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Strong need for our council to be more ‘open’ and ‘fair’
CROYDON COMMENTARY: The council’s Fairness Commission appears to be struggling to recruit resident volunteers. ROD DAVIES suggests it may be because the Town Hall has a widening credibility gap Having attended a number of pan-Croydon residents or community meetings and … Continue reading
Posted in Addiscombe West, Community associations, Croydon Council, ECCO, Nathan Elvery
Tagged Croydon, Croydon Council, Labour, Nathan Elvery, Tony Newman
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Residents’ associations mobilise to get better say with council
The peasants are revolting. They may not just yet quite be at the point of storming Fisher’s Folly with lighted torches and armed with pitchforks, but dissatisfaction with the way Croydon Council is run and the manner in which public … Continue reading
Posted in Addington Residents' Association, Addiscombe Residents Association, Addiscombe West, Community associations, Connected Croydon, Coulsdon, Coulsdon Town, Coulsdon West Residents' Association, Croydon Council, East Coulsdon Residents' Association, ECCO, Fairness Commission, Lansdowne Road RA, Lebanon Road Residents' Association, Nathan Elvery, Norbury Green Residents' Association, Norbury Village Residents' Association, Old Coulsdon Residents' Association, Parking, Planning, Pollards Hill Residents' Association, Refuse collection, Scots Estate Residents' Association, South Croydon Community Association, Spring Park Residents' Association, Street lighting
Tagged Addiscombe West, Coulsdon, Council Tax, Croydon Council, Nathan Elvery, UKIP
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Fair’s fair, but Bishop has been given a task to test a saint
So now we know. The Croydon Opportunity and Fairness Commission (as it has now finally resolved to be snappily titled) had its first meeting last night, where it revealed the members of the commission – the “commissioners” – and its … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", Bernard Weatherill House, Bishop of Croydon, Business, Charity, Church and religions, Community associations, Crime, Croydon Council, Fairness Commission, Hamida Ali, Nathan Elvery, Tony Newman, Woodside
Tagged Bishop Jonathan Clark, Bishop of Croydon, Conservative, Fairness Commission, Hamida Ali, Labour, Liberal Democrats, Nathan Elvery, Opportuntity and Fairness Commission, Tony Newman, Tory, UKIP, Whitgift Foundation
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Labour recycles a Christmas policy that invites fly-tipping
The “ambition” of Tony Newman, Croydon’s new council leader, to make the borough the “cleanest and greenest” in London will be undermined by his own actions once again in the coming days, despite some residents doing as their council asks … Continue reading
Deal to bring university to Croydon looks to have fallen flat
The council’s attempts to turn Croydon into a “university town” by renting out some or all of their office space in Fisher’s Folly appear to have failed, judging by Labour leader Tony Newman’s remarks to a Town Hall meeting. Negotiations … Continue reading
Croydon council offices cost more to build than The Shard
Fisher’s Folly, the glass palace that is our council’s headquarters which opened just over a year ago and which cost the borough’s Council Tax-payers’ £144 million, was more expensive to build than The Shard. That’s the conclusion reached by a … Continue reading
Posted in Bernard Weatherill House, Business, Croydon Council, Housing, Jon Rouse, Leisure services, Mike Fisher, Nathan Elvery, Planning, Property, Taberner House, Tim Pollard, Tony Newman, URV
Tagged Bernard Weatherill House, CCURV, Conservative, Croydon Council, Fisher's Folly, John Laing, Jon Rouse, Labour, Mike Fisher, Nathan Elvery, Tim Pollard, Tony Newman, Tory, URV
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Town Hall’s dynamic duo on wrong track over East Croydon
CROYDON COMMENTARY: As commuters face a fortnight of rail disruption (yes, some still work over Christmas), our local politicians and officials are spending their time proposing unnecessary re-naming schemes. It is an admission that they have run out of ideas, … Continue reading
Posted in Commuting, Croydon Council, East Croydon, Nathan Elvery, Tony Newman, Tramlink, Transport
Tagged East Croydon station, Labour, London, Nathan Elvery, Tony Newman
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Council leader promises X Factor winner civic reception
Tony Newman, the Labour leader of Croydon Council, has made a decision and managed to get it spot on. But it may yet be some time before X Factor winner Ben Haenow gets to perform to packed audiences in his … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Ben Haenow, Fairfield Halls, Music, Shirley North, Tony Newman
Tagged Ben Haenow, Croydon Council, Labour, Nathan Elvery, Shirley, Shrublands, Tony Newman, X Factor
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Council can’t show Elvery got permission for private company
Croydon Council has no record of any correspondence from Nathan Elvery, now its chief executive, to show whether he ever sought or obtained permission to form a private consultancy company when he was already working full-time as the borough’s deputy … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon Council, Hannah Miller, Nathan Elvery, Tony Newman
Tagged Conservative, Croydon Council, Labour, Nathan Elvery, Tony Newman, Tory
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Public’s questions censored on CEO appointment and equality
When Ed Miliband, the leader of the Labour party, stood up in Fisher’s Folly in Croydon on Thursday and made his pledge about a “strategy for delivering racial equality” in Whitehall and other public sector employers, he had no idea … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon Council, Jon Rouse, Nathan Elvery, Tony Newman
