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Tag Archives: Steve O’Connell
Palace pile on the election pressure over planning application
Crystal Palace Football Club are determined to get planning permission to build their £100million new stand, and yesterday staged an on-pitch stunt in a show of defiance to the local council, getting loyal fans on-side just as local elections are … Continue reading
Posted in 2018 council elections, London Assembly, Paul Scott, Planning, Property, Selhurst, Steve O'Connell, Tony Newman
Tagged Conservative, Croydon Council, Crystal Palace, Crystal Palace FC, Crystal Palace FC Foundation, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Paul Scott, Selhurst, Selhurst Park, Steve O'Connell, Tony Newman, Tory
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More police cuts on the way as borough commands merge
Another raft of police reorganisation has been announced and, like all such re-organisations, the change is not to make the service better, just cheaper. For once, there seems to be cross-party unanimity over the proposals, as no party appears to … Continue reading
Posted in Bromley Council, Crime, Jeff Boothe, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Policing, Sadiq Khan, Steve O'Connell, Sutton Council, Tom Brake MP
Tagged Conservative, Labour, Liberal Democrats, London, London Assembly, Mayor, Metropolitan Police, Sadiq Khan, Steve O'Connell, Tory
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O’Connell puts himself up for questions from Purley Guild
Steve O’Connell is the guest speaker tomorrow at the Purley and District Townswomen’s Guild. O’Connell is expected to speak about his work as the London Assembly Member for Croydon and Sutton. So don’t expect the talk to last very long. … Continue reading
£20m for cycling strategy could get Croydon on their bikes
The council has announced a five-year plan for cycling in the borough. Our biking correspondent, EDDIE MERKS, reckons it might finally get Croydon out of second gear Croydon’s never really taken cycling seriously. At a time when other London boroughs … Continue reading
Palace are playing a homes game which council will lose 5-0
KEN LEE, our Town Hall reporter, on the detail-lite presentation at the Crystal Palace stadium public consultation If you’re going along to the Crystal Palace stadium public consultation at Speroni’s tomorrow, don’t get too excited. The football club wants to … Continue reading
Posted in Clare Hilley, Crystal Palace FC, Football, Paul Scott, Planning, Selhurst, Simon Hoar
Tagged Conservative, Croydon, Crystal Palace, Labour, Paul Scott, Steve O'Connell, Tory
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Former Met officer accuses PM of having ‘blood on her hands’
This is a television news interview you’re unlikely to see re-run in full on any major news channel any time soon. After four young men were killed on New Year’s Eve in our city, Sky News conducted this interview with … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, Knife crime, London Assembly, London-wide issues, Policing, Steve O'Connell
Tagged knife crime, Metropolitan Police, Peter Kirkham, Steve O'Connell
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‘Silent’ Steve O’Connell scores own-goal with Palace punditry
It’s a question which many Town Hall observers ask, but few manage to answer satisfactorily: just what does “Silent” Steve O’Connell do for the near-£80,000 a year he pockets from being a local councillor and London Assembly Member? Well yesterday … Continue reading
Trakas-Lawlor votes down Queen’s Hotel expansion plan
Has Croydon’s planning worm turned? KEN LEE reports from the Town Hall chamber, where two developments of little merit were both rejected last night Residents in Crystal Palace are preparing themselves for a long-term battle over the future of the … Continue reading
Posted in Chris Wright, Croydon Council, Croydon North, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Jamie Audsley, Parking, Patsy Cummings, Paul Scott, Pete Smith, Planning, Property, South Norwood, Steve Reed MP, Wayne Lawlor
Tagged Conservative, Croydon North, Crystal Palace, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Jamie Audsley, Labour, Paul Scott, Pete Smith, Purley, South Norwood, Steve O'Connell, Steve Reed OBE, Tory, Wayne Trakas-Lawlor
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Council planners ignore Queen’s Hotel objections from MP
Croydon Council’s planning department has gone against the views of two MPs, a pair of London Assembly Members, elected councillors and hundreds of angry residents, and has recommended approval of a monstrous expansion of the historic Queen’s Hotel on Church … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon Council, Croydon North, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Fiona Twycross, History, London Assembly, Planning, South Norwood, Steve O'Connell, Steve Reed MP
Tagged Croydon North, Crystal Palace, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Fiona Twycross, London Assembly, London Borough of Croydon, Queen's Hotel, South Norwood, Steve O'Connell, Steve Reed OBE
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O’Connell’s 2020 vision is to stand down from City Hall role
WALTER CRONXITE reports on the latest decision by a Tory politician to jump before they get pushed by the electorate Steve O’Connell, the third-rate local politician with the first-rate public allowances income, has decided not to stand for re-election to … Continue reading
