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Borough Solicitor is investigating planning chair’s conduct
Most council business has been shutdown because of election purdah. But not a planning meeting to push through another 100 homes to be built for the council’s own development company, even while the chair of the committee is under investigation. … Continue reading
Labour parachute in Lambeth councillor for Croydon South
After lengthy delays, Labour has finally got round to naming its General Election candidate for the true-blue Tory heartland of the borough, as WALTER CRONXITE reports Jennifer Brathwaite has been confirmed as Labour’s candidate for Croydon South in next month’s … Continue reading
Umunna gets the call as ‘special guest’ to pep up Reed’s rally
WALTER CRONXITE on the snail-like progress of Labour’s selection process, UKIP’s choice of Barwell’s bouncer as a General Election candidate, and news from neighbouring constituencies Nearly five years since he was selected as Labour’s candidate in the very safe seat … Continue reading
Posted in 2017 General Election, Chris Philp MP, Croydon North, Croydon South, Kathleen Garner, Lambeth Council, Michael Swadling, Paul Scully MP, Peter Staveley, Steve Reed MP, Sutton Council, Tom Brake MP, Winston McKenzie
Tagged Bonnie Ash, Carshalton and Wallington, Chuka Umunna, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Central, Croydon North, Croydon South, Emine Ibrahim, Labour, Liberal Democrats, Peter Staveley, Steve Reed OBE, Sutton, Sutton and Cheam, Tom Brake MP, Tory, UKIP
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‘There is no crisis in our schools’ says Sutton Tory candidate
ELECTION COMMENTARY: 500 head teachers from across the country have written to the unelected Prime Minister, Theresa May, to warn of the funding crisis her government is creating in our schools. But according to the Old Etonian standing for the … Continue reading
Negrini’s ‘absurd’ response over planning conflicts of interest
BARRATT HOLMES reports on how the council CEO is trying to pretend that £250m-worth of planning applications from the council’s own housing company have anything to do with the council’s cabinet member for housing, whose husband also just happens to … Continue reading
Posted in Alison Butler, Brick by Brick, Chris Philp MP, Colm Lacey, Croydon Council, Croydon South, Housing, Jo Negrini, Paul Scott, Planning, Purley
Tagged Alison Butler, Brick by Brick, Chris Philp MP, Colm Lacey, Conservative, Croydon Council, Jo Negrini, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Paul Scott, Purley, Tory
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Tory councillor visits Barcelona instead of Town Hall meeting
WALTER CRONXITE reports on what may be the first casualty of the borough ward boundary changes due to be announced this summer There will have been at least one Croydon councillor paying no attention whatsoever to the proceedings in the … Continue reading
Posted in Chris Wright, Coulsdon, Coulsdon East, James Thompson
Tagged Conservative, Coulsdon, Coulsdon East, James Thompson, Tory
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Polls show that Labour needs a damage limitation exercise
ELECTION COMMENTARY: Former Labour Party campaign staffer JOHN BRAGGINS, pictured right, says the political situation is like a football match where his party is 4-2 down with four minutes to the final whistle. Anything can happen, but the result is … Continue reading
Posted in 2017 General Election
Tagged Conservative, Croydon, Jeremy Corbyn, John Braggins, Labour, Tory
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Minister calls in plans for 17-storey tower block in Purley
Our housing reporter, BARRATT HOLMES, on a piece of party political tit-for-tat which could stall the development of 200 homes by a year If there is a housing crisis, it clearly can’t be affecting Purley much, after the Tory government’s … Continue reading
Posted in Chris Philp MP, Church and religions, Croydon South, Housing, Parking, Planning, Property, Purley
Tagged Chris Philp MP, Conservative, Croydon Council, Purley, Tory
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Negrini refuses to act on ‘conflicts of interest’ over planning
Jo Negrini, the chief executive of Croydon Council, has refused to intervene over complaints, from the public and one of the borough’s MPs, over potential conflicts of interest of senior councillors in the planning process. Croydon’s cabinet member for housing … Continue reading
Posted in Alison Butler, Brick by Brick, Colm Lacey, Croydon Council, Jo Negrini, Paul Scott, Planning
Tagged Alison Butler, Chris Philp MP, Conservative, Croydon Council, Labour, Paul Scott, Purley, Purley Oaks, Tory
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Sutton councillor takes on LibDem Brake over incinerator
Tom Brake, the only London LibDem MP to retain his seat at the last General Election following five years as a Tory enabler in the coalition, is to have an extra challenge in his Carshalton and Wallington constituency on June … Continue reading
Croydon Tories are playing with Fairfield Halls’ future
CROYDON COMMENTARY: Although they already know the identity of the winning bidder to run the Fairfield Halls following a council-run competitive tendering process, Croydon Conservatives yesterday moved to call-in the decision to the scrutiny committee, potentially delaying the appointment. TIMOTHY … Continue reading
Dorset venue operator to be given £180m Fairfield contract
A social enterprise company which manages the Bournemouth International Centre on the south coast is set to be announced as the new operator for Croydon’s Fairfield Halls later this week. A council report revealed that the deal, which could last … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Ashcroft Theatre, Croydon Council, Fairfield Halls, Music, Theatre, Tony Newman
Tagged BH Live, Conservative, Croydon Council, Fairfield Halls, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Tony Newman, Tory
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