Tagged Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Nathan Elvery, Tony Newman, Tory
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Council sells Addington Palace but fails to say for how much
The Labour Council was elected in May on a platform that promised greater transparency and accountability from our Town Hall. Those good intentions didn’t last long. A report to tonight’s council cabinet of 10 leading councillors shows what just one … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon Council, Golf, Nathan Elvery, Property, Simon Hall, Transport
Tagged Addington, Addington Palace, Croydon, Croydon Council, Nathan Elvery, Olympic South, Simon Hall, Tony Newman
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‘Award-winning’ planning chief says house building is easy
Famously, Tom Lehrer said that satire died the day that Henry Kissinger was named winner of the Nobel Peace Prize. What Lehrer might have made of Croydon being presented with an award for being Britain’s best local planning authority probably … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", Bernard Weatherill House, Business, Croydon Council, Croydon North, Jo Negrini, Nathan Elvery, Planning, RIF, Steve Reed MP, Taberner House, URV, Whitgift Centre
Tagged Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon North, Hammersfield, Hammerson, Mike Fisher, Nathan Elvery, Steve Reed OBE, Tony Newman, Tory, Westfield, Whitgift Centre, Whitgift Foundation
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Jobs Fair brokers partnerships with housing associations
A partnership between Britain’s biggest housing associations and Croydon businesses will be launched at the Fairfield Halls next Tuesday, with the ambition of creating hundreds of jobs. Visitors to the South London Jobs Fair on October 21 will be able … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Business, Croydon Council, Fairfield Halls, Housing, Nathan Elvery, Tony Newman
Tagged Croydon Council, Fairfield Halls, Nathan Elvery, Tony Newman
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‘Flat-broke’ councils all set for MIPIM’s champagne reception
Australian-born Jo Negrini, who was appointed as Croydon’s head of planning soon after Australia-based developers Westfield rode into town with their £1 billion super-mall scheme, is likely to cut a lonely figure as the MIPIM UK international developers conference gets … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", Business, Croydon Council, Environment, Jo Negrini, Jon Rouse, Nathan Elvery, Planning, RIF, URV, Whitgift Centre
Tagged Boris Johnson, Conservative, Croydon Council, Hammerson, Jo Negrini, MIPIM, Nathan Elvery, Taberner House, Westfield, Whitgift Centre, Whitgift Foundation
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Council gambles millions with “Son of CCURV” scheme
Given recent experience, Croydon councillors more than most should realise that using public money to gamble rarely ends happily. But like a losing punter chasing after his losses, Croydon Council, now under a Labour administration, is going back to the … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", Alison Butler, Bernard Weatherill House, Business, Council Tax, Croydon Council, Housing, Jo Negrini, Nathan Elvery, Planning, Property, Ruskin Square, Simon Hall, Tony Newman, URV, Whitgift Centre
Tagged Alison Butler, CCURV, Conservative, Council Tax, Croydon, Hammerson, Jo Negrini, Nathan Elvery, Revolving Investment Fund, RIF, Ruskin Square, Simon Hall, Tony Newman, Tory, Westfield, Whitgift Centre
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Now you see it, now you don’t: Elvery dumps David Brent look
We may never be able to use this piece of artwork again – unless the council’s £180,000 a year chief executive decides to do something for chari-dee in Movember. The beard’s gone.
Posted in Croydon Council, Nathan Elvery, Sean Fitzsimons
Tagged Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Nathan Elvery
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Radically pragmatic Negrini exhibits award-winning chutzpah
Nathan Elvery’s up to his old tricks. And Croydon Council looks like a shoo-in for another empty “award“, to be handed over by the council’s mates in the property market, for being “pragmatic” planners. MIPIM UK is a property developers … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", Allders, Business, Capita, Centrale, Croydon Council, Jo Negrini, Nathan Elvery, Planning, URV, Whitgift Centre
Tagged Boris Johnson, Croydon, Croydon Council, Hammersfield, Hammerson, Jo Negrini, Nathan Elvery, Westfield, Whitgift Centre
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Fisher’s “black hole” of debt could see 500 job cuts at council
One hundred days in, and the honeymoon could be over for Croydon’s Labour council, as confronted with a £92.8 million “funding gap” over the next four years, they face having to cut up to 500 jobs at the local authority. … Continue reading
Posted in Bernard Weatherill House, Business, Council Tax, Croydon Council, Jason Cummings, Nathan Elvery, Sean Fitzsimons, Simon Hall
Tagged Bernard Weatherill House, Conservative, Council Tax, Croydon, Fisher's Folly, job cuts, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Mike Fisher, Nathan Elvery, Simon Hall, Tory
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Get streets clean, not selling T-shirts, would be a good start
THE FIRST 100 DAYS: Tomorrow is the landmark date since Labour took over from the Tories at Croydon Town Hall. The Conservatives credited UKIP with influencing the local election, though the “fourth party” failed to gain a single council seat. … Continue reading
