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Four black women among six councillors rejected by Labour
Six of Labour’s 34 sitting councillors have been deemed not good enough to be candidates for the party at the 2026 local elections – including a council shadow cabinet member and a 2024 parliamentary candidate. EXCLUSIVE by WALTER CRONXITE, Political … Continue reading
Posted in 2026 council elections, 2026 Croydon Mayor election, Alisa Flemming, Bensham Manor, Broad Green, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Enid Mollyneaux, Eunice O'Dame, Karen Jewitt, Norbury Park, Patsy Cummings, Sherwan Chowdhury, Thornton Heath
Tagged 2026 Croydon mayoral election, 2026 local elections, Cllr Karen Jewitt, Cllr Rowenna Davis, Cllr Stuart King, Croydon, Croydon Council, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Fairfield, Labour, Labour National Executive Council, Labour NEC, Patsy Cummings, Shirley North, South Croydon, South Norwood, Stuart Collins, Thornton Heath, Tony Newman, Woodside
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Labour axes at least two sitting councillors in brutal process
At least two of Labour’s sitting councillors have been deselected by party chiefs in a brutal process that has opted to discard the combined experience of 40 years’ service at the Town Hall EXCLUSIVE by WALTER CRONXITE, Political Editor The … Continue reading
Posted in 2026 council elections, 2026 Croydon Mayor election, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Karen Jewitt, Patsy Cummings, Thornton Heath
Tagged 2026 Croydon mayoral election, 2026 local elections, Cllr Karen Jewitt, Cllr Rowenna Davis, Cllr Stuart King, Croydon, Croydon Council, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Fairfield, Labour, Labour National Executive Council, Labour NEC, Patsy Cummings, Shirley North, South Croydon, South Norwood, Stuart Collins, Thornton Heath, Tony Newman, Woodside
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Carserides gets new job as a lobbyist offering inside influence
Who does your local councillor really represent? It’s a reasonable question for all residents to ask, particularly those in South Norwood. By WALTER CRONXITE, Political Editor Just who does Labour councillor Louis Carserides represent? It’s not an unreasonable question for … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon Council, Louis Carserides, South Norwood, Stephen Lawrence-Orumwense, Steve Reed MP, Streatham and Croydon North, Stuart King, Tony Newman
Tagged Amro, Cllr Stuart King, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon Park Hotel, Hammersfield, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Louis Carserides, Red Rose Associates, Simon Hall, South Norwood, Stephen Lawrence-Orumwense, Steve Reed OBE, Streatham and Croydon North, Terrapin Group, Tony Newman, Tory, Westfield
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Bromley by-election sees historic first Reform win in London
Political Editor, WALTER CRONXITE, on how Alan Cook’s poll success on the other side of the borough boundary is sending shock waves into Croydon They’re going to need a bigger vote… You know how, early in the original Jaws movie, … Continue reading
Posted in 2026 council elections, 2026 Croydon Mayor election, Addiscombe East, Bromley Council, Coulsdon, Croydon East, Croydon Greens, Croydon West, London-wide issues, Mayor Jason Perry, New Addington North, New Addington South, Rowenna Davis, Sarah Jones MP, Steve Reed MP, Streatham and Croydon North, Tony Newman, Waddon, Zack Polanski
Tagged Addiscombe East, Alan Cook, Bromley, Bromley Common and Holwood, Cllr Rowenna Davis, Conservative, Coulsdon, Council Tax, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon South, Green Party, Labour, Liberal Democrats, London, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, New Addington, Nic Stewert, Nigel Farage, Reform, Reform UK, Rowenna Davis, Sarah Jones MP, Scott Holman, Shirley, Steve Reed OBE, Streatham and Croydon North, Tony Newman, Tory, Waddon, Zack Polanski
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Minister rules out new mayors – but Croydon’s stuck with ours
