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Tag Archives: Tim Pollard
Council CEO parrots Tory party line in official press releases
Amid more accusations of “dirty” campaigning ahead of Thursday’s Town Hall elections, formal complaints have already been filed with the Electoral Commission over alleged abuse of public office by some of the most senior employees at Croydon Council. With the … Continue reading
Posted in 2014 council elections, Boris Johnson, Crime, Croydon Council, Julie Belvir, Kenley, Knife crime, Nathan Elvery, Policing, Simon Hoar, Tim Pollard, Vidhi Mohan
Tagged Boris Johnson, Conservative, Council Tax, Croydon, Croydon Council, Nathan Elvery, Simon Hoar, Tim Pollard, Vidhi Mohan, Waddon
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Tory council votes to increase payments to its leadership
Mike Fisher, the florid-faced leader of the Conservatives who have been running Croydon Council since 2006, is keen to see next Thursday’s election contested on his record in office. Unsurprisingly, the £1 billion debt that Croydon Council has built up … Continue reading
Posted in 2014 council elections, Croydon Council, Dudley Mead, Kenley, Margaret Mead, Mike Fisher, Steve O'Connell, Surrey, Tim Pollard
Tagged Conservative, Council Tax, Croydon, Croydon Council, Dudley Mead, Fisher's Folly, Helen Pollard, Labour, Margaret Mead, Mike Fisher, Steve O'Connell, Surrey, Tim Pollard, Tory
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De-selected Pollard quickly finds Fairfield ward an easy Fitze
Congratulations to the Pollard family, who had to go barely 24 hours facing the horrible prospect of living like ordinary, hard-working Croydon residents and no longer receiving their annual “allowances” total of £67,354 for their part-time roles as Croydon councillors. … Continue reading
Posted in 2014 council elections, Andrew Stranack, Boris Johnson, David Fitze, Fairfield, Heathfield, Helen Pollard, Jan Buttinger, Jason Perry, Kenley, Maria Gatland, Mayor of London, Michael Neal, South Croydon, Steve Hollands, Steve O'Connell, Sue Winborn, Vidhi Mohan
Tagged Andy Stranack, Boris Johnson, Conservative, Council Tax, Croydon, Croydon Council, David Fitze, Fairfield, Fairfield Halls, Heathfield, Helen Pollard, Jason Perry, Kenley, Maria Gatland, Mike Fisher, South Croydon, Steve O'Connell, Tim Pollard, Tory
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Carillion cuts jobs just weeks after taking over libraries
Up to eight professionals working across Croydon’s network of 13 branch libraries face redundancy, just a few weeks after a firm of builders which had never pitched for the job took over the running of the borough’s libraries. Four of … Continue reading
Posted in Carillion, Croydon Council, John Laing Integrated Services, Libraries, Tim Pollard, Timothy Godfrey
Tagged Carillion, Conservative, Council Tax, Croydon, Croydon Central Library, Croydon Council, Fisher's Folly, JLIS, John Laing, John Laing Integrated Services, Labour, Libraries, Library, London Borough of Croydon, Tim Pollard, Timothy Godfrey, Tory
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No head, no leader, no planning: doubts over Free School
Plans for a three-form entry primary Free School on Highbury Avenue appear to be in some disarray, with no head teacher yet appointed just seven months before the school is supposed to open, no planning approval granted to build on … Continue reading
Posted in Advance School, Alisa Flemming, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Dudley Mead, Education, John Wentworth, Maggie Mansell, Norbury, Schools, Tim Pollard, Uncategorized
Tagged Advance School Norbury, Alisa Flemming, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Dudley Mead, Education, John Wentworth, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Norbury, Primary school, Russell King, schools, Thornton Heath, Tim Pollard
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New law to force Croydon to open up its council meetings
Croydon Council is to be forced by law to allow the public to record Town Hall meetings, in audio and video, and to Tweet and live blog from Katharine Street without their data being routed through the council’s wi-fi. Eric … Continue reading
Posted in 2014 council elections, Croydon Council, Joy Prince, Mike Fisher, Tim Pollard, Waddon
Tagged Conservatives, Croydon, England, Eric Pickles, Local government, Pickles, Tim Pollard, Waddon
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Council extends consultation deadline over Arena academy
After protests from locals that too little time had been offered to respond, Croydon Council has extended the consultation period on its controversial proposals (aka “determined plan”) to build a large secondary school at Croydon Arena in South Norwood. As … Continue reading
Council’s “secret” consultation over plans to erase our history
Another flaw in the omnishambles of Croydon’s library privatisation process emerges, with a £105,000 cut to the budget of the borough’s local studies and archives service proposed by the culture-free-zone that is our council. The proposal is, in effect, a … Continue reading
Forestdale parents’ objections ignored over expansion plan
Croydon’s desperate lack of school places has led to a clash between the council and residents and parents in Forestdale. It is nothing short of a borough-wide crisis, as birth rates in the north of the borough have seen demand … Continue reading
Norbury councillor questions decision to allow Free School
Plans for a three-form-entry, primary Free School in Norbury could yet encounter some Town Hall opposition, with at least one local Croydon councillor already expressing her strong misgivings about the scheme. Free Schools have been introduced by the ConDem coalition … Continue reading
Posted in Advance School, Croydon North, Education, Maggie Mansell, Norbury, Schools
Tagged Croydon, Free School, Labour, Michael Gove, Primary school, Tim Pollard, Toby Young, Trojan Horse
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Regeneration posts that fail to offer a long-term future
CROYDON COMMENTARY: Loyal reader CRO CRUSADER was unimpressed by our council squandering £350,000 in over-generous pay-offs to departing senior staff. But it also highlights a lack of continuity at the Town Hall in this vital area Given the austerity that … Continue reading
Posted in Allders, Croydon Council, Housing, Jason Perry, Jon Rouse, Menta Tower, Planning, Property, Ruskin Square, Simon Hoar, South Croydon, Stephen McDonald, Steve O'Connell, Tim Pollard, Transport, Vidhi Mohan
Tagged Allders, Bank of America, Croydon, London Borough of Croydon, Ruskin Square, Tim Pollard
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Candidate has second worst attendance record at Town Hall
£2,634.11 That’s the average cost to Croydon’s Council Tax-payers for the presence at each official council, cabinet or committee meeting attended in the past 12 months by Steve “Britain’s most overpaid local councillor” O’Connell. It was revealed at last night’s … Continue reading
“Justice prevails” for Assembly candidate Woodley
Louisa Woodley, the Croydon Labour councillor who is standing against Steve O’Connell for Croydon and Sutton in May’s London Assembly elections, last night hit back at a smear campaign against her which some believe had been orchestrated by senior local … Continue reading
Costly council Question Times offer few answers
Real local accountability, or a costly box-ticking exercise? Our roaming correspondent SOUTHSIDER went to the latest Croydon Question Time event this week for this report Earlier this year, Croydon Council – motto “Proud to Serve” – felt that £60,000 a … Continue reading
City status for Croydon? Never on a Sunday
Croydon Council’s renewed campaign for city status was recently the subject of an online poll at the Croydon Guardian, where 47 per cent of respondents are either against the proposal altogether or “couldn’t give a shit” (we think that’s what … Continue reading
