Tag Archives: Richard Simpson

Complaints to regulator over council’s £100m pensions deal

Posted on July 9, 2021 by insidecroydon

CROYDON IN CRISIS: The scandals at Fisher’s Folly surrounding questionable property transactions keep emerging. EXCLUSIVE By STEVEN DOWNES The council’s £1.5billion pension fund has been the subject of two complaints to the statutory watchdog, the Pensions Regulator, Inside Croydon has … Continue reading →

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Investigation gets under way but left waiting for Negrini

Posted on December 1, 2020 by insidecroydon

CROYDON IN CRISIS: The terms of reference for an independent investigation into the disastrous decisions and mismanagement which led to the council going broke have been leaked to Inside Croydon. STEVEN DOWNES reports It might be seen as appropriate, given … Continue reading →

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The Audit Report: ‘Tony Newman always has been a coward’

Posted on October 24, 2020 by insidecroydon

CROYDON IN CRISIS: More senior council figures could lose their positions as a result of the Report in the Public Interest which was released last night, as the Town Hall politicians take stock of its consequences. KEN LEE reports Half … Continue reading →

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Croydon now has three employees paid £200,000+ per year

Posted on April 16, 2020 by insidecroydon

Our political correspondent, WALTER CRONXITE, reports on the latest startling figures coming out of the council Croydon Council had three members of staff who took home more than £200,000 in the last financial year for which figures are available. That’s … Continue reading →

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Council exec handed 76% pay rise, while CEO collects £213,000

Posted on April 10, 2019 by insidecroydon

Town Hall reporter KEN LEE on some startling pay rises among the council’s elite executives While presiding over continuing austerity cuts to Town Hall budgets, staff redundancies and service reductions, all amid maximum Council Tax increases, Jo Negrini, the borough’s … Continue reading →

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Another director quits job as pressure mounts on Negrini

Posted on February 1, 2019 by insidecroydon

Our political editor, WALTER CRONXITE, on the storm gathering around the council’s ‘regeneration practitioner’ chief executive Pressure continues to mount on Croydon’s £200,000 per year chief executive, Jo Negrini. Another key member of her executive team is quitting the council, … Continue reading →

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The last 12 months told through Inside Croydon reports

Posted on December 31, 2018 by insidecroydon

So how was it for you dear? As 2018 draws to an end, we rifle through the past year’s archive to highlight what Inside Croydon’s loyal reader was reading about most JANUARY: Council ‘Godfather’ is made an offer he can’t … Continue reading →

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Council is rocked by news that finance chief has resigned

Posted on November 13, 2018 by insidecroydon

EXCLUSIVE: Our local democracy reporter KEN LEE on a shock departure from Fisher’s Folly Richard Simpson, effectively the second-in-command at the council to chief executive Jo “We’re Not Stupid” Negrini, is to leave Croydon. Simpson has worked at Croydon Council … Continue reading →

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Town Hall meeting told to expect 4% Council Tax increase

Posted on September 26, 2018 by insidecroydon

Our political editor WALTER CONXITE on an admission from the council’s finance chief that they have little idea how to plan the borough’s budgets A Town Hall meeting has been told to expect a 4 per cent hike in Council … Continue reading →

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Croydon uses four agencies to help on trip to South of France

Posted on March 9, 2018 by insidecroydon

KEN LEE, our foreign travel on someone else’s budget correspondent, reports on the proliferation of consultants who are getting their expense accounts paid for out of Croydon Council Tax at MIPIM’s junket next week Senior officials from Croydon Council and … Continue reading →

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