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Perry backs down from legal threats against homeless charity

CROYDON IN CRISIS: 87% of our readers said Croydon’s Mayor should not be threatening Nightwatch with an injunction for feeding the hungry in Queen’s Gardens. Now the council has announced there will be no legal action. By STEVEN DOWNES Deputy dogged: Jason Perry was too ill to attend last week’s council meeting, so Lynne Hale, had to announce the Nightwatch U-turn Croydon Mayor Jason Perry has…

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Majority of councillors sign letter of support for Nightwatch

Under threat: Croydon Nightwatch and its volunteers have been providing hot food, help and hope to the homeless and working poor from Queen’s Gardens for almost half a century CROYDON IN CRISIS: Open letter to Mayor Perry describes the ‘shocking way’ the council has treated one of the borough’s most-respected charities. By STEVEN DOWNES Under pressure: Croydon’s £82,000 per year elected Mayor,…

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Perry's council threatens legal action against homeless charity

CROYDON IN CRISIS: Tory Mayor ignored call for his council to act with ‘respect and compassion’ after they issued threats of legal action against one of the borough’s leading volunteer groups. EXCLUSIVE by STEVEN DOWNES Royal recognition: Croydon Nightwatch’s hard work has won admiration and recognition, just not from Tory Mayor Jason Perry Croydon Nightwatch, the charity which for almost 50…

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Bureaucrat decides to kick credit union out of council offices

Croydon’s credit union, a community finance organisation that provides low-cost loans to thousands of residents in and around the borough, is being kicked out of the council offices on Monday because, officials say, the local authority needs the space for “its own operational needs”. No Access Croydon: the council is kicking CroydonPlus out on to the street Credit unions are community savings and…