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MP Irons drops a clanger with ULEZ letter to the wrong mayor
DOH! Newbie Labour MP’s staff send an email to Croydon’s Tory Mayor’s office to complain about the Labour Mayor of London’s policy on road charging “I’m frankly astonished,” Jason Perry, the Mayor of Croydon, wrote on every social media platform … Continue reading
Surrey council takes action on unlawful flags as Perry dithers
Croydon Council, where failed Mayor Jason Perry has claimed there is “zero tolerance” for fly-tippers and, by extension, fly-posters, has failed to take any action against the various flags hoisted without permission on some of the borough’s streets. Yet neighbouring … Continue reading
Posted in Coulsdon, Crime, Croydon Council, Fly tipping, Mayor Jason Perry, Old Coulsdon, Surrey, Tandridge District Council, ULEZ expansion
Tagged Caterham, Conservative, Coulsdon Common, Coulsdon Road, Crap App, Croydon, Croydon Council, Hope Not Hate, Mayor Jason Perry, Operation Raise the Colours, St George cross, Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, Tandridge District Council, The Fox, Tommy Robinson, Tory, ULEZ
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Tory councillor welcomes New Addington flags as ‘great’
A Conservative councillor in New Addington has said that Union flags that have been placed along Central Parade without proper permission “look great”, and he has posted on social media that the council will not remove the flags unless they … Continue reading
Posted in Coulsdon, Crime, Croydon Council, Fly tipping, Mayor Jason Perry, New Addington, Old Coulsdon, South Norwood, Tony Pearson, ULEZ expansion
Tagged Andrew Currien, Andy Saxon, Caterham, Conservative, Coulsdon Common, Coulsdon Road, Croydon, Croydon Council, Hope Not Hate, New Addington, Operation Raise the Colours, St George cross, Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, Tandridge District Council, The Fox, Tommy Robinson, Tony Pearson, Tory, ULEZ
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Council refuses to remove England flags from Coulsdon Road
Croydon’s failed Mayor, Jason Perry, went on the telly last week boasting of “zero tolerance” for fly-tippers. Yet his council has refused to remove hundreds of St George cross flags that have been tethered illegally to lamp posts along Coulsdon … Continue reading
Posted in Coulsdon, Crime, Croydon Council, Fly tipping, Mayor Jason Perry, Old Coulsdon, Surrey, Tandridge District Council, ULEZ expansion
Tagged Andrew Currien, Andy Saxon, Caterham, Conservative, Coulsdon Common, Coulsdon Road, Crap App, Croydon, Croydon Council, Hope Not Hate, Mayor Jason Perry, Operation Raise the Colours, St George cross, Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, Tandridge District Council, The Fox, Tommy Robinson, Tory, ULEZ
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It’s a wrap!: TfL rolls out special designs for 25th anniversary
Eight transport services across the capital, including a Croydon tram, are being given a new look to celebrate Transport for London’s 25th anniversary as part of a year-long campaign. This year also marks 25 years of service of the Croydon … Continue reading
Posted in 2012 Olympics, Boris Bikes, Commuting, Cycling, East Croydon, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Norwood Junction, Sadiq Khan, Seb Dance, TfL, Tramlink, Transport, ULEZ, ULEZ expansion
Tagged 25 years, Boris Bikes, Croydon, Croydon Tramlink, Croydon Trams, East Croydon station, London, London Buses, London Tramlink, London Trams, London Underground, Oyster card, TfL, Tram, Transport for London, ULEZ
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Timeline of travel: how TfL has developed over last 25 years
Some of TfL’s key customer improvements over the last 25 years are appearing on posters to mark the Transport for London quarter-century anniversary 2000 – Croydon tram system launched. Transport for London formally took ownership of the Croydon Tramlink system … Continue reading
Posted in 2012 Olympics, Boris Bikes, Commuting, Cycling, East Croydon, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Norwood Junction, Sadiq Khan, Seb Dance, TfL, Tramlink, Transport, ULEZ, ULEZ expansion
