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Funding review for English councils could finally help Croydon
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
Posted in Adult Social Care, Business, Council Tax, Croydon Council, Housing, London-wide issues
Tagged Angela Rayner MP, Council Tax, Croydon, Croydon Council, IFS, Institute for Fiscal Studies, Labour, London, London Borough of Croydon, MHCLG, Ministry of Housing Communities and Local Government, Westminster, Whitehall
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Whitehall ‘budgeting error’ costing Croydon schools millions
Croydon’s Liberal Democrat councillor has accused the Department for Education of depriving schools in her ward of more than £500,000 from their budgets this year – all because of an “error” by Whitehall civil servants. Claire Bonham, the Crystal Palace … Continue reading
Posted in Claire Bonham, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Education, Harris Academy Crystal Palace, Schools
Tagged Claire Bonham, Croydon, Crystal Palace, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Department for Education, DfE, Harris City Academy Crystal Palace, Liberal Democrats, Mayor Jason Perry, Susan Acland-Hood, Whitehall
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It’s time for Town Halls to take back local powers
TONY NEWMAN, the leader of the Labour group on Croydon Council, says that it is long overdue for powers to be returned to local councils so that they can take responsibility for their communities After serving as an elected local … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon Council, Environment, Housing, Jon Rouse, Mike Fisher, Planning, Tony Newman, Tramlink, URV
Tagged Arts Council England, Brighton, Croydon, England, London, London Borough of Croydon, Northern Ireland, Whitehall
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Council’s Ministry of Truth spends record amounts on staff
Hayley Lewis, the trained psychologist who Croydon employs as its “Head of customer communications and strategy”, once suggested that a council communications department is “an unnecessary burden”. How prescient. On her personal blog, Lewis added a convenient “?” to present … Continue reading
