Tag Archives: Mick Lynch

Overground’s understaffing is placing passenger safety at risk

Posted on October 13, 2024 by insidecroydon

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 →

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Anger over millionaire MP Philp’s ‘generous’ benefits claim

Posted on January 4, 2024 by insidecroydon

New year, same old Chris Philp. The gaffe-prone Tory MP for Croydon South put his foot in it yet again and angered millions of TV news viewers as he claimed that the nation’s benefits system is “very generous”. Philp, 47, … Continue reading →

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50 years of the Freedom Pass rally, Southwark Park, Sep 23

Posted on September 18, 2023 by insidecroydon
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680,000 responses make ticket offices biggest consultation

Posted on September 4, 2023 by insidecroydon

More people participated in the consultation over the threat of closure to the nation’s railway ticket offices than in any previous public consultation held in this country. In all, two travel watchdogs received a combined 680,000 responses from commuters and … Continue reading →

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Tories move to shut ticket offices at 1,000 railway stations

Posted on July 5, 2023 by insidecroydon

The Tory government, in the final throes of its catastrophic administration, has decided to end its days in a headlong battle with the rail unions, after imposing the closure of almost all of England’s station ticket offices. The move has … Continue reading →

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‘Extremist’ teachers make polite request for a fair pay rise

Posted on February 1, 2023 by insidecroydon

‘Strike now, while you can!’ Croydon’s teachers rose to the challenge in their union’s placard competition as they marched on Parliament today. By our education correspondent, GENE BRODIE For many from the Croydon contingent that made their way up to … Continue reading →

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From Picasso to Whiteread in Dulwich, courtesy of the RMT

Posted on August 27, 2022 by insidecroydon

Last month, KEN TOWL visited Museum of the Year, the Horniman. This week, in his quest for the treasures of south London, he has trekked across the borough boundary again to the Dulwich Picture Gallery, with some help from a … Continue reading →

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RMT Rally to Save London’s Public Transport, Aug 31

Posted on August 27, 2022 by insidecroydon
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Croydon South’s Tory MP called a ‘liar’ 16 times on national TV

Posted on June 21, 2022 by insidecroydon

Our political editor, WALTER CRONXITE, wonders when Chris Philp is going to deny that he was lying on behalf of Boris Johnson’s government Chris Philp, a junior minister in lying Boris Johnson’s Tory government and the occasional MP for Croydon … Continue reading →

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