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Extra Express trains won’t help overcrowding says RailFuture
The recently re-nationalised Thameslink rail franchise would do better for the majority of passengers by making more south-bound Gatwick Express trains stop at Clapham Junction, and removing the expensive fare supplement. That’s the view of passenger lobby group RailFuture, which … Continue reading
Posted in Commuting, East Croydon, Transport
Tagged Charlie King, Clapham Junction, East Croydon station, East Surrey Transport Committee, Gatwick Airport, Gatwick Airport expansion, Gatwick Express, Greater Thameslink Railway, Lord Hendy, Lord Peter Hendy, Natasha Irons MP, Peter Hendy, Railfuture, Southern, Thameslink
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MP and union join calls to save CALAT from Perry’s cutbacks
Opposition is mounting to the Croydon Mayor’s scheme to outsource the council’s adult education service, with a public petition describing any plans to undermine CALAT as ‘vandalism’. EXCLUSIVE by STEVEN DOWNES Croydon East MP Natasha Irons and the University and … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Business, CALAT, Croydon Council, Croydon East, Education, Libraries, Mayor Jason Perry, Natasha Irons
Tagged adult education, CALAT, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Adult Learning and Training, Croydon Clocktower, Croydon Council, Croydon Town Hall, Jo Grady, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, Natasha Irons MP, Tory, UCU, University and College Union
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PM Burnham says he’ll get Selhurst rail project ‘back on track’
A massive engineering scheme to untangle the tracks that cause the ‘Selhurst bottleneck’ was dumped by the Tory government. Croydon East’s MP has got it back on Westminster’s agenda. By our transport correspondent, JEREMY CLACKSON Prime Minister Andy Burnham has … Continue reading
Posted in Commuting, Croydon Area Remodelling Scheme, Croydon East, East Croydon, Natasha Irons, Selhurst, TfL, Transport
Tagged Andy Burnham, CARS, Conservative, Croydon Area Remodelling Scheme, Croydon East, Labour, London, Natasha Irons MP, Network Rail, PMQs, Prime Minister Andy Burnham, Prime minister's questions, Selhurst, Selhurst Bottleneck, Tory, Transport for London
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He should be so lucky, lucky, lucky: Reed’s £4,500 of freebies
INSIDE CROYDON INVESTIGATES: Our first article about the borough’s MPs’ declarations has already prompted complaints to the parliamentary commissioner for standards about Chris Philp. Now we scour the official declarations of another former Cabinet minister with interesting financial backers, the … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Inside Croydon Investigates, Steve Reed MP, Streatham and Croydon North
Tagged Croydon East, Croydon North, Croydon West, House of Commons, Labour, Natasha Irons MP, Parliamentary declarations, Political donations, Sarah Jones MP, Steve Reed MP, Steve Reed OBE, Streatham and Croydon North
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MP Jones’s donations and her connection with Flint lobby firm
INSIDE CROYDON INVESTIGATES: Is there something that the MP for Croydon West might learn from the newbie MP for Croydon East? In our latest probe into Croydon MPs’ outside interests and earnings, we scour the official declarations Natasha Irons is … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Chris Philp MP, Croydon East, Croydon West, Gatwick Airport, Inside Croydon Investigates, Natasha Irons, Sarah Jones MP
Tagged Croydon East, Croydon West, Flint Global, Gatwick Airport, Gatwick Airport expansion, House of Commons, James Purnell, Joe Jones, Labour, Lord Sainsbury, Natasha Irons MP, Nigel Farage, Parliamentary declarations, Political donations, Sarah Jones MP
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MP Steve Reed needs help. And he’ll pay £40,000pa to get it
As one Croydon MP adjusts to life on the back benches, another has made her first move up the greasy pole of Westminster preferment, reports our Political Editor, WALTER CRONXITE Steve Reed, the MP for Streatham (and Croydon North, when … Continue reading
Posted in Amy Foster, Croydon East, Louis Carserides, Natasha Irons, Steve Reed MP, Streatham and Croydon North
Tagged Atticus Partners, Cromwell Green, Croydon, Croydon East, Crystal Palace, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, House of Commons, Labour, Labour Together, Louis Carserides, Louise Szpera, Morgan McSweeney, Natasha Irons MP, Oscar Harman, Parliament, Steve Reed OBE, Streatham and Croydon North, Tony Newman
