2 days ago · Most of Croydon’s “investigations” were kicked into the long grass by the council CEO, Katherine Kerswell, with report recommendations delayed for years and a fraud investigation commissioned from contractors who conducted few interviews with the prime suspects, and who in any case never had the necessary powers to prove fraud.

Feb 2, 2025 · Croydon Council is ploughing on full steam ahead for the financial rocks once again, with a budget overspend this year predicted of more than £20million and a shortfall between income and expenditure for 2025-2026 of a whopping £83million. And all with this year’s budget and Council Tax-setting meetings for Croydon’s dysfunctional council coming up next week.

4 days ago · CROYDON IN CRISIS: Council chief exec and Mayor pass the buck to central government for borough’s continuing financial problems, while confirming that they are to axe another 360 jobs. Watch the world’s worst comedy double act – …

Jan 7, 2025 · CROYDON IN CRISIS: Work has begun for the installation of bus shelters replacing street infrastructure removed by Croydon Council almost four years ago. But TfL is only providing shelters for two-thirds of the former sites. EXCLUSIVE by STEVEN DOWNES Sir Sadiq Khan's Transport for London is coming to the aid of Tory-controlled Croydon yet again.…

3 days ago · Read all of the posts by insidecroydon on Inside Croydon. CROYDON IN CRISIS: The borough’s part-time Mayor got all excited at the weekend over a newspaper report that made some exaggerated claims about business growth, but which overlooked official data.

Jan 1, 2025 · What do you want for Croydon, and Sutton, in 2025? We approached a wide range of figures, including loyal readers, religious leaders, educators and business people for their thoughts - and hopes - for the New Year Ken Towl Addiscombe resident and iC's culture correspondent Fairfield Halls continues to be a disappointment. Under the unimaginative…

Dec 2, 2024 · CROYDON IN CRISIS: It now emerges that the Met decided to take no further action over allegations of possible fraud or false accounting as long ago as June 2023. EXCLUSIVE by STEVEN DOWNES There will be no prosecutions brought against any of the senior figures who were implicated in Croydon Council's financial collapse in 2020.…

3 days ago · Posts about London Borough of Croydon written by insidecroydon. Council Tax will have risen by 27% under Mayor Jason Perry, as Croydon and six other London boroughs beg Whitehall for multi-million-pound bail-outs Cash-strapped Croydon’s predicted budget overspend for the coming year is now at least £98million.

Apr 28, 2023 · In all the flurry of civic excitement over the announcement that Westfield’s parent company had bought out Hammerson’s half-share of the Croydon Partnership, the long-delayed £1.4billion scheme to redevelop the town centre, one thing was notably missing: any real detail.. Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield, the Paris-based multi-national that now controls a large slab of real estate in this part ...

3 days ago · Our arts correspondent, KEN TOWL, returns to one of his favourite galleries in Croydon, only to be confronted with an embarrassing episode from his past You have to tread slowly and carefully once you enter the Aladdin’s cave where the … Continue reading →