Tag Archives: Sarah Jones

Finally Labour members will have a say in Croydon East saga

Posted on March 21, 2024 by insidecroydon

Columnist ANDREW FISHER looks forward to a rare moment of internal democracy in Croydon Labour this Saturday, as ordinary members in one scandal-hit CLP finally get the chance to choose their parliamentary candidate Being a Labour Party member in Croydon … Continue reading →

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Croydon gets Commons debate, but Labour MPs go AWOL

Posted on December 17, 2020 by insidecroydon

The collapse of Croydon Council’s finances got a debate all to itself at the House of Commons last week. But two of the borough’s three MPs didn’t bother to show up. Adjournment debates are a peculiar piece of parliamentary procedure, … Continue reading →

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£100m black hole in SEND funding is creating ‘perfect storm’

Posted on November 9, 2017 by insidecroydon

Croydon headteachers fear that they face a “perfect storm” as funding cuts will leave their schools unable to fulfil their responsibilities towards some of the borough’s most vulnerable children, those with special educational needs or disabilities. Sarah Jones, Labour’s new … Continue reading →

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Westfield delaying while they seek key deal with John Lewis

Posted on July 21, 2017 by insidecroydon

EXCLUSIVE: Our retailing correspondent, M.T. WALLETTE, reports on the Godot-like wait for an anchor tenant for Hammersfield’s not-so-supermall Westfield have delayed re-submitting their plans for the £1.4billion redevelopment of the town centre and Whitgift Centre because are they are still … Continue reading →

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Prime Minister has no answers on Croydon’s knife crime

Posted on July 20, 2017 by insidecroydon

Concerned at the 76 per cent increase in youth knife crime in the borough in the past year, Sarah Jones, Croydon Central’s new MP, took the opportunity of Prime Minister’s Questions yesterday to demand more support for local police from … Continue reading →

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New MP Jones challenges Tories to pay for sprinklers

Posted on July 13, 2017 by insidecroydon

Sarah Jones used her maiden speech to Parliament yesterday to challenge the Tory Government to provide the funds needed to pay for the potentially life-saving fitting of sprinklers in council-run residential tower blocks across the country. Croydon Central’s new MP … Continue reading →

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‘It was Jeremy Corbyn who won the election for me’ says Jones

Posted on July 3, 2017 by insidecroydon

Political editor WALTER CRONXITE reports on some significant shifts in position among some figures in the local Labour Party Sarah Jones, Croydon Central’s new Labour MP, admits that she won the seat from the Tories at last month’s General Election … Continue reading →

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