Tagged 25 years, Boris Bikes, Croydon, Croydon Tramlink, Croydon Trams, East Croydon station, London, London Buses, London Tramlink, London Trams, London Underground, Oyster card, TfL, Tram, Transport for London, ULEZ
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Judge sets Old Bailey court date for Sidcup’s anti-ULEZ bomber
Vandals contine to be charged, have court dates set and are found guilty after causing hundreds of thousands of pounds of criminal damage – while Croydon’s Mayor, who was an ‘expert’ on an anti-ULEZ Facebook group, and his Tory MP … Continue reading
Posted in 2024 London elections, Chris Philp MP, Crime, Croydon South, Environment, London-wide issues, Mayor Jason Perry, Mayor of London, Policing, Sadiq Khan, TfL, Transport, ULEZ, ULEZ expansion
Tagged Anti-ULEZ, Chris Philp MP, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon say no to ULEZ expansion, Croydon South, Joseph Nicholls, Kevin Rees, Mayor Jason Perry, shadow home secretary, Tory, Transport for London, ULEZ, ULEZ expansion
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Guilty plea by anti-ULEZ vandal could put Perry in the dock
A south London Crown Court yesterday heard a man admit using Facebook to encourage others to commit thousands of pounds of criminal damage to public infrastructure. By STEVEN DOWNES Unconfirmed reports from Jason Perry’s inner sanctum on the 12th floor … Continue reading
Posted in 2024 London elections, Chris Philp MP, Crime, Croydon South, Environment, London-wide issues, Mayor Jason Perry, Mayor of London, Policing, Sadiq Khan, TfL, Transport, ULEZ, ULEZ expansion
Tagged Anti-ULEZ, Chris Philp MP, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon say no to ULEZ expansion, Croydon South, Joseph Nicholls, Mayor Jason Perry, Tory, Transport for London, ULEZ, ULEZ expansion
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ULEZ has seen reduction in some pollutants of up to 20%
The expansion of ULEZ to Croydon and the rest of outer London has had a “positive impact” on air quality and reduced harmful emissions, according to a report from City Hall. Some emissions levels in outer London are reckoned to … Continue reading
Posted in Caroline Russell, Environment, Health, London-wide issues, Mayor Jason Perry, Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, TfL, Transport, ULEZ, ULEZ expansion
Tagged Chris Philp MP, City Hall, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon say no to ULEZ expansion, Croydon South, Labour, London, London Mayor, Mayor Jason Perry, Mayor Sadiq Khan, Tory, ULEZ, ULEZ expansion
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Perry puts workplace parking charges proposal to cabinet
EXCLUSIVE: Town Hall reporter KEN LEE on the Tory Mayor’s latest back-door proposals to increase charges on the borough’s motorists, and businesses Hidden in the small print of the volumes of reports and papers going to tonight’s council cabinet meeting … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Commuting, Croydon Council, Environment, Karen Agbabiaka, London-wide issues, Mayor Jason Perry, Parking, TfL, Transport, ULEZ, ULEZ expansion, Workplace Parking Levy
Tagged Air pollution, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon say no to ULEZ expansion, London, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, Nottingham City Council, ULEZ, ULEZ expansion, Workplace Parking Levy, WPL
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More than 100 Croydon under-5s hospitalised by toxic air
Official figures show that Croydon’s air quality is so poor, 106 children aged five years old or younger had to be admitted to Croydon University Hospital with respiratory difficulties in 2023. The details were obtained through a Freedom of Information … Continue reading
Posted in Community associations, Croydon Council, Environment, Mayor Jason Perry, Schools, Waste incinerator
Tagged Air pollution, Beddington incinerator, Beddington Lane incinerator, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Mayor Jason Perry, Mums for Lungs, Nitrogen dioxide, Toxic air, ULEZ, Viridor
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Philp bottles it and exits ‘cesspit’ Facebook group in a hurry
Croydon Mayor Jason Perry and policing minister Chris Philp were in full-scale retreat after the London elections, hurriedly trying to distance themselves from the ‘absolute cesspit of vile racism and hate speech’ that they had helped to foster on social … Continue reading
