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Tag Archives: Stuart Collins
Council bins garden waste collections – but offers no refunds
Croydon Council has abruptly suspended all green garden waste collections, despite having received payment in advance of more than £1million for the service from thousands of residents. Some householders, who have paid the £65 annual fee, have contacted Inside Croydon … Continue reading
Scott and Butler sacked from cabinet as Tories get their way
CROYDON IN CRISIS: Political editor WALTER CRONXITE on what passed for a ‘night of the long knives’ at the council’s extraordinary meeting Hamida Ali’s first act as the leader of the council last night was to sack three of the … Continue reading
Posted in Alison Butler, Callton Young, Croydon Council, David Wood, Hamida Ali, Jane Avis, Jason Perry, Muhammad Ali, Paul Scott, Stuart Collins, Stuart King, Tony Newman
Tagged Alison Butler, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, David Wood, Hamida Ali, Jane Avis, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Muhammad Ali, Paul Scott, Stuart Collins, STUART KING, Tony Newman, Tory
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Newman ally Ali tipped as favourite to be council’s new leader
WALTER CRONXITE on the lacklustre contest among Labour councillors to become the Town Hall’s new chief Croydon Council should have a new leader as soon as tomorrow night. But the appointment looks as if it could present the borough with … Continue reading
Posted in Alisa Flemming, Alison Butler, Children's Services, Crime, Croydon Council, Hamida Ali, Paul Scott, Stuart Collins, Stuart King, Tony Newman, Woodside
Tagged Alisa Flemming, Alison Butler, Children's Services, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon South, Hamida Ali, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Ofsted, Stuart Collins, Tony Newman
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Thank you! Readers pay Shirley women’s fine within hours
Inside Croydon readers come to the rescue of two young women hit with a harsh council fine – as Town Hall’s deputy leader claims he is powerless to intervene against decisions made by council officials and that he has lost … Continue reading
Newman sacks social care cabinet member in middle of crisis
Leader claims move improves racial balance in council cabinet, while his three-strong leadership team remains all white. WALTER CRONXITE reports Labour leader Tony Newman has sacked Jane Avis, his council cabinet member for health and social care, right in the … Continue reading
Posted in Jane Avis, Janet Campbell, South Norwood, Tony Newman
Tagged Alison Butler, Croydon, Croydon Council, Jane Avis, Janet Campbell, Labour, Stuart Collins, Tony Newman
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Viridor breaking rules over incinerator’s pollution reports
Our environment correspondent, PAUL LUSHION, on how 12 months after a major fire at the Beddington Lane plant its polluting operators continue to be given a free pass by the Environment Agency and local councils Viridor, who operate the waste … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Croydon Council, Environment, Extinction Rebellion, Stuart Collins, Sutton Council, Waste incinerator
Tagged Beddington Lane incinerator, Croydon, Croydon Council, Kingston, Labour, Liberal Democrats, Merton, Miguel Abellan, SLWP, South London Waste Partnership, Stuart Collins, Sutton Council, Viridor, XR Sutton
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Collins under fire for ‘right-wing dictator’ jibe at residents
More than a year too late, Tony Newman, Croydon Labour’s dictatorial council leader, has begun to stir his senior councillors into parroting some kind of attack lines against the DEMOC campaign which is backing a referendum over whether to have … Continue reading
Posted in 2021 London elections, 2021 Mayor Referendum, 2022 council elections, Alison Butler, Chris Philp MP, Croydon Council, Croydon South, Paul Scott, Planning, Stuart Collins, Tony Newman
Tagged Alison Butler, Chris Philp MP, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon South, DEMOC, Democratically Elected Mayor for Croydon, Labour, London, London Borough of Croydon, Paul Scott, Stuart Collins, Tony Newman, Tory
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Council ignores health warnings to reopen recycling dumps
Croydon Council last night announced it is to reopen three local dumps – just as the borough’s director of public health warned that we are now “at the most dangerous time in a pandemic”. After eight weeks of pandemic lockdown, … Continue reading
Town Hall protest as XR demand answers over incinerator
Extinction Rebellion will be staging a protest on the Town Hall steps tonight, ahead of the latest meeting of the South London Waste Partnership. The branches of Croydon and Sutton XR will want Stuart Collins, the deputy leader of Croydon … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Croydon Council, Croydon Friends of the Earth, Environment, Extinction Rebellion, Refuse collection, Stuart Collins, Tony Newman, Veolia, Waste incinerator
