Tag Archives: Mike Fisher

Council’s £140m offices are to become a glorified Job Centre

Posted on July 17, 2017 by

WALTER CRONXITE on how the local council has been forced to take in more lodgers in its “prestige” £140m office building Tonight’s council cabinet meeting at the Town Hall is unlikely to uncover quite how the costs of building the … Continue reading →

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#WadGate II, the sequel: Tory Fisher hasn’t paid back a penny

Posted on May 6, 2017 by

Three years on from #WadGate, the Town Hall allowances scandal which brought down the leader of the Croydon Conservatives, and Mike Fisher has not paid back a penny of the public money that he paid himself secretly in his final … Continue reading →

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Balancing the books allows Labour to invest in Croydon

Posted on March 1, 2017 by

BUDGET COMMENTARY: With the council’s books balanced, a government-approved increase in Council Tax and front-line services being maintained by the Labour council, it is little wonder that the local Tories have so little to offer, writes Councillor ANDREW PELLING Croydon … Continue reading →

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Piles and stools: a typical night out with Croydon’s Tories

Posted on December 21, 2016 by

If there were any lingering doubts over the real reasons for the Croydon Tories’ continued hostility to having a gypsy and traveller camp at Purley Oaks – or, indeed, at any site proposed in the borough – then the presence … Continue reading →

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Council finance chief Simpson’s promotion is confirmed

Posted on September 6, 2016 by

Richard Simpson, formerly the council’s finance director, has been promoted to the role of executive director of resources, it was confirmed today. Simpson’s move into one of the six-figure salary roles at Fisher’s Folly is part of the on-going reshuffle … Continue reading →

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Council pimps out £144m offices in £7.5m 10-year deal

Posted on May 26, 2016 by

Croydon’s cash-strapped Labour-run council is today celebrating clawing back just £7.5million-worth of the costs of Fisher’s Folly, the borough’s vastly over-priced civic headquarters. Over a period of 10 years. So only another £136 million to go. At this rate, it … Continue reading →

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Newman’s time for change as he faces threat of ‘dead sheep’

Posted on April 17, 2016 by

WALTER CRONXITE on the ins and outs of the latest council “non-reshuffles”, and how the the spectre of #WadGate and others’ past crimes still stalk the Town Hall’s corridors of (not much) power “They used to say that being attacked … Continue reading →

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