Posted in 2024 London elections, Chris Philp MP, Crime, Croydon South, Environment, London-wide issues, Mayor Jason Perry, Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, TfL, Transport, ULEZ, ULEZ expansion
Tagged 2024 London elections, Chris Philp MP, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Conservatives, Croydon Council, Croydon say no to ULEZ expansion, Greenpeace, London, London Borough of Croydon, London Elections, London elections 2024, Mayor Jason Perry, Mayor Sadiq Khan, Tory, ULEZ, ULEZ expansion
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Gray day for Labour as they lose Sutton council seat to Tories
ROSE HILL reports from the count at the ExCel Centre on another sign that Labour’s London juggernaut might just have a puncture… After a two-year absence, Catherine Gray is back on Sutton Council, the Conservative winning the St Helier West … Continue reading
Perry’s Facebook page part of Tory ‘vile cesspit’ of racism
By STEVEN DOWNES, Editor, Inside Croydon More than six months since this website exposed the Tory policing minister, Chris Philp, and Croydon’s Conservative Mayor, Jason Perry, as being involved with a secret Facebook group that appeared to encourage criminal damage … Continue reading
Posted in Chris Philp MP, Crime, Croydon South, Environment, London-wide issues, Mayor Jason Perry, Mayor of London, Policing, Sadiq Khan, Susan Hall, TfL, Transport, ULEZ, ULEZ expansion
Tagged Chris Philp MP, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon say no to ULEZ expansion, Greenpeace, London, Mayor, Mayor Jason Perry, Mayor Sadiq Khan, Sadiq Khan, Susan Hall, Tory, ULEZ, ULEZ expansion
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May 2’s election day will show how bad things are for Tories
With two weeks to go, ANDREW FISHER focuses in on your three, or four, votes in Croydon. PLUS: how you can make sure you have proper photo ID for election day Every Croydon voter will have at least three votes … Continue reading
Posted in 2024 London elections, Andrew Fisher, Chris Philp MP, Croydon Council, Croydon Greens, Croydon South, London Assembly, London-wide issues, Maddie Henson, Mayor of London, Neil Garratt, Park Hill and Whitgift, Sadiq Khan, Susan Hall, Sutton Council, ULEZ, ULEZ expansion, Woodside, Zoe Garbett
Tagged Andrew Fisher, Anonyvoter, Chris Philp MP, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon South, Green Party, Labour, Liberal Democrats, London, London Assembly, London Mayor, Maddie Henson, Mark Menzies, Mayor Sadiq Khan, Mrs Anonyvoter, Neil Garratt, Park Hill and Whitgift, Sadiq Khan, Sutton Council, Tony Newman, Tory, ULEZ, Woodside, Zoe Garbutt
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‘The dog that didn’t bite’: how ULEZ has become a non-issue
Just 1-in-200 Londoners are impacted by the extension of ULEZ to outer London and are paying a £12.50 fine for driving older, more-polluting vehicles in the capital. That’s the findings of a Freedom of Information request conducted by BBC London, … Continue reading
Posted in 2024 London elections, Crime, Environment, Health, London Assembly, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, Susan Hall, TfL, Transport, ULEZ, ULEZ expansion, Under The Flyover
Tagged Clean Air London, Conservative, Croydon say no to ULEZ expansion, Green Party, London, London Assembly, Mayor, Susan Hall, TfL, Tory, Transport for London, ULEZ, ULEZ expansion, Zack Polanski
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Under The Flyover: interview with Green Party’s Zack Polanski
With the London elections less than a month away, as part of its Under The Flyover series of podcasts, Inside Croydon interviews Zack Polanski, a London Assembly Member since 2021 and the deputy leader of the Green Party. During the … Continue reading
Posted in 2024 London elections, Croydon Greens, Environment, Esther Sutton, Fairfield, Inside Croydon, London Assembly, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Peter Underwood, Ria Patel, Sadiq Khan, Susan Hall, ULEZ expansion, Under The Flyover, Woodside, Zack Polanski
Tagged 2024 London elections, Croydon, Green Party, Green Party of England and Wales, Labour, London, London Assembly, London elections 2024, Mayor Sadiq Khan, Podcast, Sadiq Khan, Spotify, Susan Hall, ULEZ, Under The Flyover, Woodside, Zack Polanski