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Google and Gatwick among employers attending MPs’ jobs fair
MPs Sarah Jones and Natasha Irons are jointly hosting a jobs fair for young people in the borough. Intended for those aged 16 and over, the fair brings together major industry players including Google, EY Foundation, the NHS, Transport for … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Business, Croydon Commitment, Croydon East, Croydon West, Gatwick Airport, Natasha Irons, Sarah Jones MP
Tagged Croydon, Croydon East, Croydon West, Department of Work and Pensions, DWP, Gatwick Airport, Google, Natasha Irons MP, NHS, Sarah Jones MP, TfL, Transport for London
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End for ‘Uncle Keir’ leaves Croydon MPs scrambling for jobs
Political Editor WALTER CRONXITE on how Croydon’s Labour politicians responded to the Prime Minister announcing his resignation Keir today, gone tomorrow. And for Croydon’s right-wing Labour MPs, the scramble to preserve their positions, or to gain some favour under Keir … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon Council, Croydon East, Croydon West, Natasha Irons, Sarah Jones MP, Steve Reed MP, Streatham and Croydon North, Stuart King
Tagged 'Uncle Keir', Andy Burnham, Cllr Stuart King, Councillor Stuart King, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon East, Croydon West, Downing Street, Keir Starmer, Labour, London, Makerfield, Morgan McSweeney, Natasha Irons MP, No10, No10 Downing Street, Paul Holden, Prime Minister, Sarah Jones MP, Sir Keir Starmer, Steve Reed OBE, Streatham and Croydon North, STUART KING, The Fraud: Keir Starmer Morgan McSweeney and the Crisis of British Democracy
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Perry’s council failed to respond to incinerator consultation
While LibDem leader Ed Davey has called for a review of the Environment Agency’s decision to allow permit-busting polluters Viridor to burn even more rubbish at Beddington, Croydon Labour MPs stay silent. By STEVEN DOWNES Croydon Council under Tory Mayor … Continue reading
Posted in Bobby Dean, Broad Green, Business, Carshalton and Wallington, Croydon Council, Dave Tchil, Environment, Kingston, Luke Taylor MP, Mayor Jason Perry, Mayor of London, Merton, Nick Mattey, Refuse collection, Sadiq Khan, Sutton and Cheam, Sutton Council, Waste incinerator
Tagged Air pollution, Beddington, Beddington incinerator, Broad Green, Cllr Dave Tchil, Cllr Nick Mattey, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon East, Croydon West, EA, Environment Agency, Hackbridge, Infant mortality, Kingston and Surbiton, Labour, Liberal Democrats, Natasha Irons MP, Purley Way, Sarah Jones MP, Selhurst, Sir Ed Davey, Tory, Toxic air pollution, Viridor, Viridor incinerator, Waddon
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Off the RAAC: New Addington primaries get building grants
Two New Addington primaries have been given grant funding to improve their school buildings – including any refurbishments made necessary by the use of RAAC – Reinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete – in their buildings’ construction. Castle Hill Academy, on Dunley … Continue reading
Posted in Castle Hill Academy, Croydon East, Education, Natasha Irons, New Addington North, New Addington South, Schools
Tagged Bridget Phillipson, Castle Hill Academy, Condition Improvement Fund, Croydon East, Department for Education, Education, Kate Middleton, Natasha Irons MP, New Addington, New Addington North, New Addington South, Princess of Wales, RAAC, Rowdown Primary, schools
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‘Wake up’ call from Croydon MP as she backs PM ‘Uncle Keir’
As health secretary Wes Streeting considers resigning from government, possibly triggering a leadership challenge, Steve Reed, Sarah Jones and Natasha Irons are backing Starmer “Uncle” Keir Starmer is clinging on to the job of Prime Minister, probably grateful for the … Continue reading
Posted in 2026 council elections, Croydon East, Croydon West, Natasha Irons, Sarah Jones MP, Steve Reed MP, Streatham and Croydon North
Tagged 'Uncle Keir', Andy Burnham, Angela Rayner, Croydon, Croydon East, Croydon West, Downing Street, Ellie Sandover, Keir Starmer, King's Speech, Labour, London, Natasha Irons MP, No10, Sarah Jones MP, Sir Keir Starmer, State Opening of Parliament, Steve Reed OBE, Streatham and Croydon North, Wes Streeting, Yvette Cooper
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Starmer shocker: could Gorton and Denton happen here?
