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Council director took 'delegated' decision to lease out CALAT

Cash-strapped council admits it leased out the site for a long-promised medical centre in Coulsdon without any reference to councillors, while ‘the NHS is yet to confirm the latest forecast completion date for the project’ Croydon Council has admitted that the decision to lease a Coulsdon car park to a vehicle dealership was taken by an unaccountable council staffer, entirely without reference to…

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Mayor Perry replies on Nightwatch with nasty hint of menace

Our Town Hall reporter KEN LEE has got hold of a confidential letter from the Tory Mayor in which there’s an implied threat of action against a homelessness charity Nasty Party: Tory Mayor Jason Perry Croydon Mayor Jason Perry is a fully paid-up member of the Nasty Party, and he has no qualms about showing it. Perry, who is paid £82,000 per year by the council for his part-time role, has taken…

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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…