Zoe Garbett becomes a London Assembly Member through the back door. WALTER CRONXITE wraps up the election … Continue reading
Posted in 2024 London elections, Caroline Russell, Darren Johnson, London Assembly, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Paul Scully MP, Sadiq Khan, Sian Berry, Susan Hall, Zack Polanski
Tagged 2024 London elections, Conservative, London, London Assembly, London Elections, London elections 2024, Mayor, Mayor Sadiq Khan, Paul Scully MP, Sian Berry, Susan Hall, Tory, Zoë Garbett
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