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Honoured? It’s still a case of ‘who you know’, and who you pay
There were several Croydon figures in the New Year’s Honours list published on Saturday, many of them having been generous donors to political parties or time-serving journeymen for politicians, as KEN LEE reports The Cabinet Office is keen to emphasise … Continue reading
Posted in Charity, Mario Creatura
Tagged Bliar, Conservative, Labour, Mario Creatura, Martin Angus, Progress, Tory
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MP Reed joins criticism of overdevelopment by Brick by Brick
WALTER CRONXITE reports on the splits emerging between Croydon’s Progress politicians over the profiteering plans for thousands of new homes across the borough Steve Reed OBE, the recently very reticent MP for Lambeth South/Croydon North [delete to taste], has raised … Continue reading
Posted in Alison Butler, Brick by Brick, Colm Lacey, Croydon Council, Croydon North, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Housing, Jo Negrini, Planning, Property, Schools, Shirley, Steve Reed MP
Tagged Alison Butler, Brick by Brick, Colm Lacey, Crystal Palace, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Jo Negrini, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Member of parliament, Paul Scott, Progress, Steve Reed OBE
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MP Reed’s local party in climbdown over nomination meeting
Officials in Croydon North Constituency Labour Party have been forced to make a humiliating climbdown over their attempts to stage a leadership nomination meeting which sought to exclude the vast majority of the area’s members. Ann O’Connor, who was recently … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon Central, Croydon North, Croydon South, Steve Reed MP
Tagged Blairite, Croydon Central, Croydon North, Croydon South, Jeremy Corbyn, Labour, Owen Smith, Progress, Steve Reed OBE
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Lambeth approves ‘omni-shambles’ libraries closure plan
How democracy works in south London, Part 94… STEP 1: Lambeth’s “co-operative” council issues a consultation, cleverly entitled Vision 2020 (geddit?), outlining how the Labour-run Town Halls wants to implement the government’s austerity agenda by making deep cuts to its … Continue reading
MP Reed clings to shadow job under ‘unelectable’ Corbyn
Never let it be said that Steve Reed OBE isn’t a… hmm… let’s call him a pragmatic politician. Although many others might regard him as a political chameleon or, worse, a hypocrite. Just a few weeks after declaring that Jeremy … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon North, Steve Reed MP
Tagged Chuka Umunna, Conservative, Croydon North, Jeremy Corbyn, Labour, Member of parliament, Progress, Steve Reed OBE, Streatham, Tory
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