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Vandals are out on Marlpit Avenue as ULEZ takes effect
Criminal damage to public property continues in Coulsdon, as data suggests a sharp reduction in the most polluting vehicles using the capital’s roads Just as it did in inner London when introduced (by the then-Mayor, Boris Johnson, in case you … Continue reading
Posted in Coulsdon, Environment, London-wide issues, Mayor Jason Perry, Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, TfL, Transport, ULEZ, ULEZ expansion, Waste incinerator
Tagged Beddington Lane incinerator, Chris Philp MP, Conservative, Coulsdon, Croydon, Croydon say no to ULEZ expansion, Croydon South, Facebook, London, Marlpit Avenue, Mayor, Mayor Jason Perry, Mayor Sadiq Khan, Sadiq Khan, TfL, Tory, Transport for London, ULEZ, ULEZ expansion
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Perry’s Facebook group hosted video by Islamophobic ‘comic’
EXCLUSIVE: A secretive Facebook group which has policing minister Chris Philp among its members and where the Mayor of Croydon is an administrator has been sharing content from a far-right mate of the EDL’s Tommy Robinson. By STEVEN DOWNES The … Continue reading
Posted in Bromley Council, Chris Philp MP, Crime, London-wide issues, Mayor Jason Perry, Mayor of London, TfL, Transport, ULEZ, ULEZ expansion
Tagged Chris Philp MP, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon say no to ULEZ expansion, Croydon South, Facebook, GLA, Greater London Authority, Liam Tuffs, Luke Shortland, Mayor Jason Perry, Metropolitan Police, Shirley, Tommy Robinson, Tory, ULEZ, Ultra Low Emission Zone
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Hat-trick heroes: Perry and Philp set an Eye ‘awards’ record
It’s the annual awards that no local council ever wants to feature in. But this year, thanks to Tory double act Jason Perry and Chris Philp, Croydon Council has picked up no fewer than three “gongs” in Private Eye’s much-anticipated … Continue reading
Met appeals for witnesses after two arrests over ULEZ bomb
After calling in the anti-terrorism unit when a ULEZ camera was bombed earlier this month, the Metropolitan Police has issued a renewed appeal for witnesses to come forward over the multi-million-pound wave of vandalism to public property conducted since the … Continue reading
Posted in Bexley, Chris Philp MP, Crime, Croydon South, London-wide issues, Mayor Jason Perry, Outside Croydon, Policing, TfL, Transport, ULEZ, ULEZ expansion
Tagged Bexley, Chris Philp MP, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon say no to ULEZ expansion, Facebook, Mayor Jason Perry, Metropolitan Police, Sidcup, Tory, ULEZ, Ultra Low Emission Zone
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Perry should apologise for anti-ULEZ Facebook group says MP
EXCLUSIVE: Tory Mayor’s Facebook group that encourages criminal damage only had a rule forbidding illegal behaviour added after he was approached by the media. By STEVEN DOWNES A Labour MP has called on Croydon Mayor Jason Perry to close down … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, Environment, London-wide issues, Mayor Jason Perry, Mayor of London, TfL, Transport, ULEZ, ULEZ expansion
Tagged Bromley, Chris Philp MP, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, GLA, Greater London Authority, James Hillam, Luke Shortland, Mayor Jason Perry, Rachel Cromie, Tory, ULEZ, Ultra Low Emission Zone, William Perry
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Tory minister is member of online group that salutes vandals
EXCLUSIVE: A secret Facebook group where members celebrate criminal vandalism carried out against ULEZ cameras is being run by the Tory Mayor of Croydon. By STEVEN DOWNES The Tory Government’s policing minister, Chris Philp, the MP for Croydon South, is … Continue reading
Posted in Bromley Council, Coulsdon, Crime, Environment, London-wide issues, Mayor Jason Perry, Mayor of London, TfL, Transport, ULEZ, ULEZ expansion
Tagged Bromley, Chris Philp MP, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, GLA, Greater London Authority, James Hillam, Luke Shortland, Mayor Jason Perry, Rachel Cromie, Tory, ULEZ, Ultra Low Emission Zone, William Perry
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