Tag Archives: Scrutiny and Overview Committee

Meeting over Council Tax hike over-subscribed within hours

Posted on February 14, 2023 by insidecroydon

CROYDON IN CRISIS: All places at a public Q&A session about the Tory Mayor’s 15% Council Tax increase were snapped up within hours of being released – even though the council gave the event little publicity. By STEVEN DOWNES An … Continue reading →

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Mayor makes rapid U-turn as report confirms £19.3m overspend

Posted on September 6, 2022 by insidecroydon

CROYDON IN CRISIS: A report to be discussed at the Town Hall tonight confirms the deepening financial problems facing the borough’s new Mayor. EXCLUSIVE by WALTER CRONXITE Part-time Mayor Jason Perry has been forced to admit that his Conservative administration … Continue reading →

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Part-time Mayor Perry is only ‘listening’ four hours a day

Posted on July 5, 2022 by insidecroydon

EXCLUSIVE: Town Hall officials answer phone calls from the public for just half a working day. By WALTER CRONXITE, political editor Croydon’s part-time Mayor, having refused to delegate responsibilities even to his closest political colleagues, has had no such problem … Continue reading →

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£81,000 part-time Mayor pulls a sickie for first scrutiny meeting

Posted on June 15, 2022 by insidecroydon

Town Hall reporter KEN LEE on the seemingly miraculous recovery from covid by Tory Jason Perry Croydon’s £81,000 part-time Mayor pulled out of his first scheduled appointment with the council’s scrutiny committee last night, citing covid as his excuse. Yet … Continue reading →

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Time’s running out for Axis as new Mayor comes under scrutiny

Posted on June 13, 2022 by insidecroydon

The honeymoon period is over for Jason Perry, as the first reports of his administration are due to be published this week, reports KEN LEE, our Town Hall correspondent Jason Perry this week faces his first real tests as Croydon’s … Continue reading →

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£100,000 Mayor Perry unveils his old team as the new team

Posted on May 20, 2022 by insidecroydon

WALTER CRONXITE, political editor, on the completely predictable make-up of the borough’s executive Mayor’s first cabinet, and the wheeling and dealing over who will chair the Town Hall’s most influential committees Given that it took nearly five days to count … Continue reading →

Posted in Andrew Stranack, Croydon Council, Jason Cummings, Jeet Bains, Katherine Kerswell, Lynne Hale, Maria Gatland, Mayor Jason Perry, Planning, Scott Roche, Sean Fitzsimons, South Croydon, Yvette Hopley | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 21 Comments

If councillors ask questions, we deserve to be given answers

Posted on April 28, 2022 by insidecroydon

CROYDON COMMENTARY: With election day a week away, Conservative councillor and member of the scrutiny committee, ROBERT WARD, offers a few ideas for any incoming Mayor Dear New Mayor, Congratulations on your election victory. You have an opportunity to make … Continue reading →

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Mystery of the ‘lost’ £600,000 expert report into Fairfield Halls

Posted on July 20, 2021 by insidecroydon

CROYDON IN CRISIS: Suspicions mount over the business of Brick by Brick and the scandal surrounding the Fairfield Halls refurbishment. But even members of the Town Hall’s scrutiny committee are being denied vital information by council directors. By STEVEN DOWNES … Continue reading →

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Reports on Fairfield Halls and BxB missing from audit meeting

Posted on July 8, 2021 by insidecroydon

CROYDON IN CRISIS: Tonight’s meeting of the council’s GPAC – General Purposes and Audit Committee – will mark the end of a error, as Labour councillors risk handing even more control to council executives. By STEVEN DOWNES Karen Jewitt, the … Continue reading →

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‘Not good enough’ chair of scrutiny could yet stay in post

Posted on March 3, 2021 by insidecroydon

CROYDON IN CRISIS: Despite his committee being accused of lacking an ‘understanding of the urgency of the financial position’, one key Labour councillor shows no intention of standing down. By political editor WALTER CRONXITE For many residents and front-line council … Continue reading →

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