Tag Archives: South Croydon

Council is forced to amend its Tory-biased press release

Posted on June 25, 2022 by insidecroydon

Officials in Fisher’s Folly have been accused of breaking the strict rules about public-funded announcements in the days before a local by-election. By our Town Hall reporter, KEN LEE The council has been forced to change an article on its … Continue reading →

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Tiverton. Wakefield. Can South Croydon be an election shock?

Posted on June 24, 2022 by insidecroydon

CROYDON IN CRISIS: With the two major parties in turmoil in Croydon, alternative candidates, seeking the ‘none of the above’ vote, are hopeful ahead of next week’s council by-election, reports WALTER CRONXITE, political editor Having broken the borough’s political duopoly … Continue reading →

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Therapy and counselling service opens on the High Street

Posted on June 24, 2022 by insidecroydon

An affordable and accessible counselling service, Supporting Minds Croydon, opened its doors this week. With nearly two-thirds of people in Croydon reporting that their mental health and wellbeing was affected by the covid pandemic, the counselling service located on the … 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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‘Disgrace’ as £110m of Brick by Brick homes stand empty

Posted on June 7, 2022 by insidecroydon

CROYDON IN CRISIS: Research conducted by a residents’ group has confirmed that more than 200 new homes, built with public cash by the council-owned company, remain vacant, in some cases for more than a year. EXCLUSIVE by STEVEN DOWNES and … Continue reading →

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Quirks on display as Croydon embraces the Jubilee party

Posted on June 5, 2022 by insidecroydon

Communities across Croydon have embraced the four-day Platinum Jubilee weekend with the kind of gusto you’d expect after a couple of locked down, grim years. There’s been with sandwiches and Scotch eggs, cake after cake, cardboard cups of Prosecco, welly … Continue reading →

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Labour try to pass off Coulsdon address for South Croydon

Posted on June 3, 2022 by insidecroydon

CROYDON LABOUR IN CRISIS: The blundering local campaign organisation has dropped another clanger with its declaration of its candidate’s address for a ward by-election. By STEVEN DOWNES Croydon Labour’s by-election campaign in South Croydon, already causing discontent among grassroots party … Continue reading →

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Tory quits party over selection for South Croydon safe seat

Posted on May 27, 2022 by insidecroydon

Our south of the borough correspondent, PEARL LEE, reports on acrimony and manoeuvrings among the Conservatives over their choice of by-election candidate Danielle “Dani” Denton has been selected by the Conservatives as their candidate in the South Croydon ward by-election … Continue reading →

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Labour officials pick ‘worst-ever’ candidate for by-election

Posted on May 27, 2022 by insidecroydon

CROYDON LABOUR IN CRISIS: Emergency resolution from constituency party blames Local Campaign Forum for multiple failures in local elections. EXCLUSIVE by STEVEN DOWNES Labour officials have hand-picked as a candidate for the South Croydon election re-run someone who three weeks … Continue reading →

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Welcome to the one-party state of Our Great Leader Perry

Posted on May 25, 2022 by insidecroydon

Jason Perry will make his maiden speech as Croydon’s first executive Mayor in the Town Hall Chamber tonight, where a report on the agenda will underline that the borough’s new Conservative leader will not delegate any powers or responsibility, even … Continue reading →

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Tory Mayor’s unnecessary ward by-election set for June 30

Posted on May 25, 2022 by insidecroydon

The South Croydon ward by-election will be held on Thursday, June 30, the council has announced. The by-election is a needless expense for the cash-strapped council that has been caused by Tory Mayor Jason Perry putting himself forward as a … Continue reading →

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‘Based on this year’s elections, Croydon is in a very bad place’

Posted on May 24, 2022 by insidecroydon

SPECIAL INVESTIGATION: Reports over Croydon’s local elections have been lodged with the Electoral Commission and with Scotland Yard. EXCLUSIVE by STEVEN DOWNES There could yet be further repercussions around Katherine Kerswell’s chronic mishandling of Croydon’s “never-ending” election count, which earlier … Continue reading →

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Council gardeners are now an endangered species in Croydon

Posted on May 23, 2022 by insidecroydon

CROYDON COMMENTARY: While the new Mayor announces the restoration of some services, such as the graffiti-cleaning team, other parts of the fabric of the borough are still vanishing, like red-list endangered species, in this year’s £38m round of cut-backs. PETER … Continue reading →

