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Public parks are suffering effects of decades of malign neglect
CROYDON COMMENTARY: The loss of the council’s professional gardeners, as reported earlier this week, is the latest stage in a long process that has eroded a once-proud civic service, says LEWIS WHITE Council parks departments used to have area senior … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon Council, Croydon parks, Environment, Gardening
Tagged Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon parks, Parks, Parks Service
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Cash-strapped council bankrupt of ideas for borough’s parks
Our environment correspondent, PAUL LUSHION, on the council’s latest blatant attempt to off-load its public responsibilities The council has what it calls its “Parks and Green Spaces Renewal Strategy 2022-2025”, which they say outlines “plans to support the borough’s cherished … Continue reading
Posted in Community associations, Croydon Council, Croydon parks, Duppas Hill Park, Environment, Friends of Addiscombe Railway Park, Friends of Ashburton Park, Friends of Crystal Palace Park, Friends of Farthing Downs, Friends of Grange Park, Friends of Grangewood Park, Friends of Haling Grove, Friends of Heavers Meadow, Friends of Lloyd Park, Muhammad Ali, Planning, Val Shawcross, Veolia, Waddon
Tagged Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon parks, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Parks Service, Val Shawcross, Waddon
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Parks contractor accused of paying less than the Living Wage
WALTER CRONXITE reports on a gathering crisis over the maintenance of the borough’s parks Some staff working for one of Croydon’s biggest external contractors are being paid less than the London Living Wage, according to an internal council Labour group … Continue reading
Posted in Catherine Shelley, Croydon Council, Croydon Greens, Croydon parks, Environment, Good Employer, Jamie Audsley, Nathan Elvery, Quadron, Tony Newman
Tagged Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, idVerde, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Parks Service, Quadron, Tony Newman, Tory
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