Government proposals over the running of local councils will mean more ‘strong leaders’ across the country – like Tony Newman. Or Mike Fisher. WALTER CRONXITE, Political Editor, reports The Labour government wants to “standardise” local council governance so that most … Continue reading
Posted in 2026 council elections, 2026 Croydon Mayor election, Croydon Council, London-wide issues, Mayor Jason Perry, Mayor of London, Mike Fisher, Reigate and Banstead Council, Sadiq Khan, Surrey, Tony Newman
Tagged Angela Rayner MP, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Jim McMahon, Labour, Lewisham, London, London Assembly, London Borough of Croydon, London Borough of Hackney, London Borough of Newham, London Borough of Tower Hamlets, Lutfer Rahman, Mayor Jason Perry, MHCLG, Mike Fisher, Ministry of Housing Communities and Local Government, Newham, Reigate and Banstead, Surrey County Council, Tandridge District Council, Tony Newman, Tory
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Owner Ansari seeks to avoid Leslie Arms planning conditions
CROYDON IN CRISIS: Since 2000, a multi-millionaire property developer has been allowing a Grade II-listed pub to decay. Now, he wants to change the conditions of his latest planning permission. KEN LEE, Town Hall reporter, on the sorry tale of … Continue reading
Posted in Addiscombe West, Business, Croydon Council, Housing, Leslie Arms, Planning, Property, Pubs, Tony Newman, Uncategorized
Tagged AA Homes, Addiscombe, Addiscombe West, Anwar Ansari, Cherry Orchard Road, Croydon, Croydon Council, Dogs attack, Dr Anwar Ansari, English Heritage, Kangal, Labour, Landlord licensing, Leslie Arms, Lloyd Park, Lower Addiscombe Road, Sadiq Khan, Sir Sadiq Khan, The Victorian Society, Tony Newman, Turkish Kangal, Yvette Cooper
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Trebles all-round! Kerswell’s nominated herself for an award
CROYDON IN CRISIS: The council still has debts of £1.4bn, or more, but that won’t stop a select few execs attending a gala event at a Mayfair hotel next week, where tables cost up to £5,000 and our bureaucrats are … Continue reading
Posted in Alisa Flemming, Alison Butler, Council Tax, Croydon Council, Katherine Kerswell, Mayor Jason Perry, Section 114 notice, Tony Newman, Veolia
Tagged Alisa Flemming, Alison Butler, Conservative, Council Tax, Croydon, Croydon Council, Grosvenor House Hotel, Katherine Kerswell, Labour, LGC, Local Government Chronicle, Local Government Chronicle Awards, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, Tony Newman, Tory
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All change at Boxpark as they appoint Farrell as ‘growth officer’
The company behind Boozepark at East Croydon has appointed Michelle Farrell as its first “chief growth officer”. “It makes her sound like she’s in charge of verrucas and warts,” according to one punter stepping into the Croydon venue this morning. … Continue reading
Posted in Boxpark, Business, Jo Negrini, Tony Newman
Tagged Boozepark, Boxpark, Croydon, Jo Negrini, LDC, Matt Snell, Michelle Farrell, Roger Wade, Tony Newman
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Agent on a mission overlooks Coulsdon Tories’ dark secret
It is just over a year until Croydon goes to the polls in its second Mayoral election, and the local Tories already seem up for the fight. But leading the way for them is a paid gofer who struggles to … Continue reading
Posted in 2026 council elections, 2026 Croydon Mayor election, Ben Taylor, Chris Philp MP, Coulsdon, Coulsdon Town, Council Tax, Croydon South, Ian Parker, Mario Creatura, Mayor Jason Perry, Rowenna Davis, Tony Newman, Waddon
Tagged Chris Philp MP, Cllr Rowenna Davis, Conservative, Coulsdon, Council Tax, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon South, Ian Parker, Labour, Mayor Jason Perry, Peter Morgan, Tony Newman, Tory
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Party bosses criticised over bungled Mayor candidate selection