Our resident psephologist, WALTER CRONXITE, crunches the numbers after a disastrous by-election result at Gorton and Denton for the Labour Prime Minister, with local elections across London, including in Croydon, just 70 days away The Green Party’s historic parliamentary by-election … Continue reading
Posted in 2026 council elections, 2026 Croydon Mayor election, Croydon East, Croydon West, Natasha Irons, Rowenna Davis, Sarah Jones MP, Steve Reed MP, Streatham and Croydon North
Tagged 2026 council elections, 2026 Croydon mayoral election, 2026 local elections, Andy Burnham, Camden, Cllr Rowenna Davis, Conservative, Council Tax, Croydon, Croydon Council, Gorton and Denton byelection, Green Party, Hackney, Hannah Spencer, Keir Starmer, Lambeth, Lewisham, London Borough of Croydon, Manchester, Natasha Irons MP, Sarah Jones MP, Southwark, Steve Reed OBE, Tony Newman, Tory, Zack Polanski
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Deputy mayor approves of Shirley Park’s free school meal deal
Joanne McCartney, the deputy mayor for children and families, visited Shirley Park Primary School this week to see how the Mayor of London’s universal free school meals programme for the capital’s state primary schools is benefiting children and their families. … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon East, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Natasha Irons, Schools, Shirley North, Shirley South
Tagged Croydon, Croydon East, Deputy mayor for children and families, Joanne McCartney, Labour, London, London Assembly, Mayor, Natasha Irons MP, Shirley, Shirley Park Primary
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MP Irons drops a clanger with ULEZ letter to the wrong mayor
DOH! Newbie Labour MP’s staff send an email to Croydon’s Tory Mayor’s office to complain about the Labour Mayor of London’s policy on road charging “I’m frankly astonished,” Jason Perry, the Mayor of Croydon, wrote on every social media platform … Continue reading
Labour minister Streeting opens New Addington health centre
New Addington has a new multi-million-pound Community Diagnostics Centre, which was formally opened yesterday by health secretary Wes Streeting and local MP Natasha Irons. The centre, on Chertsey Crescent, has been busy with patients since October, and is now fully … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon East, Croydon NHS Trust, Health, Natasha Irons, New Addington Community Diagnostics Centre, New Addington North, New Addington South
Tagged Croydon, Croydon East, Croydon NHS Trust, Labour, Natasha Irons MP, New Addington, New Addington Community Diagnostics Centre, Wes Streeting
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Starmer visits Ikea Croydon – but not to assemble new cabinet
Keir Starmer, the son of a tool-maker, managed a quick, and secretive, visit to Ikea in Croydon this morning. It was suggested that he may have been looking for a new cabinet, because the one he’s got in Downing Street … Continue reading
Posted in 2026 council elections, 2026 Croydon Mayor election, Croydon East, Croydon West, Natasha Irons, Rowenna Davis, Sarah Jones MP, Steve Reed MP, Streatham and Croydon North
Tagged Croydon, Croydon East, Croydon West, Ikea, Keir Starmer, Natasha Irons MP, Prime Minister, Sarah Jones MP, Sir Keir Starmer, Steve Reed OBE, Streatham and Croydon North
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MP Jones putting her Croydon constituents on remote control
A Croydon MP who receives almost £200,000 per year, to pay for aides and a constituency office, has her phone staffed for just four hours each week. WALTER CRONXITE, Political Editor, on how at least one of Croydon’s well-funded MPs … Continue reading
Posted in Chris Philp MP, Croydon East, Croydon South, Croydon West, Natasha Irons, Sarah Jones MP, Steve Reed MP, Streatham and Croydon North
Tagged Chris Philp MP, Constituency office, Croydon East, Croydon South, Croydon TUC, Croydon West, David White, Erskine May, Jeremy Corbyn, Labour, Natasha Irons MP, Nose in search of a bum, Palestine Action, Palestine hunger strikers, Qesser Zuhrah, Sarah Jones MP, Steve Reed OBE, Streatham and Croydon North, Teuta Hoxha, Whitgift Centre
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Croydon MP introduces Bill to guarantee local youth services
Croydon East’s Labour MP Natasha Irons has introduced a 10-minute-rule Bill to Parliament that would place clear duties on councils to plan, deliver and resource youth services properly, rather than treating them as optional. Irons’s Bill has the backing of … Continue reading