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Junction Road Platinum Jubilee Street Party, Jun 4

Posted on May 23, 2022 by insidecroydon
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King gets Labour leadership, but delays over cabinet posts

Posted on May 19, 2022 by insidecroydon

CROYDON LABOUR IN CRISIS: WALTER CRONXITE, political editor, on the latest horse-trading going on behind the scenes among the largest political group at the Town Hall Croydon Labour made such a mess of the council’s finances, the authority now has … Continue reading →

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Union suspends 48-hour bus strike planned for next week

Posted on May 13, 2022 by insidecroydon

Next week’s 48-hour strike in the pay dispute between bus drivers and route operators Arriva has been suspended. Around 1,000 drivers based at Croydon, Brixton, Norwood and Thornton Heath garages took part in the latest industrial action, a one-day strike … Continue reading →

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Election results leave Labour supporters angry and dismayed

Posted on May 9, 2022 by insidecroydon

With the final declaration in, WALTER CRONXITE reports on the state of the council after the 2022 elections By the end, the emotions on show at the Croydon Council election count at Trinity School were less those of shock, disappointment … Continue reading →

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No Overall Control: full election results for Croydon’s 28 wards

Posted on May 9, 2022 by insidecroydon

No overall control. After weeks of campaigning, all the voting and, eventually, all the counting was concluded three days after the polls closed, the final results of the 2022 Croydon local elections were in. With the borough’s first Green councillors … Continue reading →

Posted in 2022 council elections, Addiscombe East, Addiscombe West, Bensham Manor, Broad Green, Claire Bonham, Coulsdon East, Coulsdon West, Croydon Council, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Fairfield, Kenley, New Addington, New Addington North, Norbury, Norbury Park, Old Coulsdon, Park Hill and Whitgift, Purley, Purley Oaks and Riddlesdown, Sanderstead, Selhurst, Selsdon and Addington Village, Selsdon Vale and Forestdale, Shirley North, Shirley South, South Croydon, South Norwood, Thornton Heath, Waddon, West Thornton, Woodside | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 13 Comments

From bankrupt to laughing stock as council count continues

Posted on May 8, 2022 by insidecroydon

WALTER CRONXITE, political editor, on the country’s longest-lasting election count, and more unwanted notoriety for Croydon The Croydon election count looks set to head into a fifth day, and its second week, after yesterday’s session at Trinity School managed to … Continue reading →

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Addiscombe East to Coulsdon Town: 2022 election results

Posted on May 8, 2022 by insidecroydon

As Croydon’s 2022 local election count heads towards a fifth day, here are the results declared so far after Saturday’s count. After 10 of the borough’s 28 wards have been declared, the parties stand at: CON  6 LAB 19 GRN … Continue reading →

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Dozens of south London routes to be hit by bus drivers’ strike

Posted on April 30, 2022 by insidecroydon

There’s more disruption coming on the buses, with nearly 30 routes across south London likely to be affected when around 1,000 drivers based at Croydon, Brixton, Norwood and Thornton Heath garages stage three days of strike action in May. It … Continue reading →

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St Peter’s Book Club, South Croydon, May 28

Posted on April 30, 2022 by insidecroydon
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School streets are back with a £60 bang – with more to come

Posted on April 26, 2022 by insidecroydon

As Croydon pupils yesterday packed their satchels and rucksacks and headed back to school for the final term of this academic year, so the council has reintroduced 10 school streets, with restrictions on traffic. The school streets were “paused” by … Continue reading →

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Traffic chaos in South Croydon after second sinkhole opens up

Posted on April 13, 2022 by insidecroydon

A local community association is warning its members, residents and motorists, to avoid South Croydon if they are able, due to emergency road closures caused by a sinkhole opening up on the busy Coombe Road. According to the South Croydon … Continue reading →

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Take your pick: our ward-by-ward guide to council elections

Posted on April 11, 2022 by insidecroydon

With a complete listing of all the candidates in Croydon’s May 5 councillor vote, political editor WALTER CRONXITE provides a guide to where the contest for the Town Hall might be won or lost The introduction of Croydon’s first democratically-elected, … Continue reading →

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