WALTER CRONXITE, Political Editor, on the grumblings of disaffection among ‘loyal’ Labour members in Croydon What’s left of Labour’s membership in Croydon, even those described as being part of the “loyal mainstream”, are getting increasingly unhappy with the way the … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon East, Simon Hall, Tony Newman
Tagged Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon East, Croydon East CLP, Labour, London, Simon Hall, Tony Newman, Woodside
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Labour Party ends suspension of ex-council leader Newman
CROYDON IN CRISIS: After more than four years, the two men who presided over what at the time was the biggest financial collapse in the history of local authorities in England have been allowed back into their political party. EXCLUSIVE … Continue reading
Posted in Brick by Brick, Council Tax, Croydon Council, Croydon Park Hotel, David Evans, Fieldway, Jason Cummings, Jo Negrini, Mayor Jason Perry, New Addington South, Report in the Public Interest, RIPI II: Fairfield Halls, Rowenna Davis, Section 114 notice, Simon Hall, Steve Reed MP, The Penn Report, Tony Newman
Tagged Brick by Brick, Cllr Rowenna Davis, Conservative, Council Tax, Croydon, Croydon Council, David Evans, Fieldway, Jo Negrini, Labour, Lord Evans of Penge, Mayor Jason Perry, New Addington, Simon Hall, Steve Reed OBE, Tony Newman, Tory, Woodside
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82% of Labour members back Davis as 2026 Mayor candidate
The 2026 Croydon Mayoral contest began in earnest today when Labour finally got round to naming their chosen candidate EXCLUSIVE by WALTER CRONXITE, Political Editor To the surprise of absolutely nobody – except perhaps Manju Shahul-Hameed – Rowenna Davis has … Continue reading
Posted in 2026 council elections, 2026 Croydon Mayor election, Broad Green, Croydon Council, Manju Shahul Hameed, Mayor Jason Perry, Rowenna Davis, Tony Newman, Waddon
Tagged Conservative, Council Tax, Croydon, Croydon Council, Labour, Manju Shahul Hameed, Mayor Jason Perry, Rowenna Davis, Scrutiny and Overview Committee, Scrutiny committee, Tony Newman, Tory, Waddon
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Labour blocks members from questioning mayoral candidates
Our Political Editor, WALTER CRONXITE, sneaked in at the back of Labour’s Zoom room last night to discover what the party’s 2026 mayoral candidates might have to offer to the people of Croydon, and found himself in a dystopian bonus … Continue reading
Posted in 2026 council elections, 2026 Croydon Mayor election, Broad Green, Croydon Council, Manju Shahul Hameed, Mayor Jason Perry, Rowenna Davis, Tony Newman, Waddon
Tagged Anonyvoter, Broad Green, Conservative, Council Tax, Croydon, Croydon Council, David Evans, Keir Starmer, Labour, Labour London Region, Manju Shahul Hameed, Mayor Jason Perry, Rowenna Davis, Severance, Tony Newman, Tory, Waddon
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Labour sticks with Anonyvoter to choose its mayor candidate
Labour’s inexplicably delayed selection process to choose a candidate to run for Croydon Mayor in 2026 enters its final stages tomorrow, but without the party holding a single in-person selection meeting with the pair of wannabes, councillors Rowenna Davis and … Continue reading
Posted in 2026 council elections, 2026 Croydon Mayor election, Broad Green, Croydon Council, Manju Shahul Hameed, Mayor Jason Perry, Rowenna Davis, Tony Newman, Waddon
Tagged Anonyvoter, Broad Green, Conservative, Council Tax, Croydon, Croydon Council, Labour, Labour London Region, Manju Shahul Hameed, Mayor Jason Perry, Rowenna Davis, Tony Newman, Tory, Waddon
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‘We need a Mayor who puts people first’ says Labour’s Davis
Rowenna Davis has emerged as the front-runner in the race for selection to be Labour’s candidate for next year’s Croydon mayoral elections. A councillor for Waddon since 2022, Davis announced over the weekend that she has been shortlisted in her … Continue reading
Posted in 2026 council elections, 2026 Croydon Mayor election, Broad Green, Croydon Council, Manju Shahul Hameed, Mayor Jason Perry, Rowenna Davis, Tony Newman, Waddon