Station closures reducing time Coulsdon police spend on patrol
The police in Coulsdon are having to pack up and stop working before 8pm each night – at least in part because it takes them so long to get back to their nearest police station to finalise their paperwork. That’s … Continue reading
TfL pushes through bus route changes despite opposition
Transport for London, after running a public consultation which found that a majority of respondents opposed changes to bus routes serving the Purley Way shops and Colonnades, has announced that it will go ahead with its proposals anyway. It means … Continue reading
Posted in Andrew Pelling, Chris Philp MP, Croydon South, Joy Prince, Purley Way, Robert Canning, Steve O'Connell, TfL, Transport, Waddon
Tagged Chris Philp MP, Colonnades, Conservative, Labour, Purley Way, Steve O'Connell, TfL, Tory, Transport for London
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Assembly Member tells Mayor to bin TfL’s Fiveways scheme
A London Assembly Member has called on Mayor Sadiq Khan to get Transport for London to go back to the drawing board with its latest proposals for the Fiveways junction on the Purley Way and “come back with a set … Continue reading
Posted in Andrew Pelling, Boris Johnson, Caroline Russell, Chris Philp MP, Commuting, Croydon Council, Croydon Greens, Cycling, Environment, Harris Primary Purley Way, Health, Joy Prince, London Assembly, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Planning, Purley Way, Robert Canning, Sadiq Khan, Schools, Steve O'Connell, Stuart King, TfL, Transport, Waddon
Tagged Andrew Pelling, Boris Johnson, Caroline Russell, Chris Philp MP, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon South, Labour, London, London Assembly, Mayor, Purley, Sadiq Khan, Steve O'Connell, Tory, Waddon
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Planning chair Scott uses election to gag objections from MP
Brick by Brick is concreting over the borough, block by block, and one senior councillor is not going to let anyone get in the way of the council’s housing company. But as BARRATT HOLMES reports, the council’s affordable homes target … Continue reading
Posted in Alison Butler, Brick by Brick, Community associations, Croydon Council, Croydon North, Housing, Paul Scott, Planning, Property, Steve Reed MP
Tagged Alison Butler, Brick by Brick, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon North, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Jo Negrini, Labour, Member of parliament, Paul Scott, Steve O'Connell, Steve Reed OBE, Tory
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Tory O’Connell gets it wrong on Commissioner’s retirement
Not for the first time, City Hall figures are asking whether Croydon’s representative, Steve O’Connell, is up to the task as a London Assembly member. O’Connell yesterday made a desperate grasp for some political capital over the retirement announcement of … Continue reading
Assembly Member’s lunch at the Hilton excludes smaller firms
Steve O’Connell, the very well-paid London Assembly Member for Croydon and Sutton, clearly has no belief in the old adage that “There’s no such thing as a free lunch”. The elected representative is the star turn at a local business … Continue reading
Croydon’s silly season stats which do not stand up to scrutiny
CROYDON COMMENTARY: The infamous maxim that if you repeat a lie often enough it becomes the truth has flourished in Croydon this week. STEVEN DOWNES is just glad the silly season is over Thank goodness it’s September. I wouldn’t usually … Continue reading
Latest air quality proposals are not to be sniffed at
CROYDON COMMENTARY: Sadiq Khan, the Mayor of London, wants to introduce a set of wide-ranging policies to improve the city’s air quality, including extra charges for older vehicles and an ultra-low emissions zone,and PETER UNDERWOOD says it is none too … Continue reading
Plodding councillor behind police cuts wants Pokémon patrols
Steve O’Connell, the Tory London Assembly Member from Croydon who has stood by while there has been a cut of 20 per cent in the number of uniformed policemen on the streets of London, now wants what is left of … Continue reading
Morgan goes ahead with Brexit event despite killing of Cox
Across the country, with less than a week to go before the EU Referendum, and all political campaigning has been shut down since Thursday’s shocking killing of Labour MP Jo Cox. Except in Coulsdon, where a community hall event organised … Continue reading
Posted in 2016 EU referendum, Chris Philp MP, Coulsdon, Croydon South, East Coulsdon Residents' Association, Steve O'Connell, Tom Brake MP
Tagged Chris Philp MP, Conservative, Coulsdon, EU Referendum, Jo Cox MP, Labour, Liberal Democrats, Peter Morgan, Steve O'Connell, Thomas Mair, Tory, UKIP
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‘Silent Steve’ is back on gravy train thanks to Sutton votes
Steve O’Connell, a former mortgage salesman (he quit that job when he found the tax-payer paid more generously), has got his pension pot sorted, with £220,000 guaranteed income for the next four years, as the results from the London Assembly … Continue reading
Posted in 2016 London elections
Tagged Conservative, Labour, Liberal Democrats, London, London Assembly, Marina Ahmad, Mayor, Sadiq Khan, Steve O'Connell, Tory, UKIP
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