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Tag Archives: Simon Hall
Council paid £5m above asking price for Croydon Park Hotel
Under Jo “We’re Not Stupid” Negrini, Croydon Council last month paid £29.8million to buy the Croydon Park Hotel – nearly £5million more than the asking price when the property was put on the market just weeks earlier. Negrini, the council’s … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Croydon Council, Croydon Park Hotel, Jo Negrini, Simon Hall
Tagged Croydon Council, Croydon Park Hotel, Jo Negrini, Labour, Simon Hall
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Don’t mention the war! Council moves into the hotel trade
KEN LEE, Town Hall reporter, on the council’s latest wheeze to generate a bit of spare cash by buying up a loss-making hotel The council has bought the Croydon Park Hotel, the 4-star, 55-quid a night tower that’s well-used by … Continue reading
£63m ‘slippage’ in council budget caused by Brick by Brick
Simon Hall, the council cabinet member responsible for Town Hall finances, has admitted that the slow progress being made by Brick by Brick, Croydon’s wholly owned housing developer, has created a £63million “slippage” in the council’s already under-pressure budget. Labour … Continue reading
Council Tax to increase by 5% just weeks before local elections
WALTER CRONXITE reports on the inevitable consequence of Tory government cuts to Croydon Council With the local elections just weeks away, Croydon’s council leader says that he has decided to be honest. “We are being honest with residents about Council … Continue reading
‘The Godfather’ who paid mate £787 per day has left council
STEVEN DOWNES reports on the apparent departure from Fisher’s Folly of a council assistant chief executive who handed out £787.36-a-day to a family friend Graham Cadle, “The Godfather” of Croydon Council, has tonight cleared his desk for a final time. … Continue reading
Fieldway’s Hall launches attack on ‘unacceptable’ Veolia
WALTER CRONXITE, our political editor, on the widening splits within the leadership of the Labour group on the council, with local elections less than four months away One of Croydon council leader Tony Newman’s most trusted lieutenants has this week … Continue reading
Posted in 2018 council elections, Carole Bonner, Felicity Flynn, Fieldway, Fly tipping, Louisa Woodley, New Addington, New Addington North, Oliver Lewis, Refuse collection, Simon Hall, Stuart Collins, Tony Newman, Tony Pearson, Veolia
Tagged Conservative, Croydon Council, Fieldway, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, New Addington, Simon Hall, Stuart Collins, Tony Newman, Veolia
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Croydon makes ‘Rotten Boroughs’ over £700k IT overspend
Nearly two months since a formal Town Hall investigation was begun into how one of the council’s most senior executives could hire a family friend on £787 per day without declaring their relationship, and the Borough Solicitor is still to … Continue reading