MP Irons is ‘inspired’ by visit to girls’ school’s space project
Labour MP Natasha Irons paid a visit to Croydon’s biggest girls’ fee-paying school this week, to find out first-hand about Mission Pegasus – Croydon High’s attempt to become the first all-girls school in the world to design, build and launch a … Continue reading
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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Two Harris academies in Croydon get plugged in to solar power
Two Croydon schools have been announced among 250 that are to benefit from having solar panels fitted to their roofs under a scheme run by Great British Energy. The funding from Great British Energy and the government should enable millions … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon East, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Education, Harris Academy Crystal Palace, Natasha Irons, Schools, Shirley North, Shirley South
Tagged Croydon, Croydon East, Crystal Palace, Great British Energy, Harris City Academy Crystal Palace, Harris Primary Academy Benson, Labour, Natasha Irons MP, Shirley, solar panels
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Time is running out to help protect Croydon’s open spaces
The London Wildlife Trust is celebrating the successful reintroduction of a species to a site in Croydon – while also calling on all residents to lobby their MPs over the Planning and Infrastructure Bill, which is due for a crucial … Continue reading
Posted in Chris Philp MP, Croydon East, Croydon parks, Croydon South, Croydon West, Environment, Hutchinson's Bank, Natasha Irons, Sarah Jones MP, Steve Reed MP, Streatham and Croydon North, Wildlife
Tagged Chris Philp MP, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon East, Croydon South, Croydon West, Glow-worms, Hutchinson's Bank, Labour, London Wildlife Trust, Natasha Irons MP, Planning and Infrastructure Bill, Sarah Jones MP, Steve Reed OBE, Streatham and Croydon North, Tory
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Lloyds closure sees New Addington lose last high street bank
While residents worry over the loss of banking services in their neighbourhood, Croydon’s petty Mayor uses the opportunity to collect contact details ahead of next year’s local elections. By our Town Hall reporter, SANDRA STEAD Petty politician Jason Perry, the … Continue reading
Posted in Adele Benson, Business, Croydon East, Kola Agboola, Mayor Jason Perry, Natasha Irons, New Addington North, New Addington South, Tony Pearson
Tagged Conservative, Coulsdon, Coulsdon banking hub, Croydon, Croydon East, Labour, LINK, Lloyds Bank, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, Natasha Irons MP, NatWest, New Addington, Santander, Tory
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Labour’s scandals and dramas reflected in Croydon politics
The 2025 Labour Party Conference begins in Liverpool on Sunday. Here, our columnist, ANDREW FISHER, pictured right, the party’s former director of policy, assesses the state of Labour little more than a year into Keir Starmer’s government. And he takes … Continue reading
Posted in 2026 council elections, 2026 Croydon Mayor election, Andrew Fisher, Croydon East, Croydon West, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Fairfield, Natasha Irons, New Addington North, New Addington South, Rowenna Davis, Sarah Jones MP, South Norwood, Steve Reed MP, Streatham and Croydon North, Waddon, Zack Polanski
Tagged 2026 council elections, 2026 Croydon mayoral election, Andrew Fisher, Andy Burnham, Bridget Phillipson, Conservative, Councillor Rowenna Davis, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon East, Croydon West, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Dead candidate, Fairfield, Green Party, Jeremy Corbyn, Jeremy Corbyn MP, Keir Starmer, Labour, Labour Party Conference, Liberal Democrats, London, London Borough of Croydon, Lucy Powell, Mayor, Mayor Jason Perry, Natasha Irons MP, New Addington, Reform UK, Rowenna Davis, Sarah Jones MP, South Norwood, Steve Reed OBE, Streatham and Croydon North, Tory, Your Party, Zack Polanski, Zarah Sultana
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Sign up today for the New Addington Advice Fair on Oct 4
Natasha Irons, the MP for Croydon East, has organised an Advice Fair on Saturday October 4 between 10am and noon, to be held in New Addington. The event is free to attend and will be providing help and ideas across … Continue reading