Tagged Beddington Lane incinerator, Croydon Council, Extinction Rebellion, Labour, London, London Borough of Croydon, Stuart Collins, Tony Newman, Viridor, XR Croydon, XR Sutton
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Council ‘improves’ its recycling rates by burning more rubbish
It was trebles all-round at Croydon Town Hall last night, as councillors slapped themselves on the back for significantly improved recycling rates, after they imposed Binmageddon on residents across the borough last year. But an unintended slip by a council … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon Council, Environment, Jenny Jones, Refuse collection, Stuart Collins, Sutton Council, Veolia, Waste incinerator
Tagged Beddington Lane incinerator, Croydon, Croydon Council, Jenny Jones, Labour, SLWP, South London Waste Partnership, Stuart Collins, Sutton Council, Tony Newman, Veolia, Viridor
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Don’t mention the war! Tories flounce out of Town Hall meeting
WALTER CRONXITE, our political editor, on what passes for high drama at the latest council meeting Croydon’s Conservative leadership flounced out of last night’s council cabinet meeting midway through a discussion on the borough’s preparedness – or otherwise – for … Continue reading
Councillors ‘gagged’ from questioning incinerator operators
Our environment correspondent, PAUL LUSHION, on how what is supposed to be a public meeting at Croydon Town Hall tonight has banned questions about the fire at the Beddington Lane incinerator Councillors elected to represent people living across four boroughs … Continue reading
Posted in Broad Green, Business, Croydon Council, Environment, Kingston, Merton, Nick Mattey, Refuse collection, Stuart Collins, Sutton Council, Veolia, Waddon, Waste incinerator
Tagged Beddington Lane, Beddington Lane incinerator, Beddington North, Broad Green, Kingston, Merton, Nick Mattey, SLWP, South London Waste Partnership, Stuart Collins, Sutton Council, Veolia, Viridor, Waddon
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Pants on fire! Viridor continue to lie over incinerator blaze
Environmental polluters Viridor continue to lie about the extent of the major blaze at their Beddington Lane waste plant in July. In an official report submitted ahead of a meeting of the South London Waste Partnership to be held at … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Croydon Council, Environment, Fly tipping, Kingston, Merton, Refuse collection, Stuart Collins, Sutton Council, Waste incinerator
Tagged Beddington Lane incinerator, Beddington North, Croydon, Croydon Council, Kingston, London Borough of Croydon, Merton, Stuart Collins, Sutton, Viridor, Waddon
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Sutton backs scheme to route 60,000 lorries through Croydon
BELLE MONT on how the environmental vandals running Sutton Council are pushing a scheme for another industrial plant on Beddington Lane Just a matter of weeks since declaring a climate emergency, Sutton Council is tonight backing a Beddington Lane waste … Continue reading
Posted in Andrew Pelling, Broad Green, Business, Croydon Council, Environment, Planning, Refuse collection, Stuart Collins, Stuart King, Suez waste treatment plant, Sutton Council, Waddon, Waste incinerator, West Thornton
Tagged Andrew Pelling, Beddington Lane, Beddington Lane incinerator, Broad Green, Croydon, Croydon Council, Labour, Liberal Democrats, London Borough of Croydon, Nick Mattey, Stuart Collins, STUART KING, Suez, Sutton Council, Viridor, Waddon, West Thornton
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Mystery deepens over death of worker on Veolia bin collection
Veolia has changed its public stance over the death of a worker on a bin collection round last month. Inside Croydon was first to report the fatality, which happened in Thornton Heath on July 25, one of the hottest days … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Croydon Council, Refuse collection, Stuart Collins, Veolia
Tagged Croydon, Croydon Council, Stuart Collins, Thornton Heath, Veolia
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Croydon councillor leads call for incinerator fire investigation
BERTIE WORCESTER-PARK reports on the fall-out from yesterday’s fire at the site of the Viridor incinerator on Beddington Lane Stuart Collins, Croydon Council’s deputy leader, has called for an urgent inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the fire at the Beddington … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Charlie Mansell, Croydon Council, Environment, Kingston, London Fire Brigade, London-wide issues, Merton, Refuse collection, Stuart Collins, Sutton Council, Waste incinerator
Tagged Beddington Lane, Beddington Lane incinerator, Charlie Mansell, Stuart Collins, Sutton Council, Viridor
