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Oi! Could the Town Hall do the Lambeth Walk under Labour?2 comments

insidecroydon wrote 2 days ago: Croydon’s Labour party looks like adopting a new approach to offer to the electorate ahead of … more →

Tags: 2014 council elections, Alison Butler, Boris Johnson, Croydon North, Lambeth Council, Steve Reed MP, Tony Newman, urv, Council Tax

Power to the people, not the snakes in Savile Row suits1 comment

insidecroydon wrote 4 days ago: CROYDON COMMENTARY: Our loyal reader questioned whether this site could, or should, be carrying arti … more →

Tags: 2014 council elections, 2015 general election, Croydon Central, Croydon Greens, Environment, Gavin Barwell MP, Planning, Waddon, waste incinerator

Let them bake cake: Croydon Portas team's £16,000 spend4 comments

insidecroydon wrote 4 days ago: Croydon’s Portas Pilot scheme, which saw the historic Surrey Street Market granted £100,000 of … more →

Tags: activities, Business, Centrale, Clare Hilley, Gavin Barwell MP, surrey street, Whitgift Centre, Croydon, Gavin Barwell

TRADING STANDARDS WARN OF PARKING FINE PHONE SCAM

jerrygreen85 wrote 1 week ago: MOTORISTS ARE warned to be on their guard for a phone text scam that threatens a visit from bailiffs … more →

Tags: Council NEWS !, British Heart Foundation, Heart Towns, Parking fine scams

Cane Hill plans for 675 family homes but only 222 children3 comments

insidecroydon wrote 1 week ago: The “family homes” built by Barratt Homes can’t be very good: according to the hou … more →

Tags: Boris Johnson, Business, Cane Hill, Coulsdon, Coulsdon East, Coulsdon West, Croydon South, East Coulsdon Residents' Association, Education

Council's Mr & Mrs act that defies proper declarations4 comments

insidecroydon wrote 2 weeks ago: The move by Croydon Council to take over the running of the Fairfield Halls has thrown a supertroupe … more →

Tags: Fairfield Halls, schools, Whitgift Centre, Charity, Margaret Mead, Whitgift school, Dudley Mead, care homes, Croydon 8/8

UKIP results are "poison" to Conservatives in Croydon2 comments

insidecroydon wrote 2 weeks ago: CROYDON COMMENTARY: If UKIP can gain Godstone in neighbouring Surrey, then what damage might they do … more →

Tags: Addiscombe, Andrew Pelling, Boris Johnson, Coulsdon East, Croydon Central, Gavin Barwell MP, New Addington, Outside Croydon, Purley

"No service will be untouched" in further cuts, says CEO3 comments

insidecroydon wrote 2 weeks ago: Maybe it is the “interim” element of the title that gives Nathan Elvery a touch of imper … more →

Tags: hannah miller, nathan elvery, urv, Bernard Weatherill, Croydon, Human Resources, Local Government, London, Pam Parkes

COUNCIL GETS TOUGH ON ILLEGAL ENCAMPMENTS

jerrygreen85 wrote 3 weeks ago: A CRACKDOWN on illegal encampments to stop sites being repeatedly used and to target those responsib … more →

Tags: Council NEWS !, bromley council, Lambeth Council, Illegal Encampments, takeaways, Bars, BETTING SHOPS, scam phone calls, cash payments on buses

Council deputy leader has "serious concerns" over Lidl plans

insidecroydon wrote 3 weeks ago: Tim Pollard: referred Lidl plans to the planning committee Lidl’s latest scheme to build a ste … more →

Tags: Planning, Tim Pollard, sanderstead, Croydon, London Borough Of Croydon, south croydon, Lidl, Hamsey Green, Morrisons

Attention-seeking mayor deserves the Advertiser's criticism 3 comments

insidecroydon wrote 3 weeks ago: CROYDON COMMENTARY: Eddy Arram, presiding over a full council meeting for the last time, this week m … more →

Tags: Local Media, Eddy Arram, david callam, London, Croydon, London Borough Of Croydon, mayor, twitter, Local Government

Inside Croydon's Hero of the Week: Marzia Nicodemi-Ehikioya4 comments

insidecroydon wrote 3 weeks ago: Marzia Nicodemi-Ehikioya won’t like this. Like that’s ever stopped us in the past. Heroi … more →

Tags: Shirley, Eddy Arram, community associations, Shirley Community Centre Association, London, Croydon, England, Religion, Italy

Council accused of broken promise to disabled children1 comment

insidecroydon wrote 3 weeks ago: Paying to read: Seven-year-old Lauren Kennedy, with her father, Tony, who faces a £2,000 a year bill … more →

Tags: Croydon South, Transport, Education, Purley Oaks, London, Croydon, London Borough Of Croydon, south croydon, Purley Oaks railway station

Croydon is officially the worst English borough on Council Tax

insidecroydon wrote 3 weeks ago: It is official, because according to Eric Pickles, the Conservative Cabinet minister in charge of lo … more →

Tags: Mike Fisher, Sara Bashford, Council Tax, London, Croydon, Labour, Croydon North, England, Local Government

Benched: Council still can't get borough's greats' names right

insidecroydon wrote 4 weeks ago: Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: or, if you are Croydon Council, Samuel Taylor-Coleridge It is almost a year … more →

Tags: activities, Art, Cinema, Comedy, Cycling, David Lean Cinema Campaign, Environment, Fairfield Halls, History

Citizens' Advice hears record number of pleas on benefit cuts

insidecroydon wrote 1 month ago: ANDREW PELLING reports on the gathering pressure on the borough’s voluntary sector Croydon Cit … more →

Tags: Gavin Barwell MP, Charity, West-Croydon, community associations

Croydon's homes crisis is borough's bitter Thatcher legacy

insidecroydon wrote 1 month ago: CROYDON COMMENTARY: DAVID CALLAM says that the council lost much of its ability to manage its own po … more →

Tags: London-wide issues, Business, housing, Council Tax, Lambeth Council, david callam, County Borough of Croydon, Croydon, Fairfield Halls

Maggie and me: Why I could never be "one of us"

insidecroydon wrote 1 month ago: CROYDON COMMENTARY: Ahead of her funeral, ANDREW PELLING assesses Margaret Thatcher’s legacy f … more →

Tags: Andrew Pelling, Business, Council Tax, Education, History, London-wide issues, Purley Way, Conservative, Croydon

Aerodrome parents staging protest over crossing cuts

insidecroydon wrote 1 month ago: Parents at Aerodrome School will be staging a protest this afternoon in support of their lollipop la … more →

Tags: Education, schools, Waddon, Aerodrome Primary, London, Croydon, London Borough Of Croydon, Primary School, parent


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