Tagged Conservative, Council Tax, Croydon, Croydon Council, Labour, Manju Shahul Hameed, Mayor Jason Perry, Rowenna Davis, Scrutiny and Overview Committee, Scrutiny committee, Tony Newman, Tory, Waddon
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Newman Numpty could seek Labour pick as Mayor candidate
EXCLUSIVE: In 2021, one councillor seeking to be chosen as her party’s candidate for elected Mayor ran a campaign with the slogan: ‘I can do more for the people I care about’. What might be her catchphrase be in 2025? … Continue reading
Posted in 2026 council elections, 2026 Croydon Mayor election, Broad Green, Croydon Council, Manju Shahul Hameed, Mayor Jason Perry, Rowenna Davis, Tony Newman, Waddon
Tagged Alan Patridge, Conservative, Council Tax, Croydon, Croydon Council, Labour, Manju Shahul Hameed, Mayor Jason Perry, Rowenna Davis, Scrutiny and Overview Committee, Scrutiny committee, Tony Newman, Tory, Waddon
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Government panel wants Croydon to flog off the Fairfield Halls
CROYDON IN CRISIS: With the council’s annual overspend reaching £100m, Whitehall-appointed commissioners could force the sale of the arts centre, which the C20 Society describes as an ‘underappreciated South Bank Centre of the suburbs’. EXCLUSIVE by STEVEN DOWNES Croydon could … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Ashcroft Theatre, BH Live, Borough of Culture 2023, Brick by Brick, Business, Croydon Council, Fairfield Halls, Jo Negrini, Music, Report in the Public Interest, Section 114 notice, Theatre
Tagged 20th Century Society, Alison Butler, BH Live, BHLive, Borough of Culture, Brick by Brick, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Fairfield, Fairfield Halls, Improvement and Assurance Panel, Improvement Panel, Jo Negrini, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Ministry of Housing Communities and Local Government, Tony Newman, Tory
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News black-out after Labour Party suspends Assembly Member
EXCLUSIVE by STEVEN DOWNES Unmesh Desai, the London Assembly Member for The City and East London, has been suspended by the Labour Party following what was initially reported as “a police investigation into a serious allegation”. A spokesperson for the … Continue reading
MP Reed claims those who left borough broke ‘have now gone’
WALTER CRONXITE, political editor, checks the ‘facts’ where other local news outlets dare not look Steve Reed OBE, the MP who was Labour’s front bench spokesperson on local government at the time that the council for the area he is … Continue reading
Posted in Alisa Flemming, Alison Butler, Brick by Brick, Callton Young, Council Tax, Croydon Council, Croydon North, David Evans, Environment, Fairfield Halls, Lambeth Council, Manju Shahul Hameed, Mayor Jason Perry, Paul Scott, Report in the Public Interest, RIPI II: Fairfield Halls, Sean Fitzsimons, Section 114 notice, Simon Hall, Steve Reed MP, Streatham and Croydon North, Stuart Collins, Stuart King, The Penn Report, Tony Newman
Tagged Alisa Flemming, Alison Butler, Brick by Brick, Clive Fraser, Council Tax, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon North, Croydon Park Hotel, David Evans, Fairfield Halls, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Paul Scott, Sean Fitzsimons, Simon Hall, Steve Reed OBE, Streatham and Croydon North, Tony Newman
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Final Brick by Brick annual accounts withheld for three months
CROYDON IN CRISIS: It looks like Tory Mayor Jason Perry and the council execs who now run the failed housing company have opted to bury bad news. EXCLUSIVE by STEVEN DOWNES What could possibly be the very final set of … Continue reading
Posted in Brick by Brick, Business, Coulsdon, Coulsdon East, Coulsdon Town, Croydon Council, Housing, Mayor Jason Perry
Tagged Brick by Brick, BxB, Colm Lacey, Conservative, Coulsdon, Croydon, Croydon Council, Jason Cummings, Jo Negrini, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, Mears Group Plc, Red Clover Gardens, Regen Capital, Tony Newman, Tory