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Scott unveils secret plan to build 12,000 flats beside Purley Way
EXCLUSIVE: Under pressure over rising housing targets, has Paul Scott found his get-out-of-jail-free card alongside the A23? KEN LEE reports Having spent the past five years excusing the overdevelopment of neighbourhoods throughout the borough by claiming that there are no … Continue reading
Posted in Andrew Pelling, Broad Green, Business, Colonnades, Cycling, Environment, Harris Primary Purley Way, Housing, Ikea, Joy Prince, Manju Shahul Hameed, Mayor of London, Paul Scott, Planning, Property, Purley Way, Robert Canning, Stuart Collins, TfL, Transport, Waddon, Waste incinerator, Wing Yip
Tagged Andrew Pelling, Broad Green, Croydon Council, Croydon North, Croydon South, Joy Prince, Labour, Manju Shahul Hameed, Paul Scott, Purley Way, Robert Canning, Stuart Collins, Sutton Council, Waddon
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OFFICIAL: Croydon is fourth worst in England for fly-tipping
News of another Croydon success which council leader Tony Newman will doubtless never mention and which will never appear amid the council’s propaganda and falsehoods on their website has dropped into the in-box at Inside Croydon Towers this morning. Croydon … Continue reading
Viridor apologist Brunt’s blunt treatment from Merton Council
Our Merton correspondent, NORMAN COLLIER-WOOD, reports on how the toxic fall-out from rubbish contractor Veolia’s shortcomings has claimed its first council victim Merton’s rubbish councillor, Mike Brunt, has been sacked from his council cabinet post. Labour councillor Brunt had been … Continue reading
Incinerator traffic sees battle lines drawn between boroughs
Croydon could soon be going into battle with neighbouring council Sutton, as some of the heftier consequences of building a vast waste incinerator on the borough boundary finally begin to dawn on the people who are supposedly in charge of … Continue reading
Posted in Andrew Pelling, Broad Green, Business, Croydon Council, Environment, Heidi Alexander, Joy Prince, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Refuse collection, Robert Canning, Sadiq Khan, Stuart Collins, Sutton Council, Waddon, Waste incinerator
Tagged Andrew Pelling, Croydon, Croydon Council, Heidi Alexander, Joy Prince, Labour, Liberal Democrats, London, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor, Robert Canning, Stuart Collins, Sutton Council, Waddon
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BINMAGEDDON!: Veolia are ‘failing’ says ex-council leader
Veolia, Croydon’s rubbish contractors, are “a failing organisation” who cannot be taken seriously and “can’t even collect the bins in south London”. That’s according to a former deputy mayor of London and ex-leader of Croydon Council, Valerie Shawcross. Indeed, Shawcross … Continue reading
BINMAGEDDON!: The six-month saga to get one bin changed
CROYDON COMMENTARY: We appear to have a new version of the ‘how many people does it take to change a light-bulb’ gag here in Croydon… Only this one, inevitably, involves the bins. From the recent experience of KEN TOWL, pictured, … Continue reading
Posted in Addiscombe East, Croydon Council, Environment, Ken Towl, Maddie Henson, Refuse collection, Steve Iles, Stuart Collins, Tom Lawrence, Veolia
Tagged Addiscombe, Addiscombe East, Croydon Council, Ken Towl, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Maddie Henson, Steve Iles, Stuart Collins, Veolia
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Council dumps disastrous idVerde outsourced parks contract
This was not what was meant when ‘taking back control’ was coined as a slogan, but this week in Croydon, our council has moved in to relieve a French firm of its responsibilities in our parks, as KEN LEE reports … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Carillion, Croydon Council, Croydon parks, Duppas Hill Park, Environment, idVerde, Kingston, Libraries, Lloyd Park, Merton, Stuart Collins, Veolia, Wandle Park
Tagged Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, idVerde, Kingston, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Merton, Phil Thomas, SLWP, South London Waste Partnership, Stuart Collins, Timothy Godfrey, Tory, Veolia
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Woodside councillors go missing from rubbish walkabout
Just two weeks after residents organised a walkabout in South Norwood and part of Woodside ward with some councillors and management from Croydon’s rubbish contractors, and the photograph (right) shows the state of one of those streets again yesterday. Residents … Continue reading
Posted in Clive Fraser, Environment, Fly tipping, Hamida Ali, Jane Avis, Patsy Cummings, Paul Scott, Refuse collection, South Norwood, Stuart Collins, Tony Newman, Veolia, Woodside
Tagged #Binmageddon, Croydon, Croydon Council, Labour, London, London Borough of Croydon, Paul Scott, South Norwood, Stuart Collins, Tony Newman, Veolia, Woodside
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