Tag Archives: Westminster

Funding review for English councils could finally help Croydon

Posted on August 7, 2025 by insidecroydon

Croydon could actually be among the “winners” of the next review of local authority funding from government, according to a report from the country’s leading independent economics research institute. The Institute for Fiscal Studies report, published today, probably doesn’t tell … Continue reading →

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Where Croydon’s Tory MPs lead, PM David Cameron follows

Posted on April 24, 2014 by insidecroydon

Is “Call Me Dave” Cameron taking tips on how to behave like an utter twat from his Tory colleagues in Croydon? First, we heard about the dodgy, blatantly party political letter which the Prime Minister had sent out, on No10 … Continue reading →

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“Truly shocking” 18% rise in muggings in Croydon

Posted on March 19, 2013 by insidecroydon

Figures released today show that muggings in Croydon have increased by 18 per cent in the past year, at a time when across London, the number of “robberies against a person” have fallen by 8 per cent, prompting the local … Continue reading →

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18 months on and little has been done for 8/8 riots victims

Posted on February 21, 2013 by insidecroydon

Channel 4’s Political Slot last Sunday used a brief film by Croydon North MP Steve Reed on the neglect that has been suffered by the real victims of the 8/8 riots in 2011: the people that lost their homes, their … Continue reading →

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Ottaway raises more parliamentary questions over Hale

Posted on June 21, 2011 by insidecroydon

Croydon South MP Richard Ottaway has been in touch to deny that Maddy Hale was ever in his paid employment. Hale, as we reported, is the teenaged daughter of Lynne Hale, the Croydon Councillor for Sanderstead ward who as well … Continue reading →

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