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Lord Evans of Penge completes clique’s stranglehold of Labour
Political editor WALTER CRONXITE gives his crystal ball a polish after one of his easier predictions came to pass Friday’s announcement of another raft of political peerages was the latest move to consolidate a takeover of the Labour Party by … Continue reading
Posted in David Evans, Lambeth Council, Steve Reed MP, Streatham and Croydon North, Tony Newman
Tagged Alison Butler, Brick by Brick, Croydon, Croydon Council, David Evans, House of Lords, Imogen Walker, Keir Starmer, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Morgan McSweeney, Simon Hall, Steve Reed OBE, Sue Gray, The Campaign Company, Tony Newman
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Councillor complains over legal failings: ‘It feels morally wrong’
CROYDON IN CRISIS: No one will face legal action for their part in the council’s financial collapse, despite Town Hall bosses spending hundreds of thousands of pounds on special reports and advice from high-powered barristers. Yet one of Mayor Perry’s … Continue reading
Posted in Brick by Brick, Colm Lacey, Croydon Council, Fairfield Halls, Jason Cummings, Jo Negrini, Mayor Jason Perry, Report in the Public Interest, RIPI II: Fairfield Halls, Shirley South, The Penn Report
Tagged Alison Butler, Brick by Brick, Colm Lacey, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Fairfield Halls, Jason Cummings, Jo Negrini, Kroll Report, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, Paul Scott, Penn Report, The Kroll Report, Tony Newman, Tory
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Pressure mounts on Sutton finance chief over Fairfield fiasco
CROYDON IN CRISIS: The Kroll Report, which this week had its release delayed because of legal threats on behalf of a former council director, might be seen as a waste of another £310,000 of public money. But for former director … Continue reading
Posted in Brick by Brick, Business, Colm Lacey, Croydon Council, Fairfield Halls, Jo Negrini, Katherine Kerswell, Lisa Taylor, Report in the Public Interest, RIPI II: Fairfield Halls, The Penn Report
Tagged Brick by Brick, Colm Lacey, Conservative, Council Tax, Croydon, Croydon Council, Fairfield Halls, Jo Negrini, Katherine Kerswell, Kroll, Kroll Report, Labour, Lisa Taylor, Penn Report, Richard Simpson, Sutton Council, The Kroll Report, The Penn Report, Tony Newman, Tory
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Planning councillor failed to declare his new job for 8 months
EXCLUSIVE: Addiscombe West councillor Clive Fraser has been caught breaking the rules yet again. By KEN LEE, Town Hall reporter Clive Fraser, one of Croydon’s most experienced councillors and the deputy chair of the council’s planning committee, went almost nine … Continue reading
Kroll Report provides no answers to £73m Fairfield fiasco
CROYDON IN CRISIS: Jo Negrini refused to be interviewed, all Colm Lacey’s emails got wiped and former cabinet members Newman, Scott, Butler and Hall were never spoken to in person as part of the £310,000 investigation. By STEVEN DOWNES Late … Continue reading
Posted in Alisa Flemming, Alison Butler, Brick by Brick, Business, College Green, Colm Lacey, Crime, Croydon Council, Fairfield Halls, Jacqueline Harris-Baker, Jo Negrini, Katherine Kerswell, Lisa Taylor, Mott MacDonald, Paul Scott, Report in the Public Interest, Richard Simpson, RIPI II: Fairfield Halls, Section 114 notice, Shifa Mustafa, The Penn Report, Tony Newman
Tagged Alisa Flemming, Alison Butler, Brick by Brick, Colm Lacey, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Fairfield Halls, Grant Thornton, Jacqueline Harris-Baker, Jo Negrini, Katherine Kerswell, Kroll, Kroll Report, Labour, Lisa Taylor, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, Mott MacDonald, Paul Scott, Penn Report, Project Dillon, Report in the Public Interest, Richard Simpson, RIPI, RIPI2, Shifa Mustafa, Simon Hall, The Kroll Report, The Penn Report, Tony Newman, Tory, Vinci, Vinci Construction UK Ltd
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