Jason Cummings has been a Croydon Central resident for over 25 years. Married to Rachel with two adult children both born here in Croydon. With a 20 year management career and experience of having worked at the heart of government.
Jeet Bains is your Councillor in Addiscombe East ward where he has lived for more than thirty years. Jeet has been a Councillor in Croydon since 2010 and takes a keen interest in helping local residents and businesses with any issues they have.
Luke Shortland was elected as Councillor for Coulsdon Town in 2022. One of the things Luke loves about Coulsdon is the real variety of shops in the town centre, with everything from a pottery café (where he got his first Saturday job over seven years ago!) to a candle shop.
Lynne Hale has lived in Sanderstead for 30 years. She worked locally as a healthcare professional for over twenty years before, having settled her three children into their Croydon schools, she moved into politics.
Yvette Hopley has lived in and around Sanderstead all her life. From an education in a local state school she went on to spend almost ten years working in public and government relations for an American Oil company. Yvette lives with Chris and has a daughter Natasha and grandson Hugh.
Living in Croydon all of my life has instilled a strong sense of passion for Croydon and its future. I have always been active in many of the local campaigns and projects, growing up in an area which prides itself on its Community spirit, and the ability to show a united front against issues that are important to the local residents.
Maria Gatland has lived and worked in South Croydon for more than 30 years. During that time she helped run the family business and cared for her husband during his long illness. Maria has worked hard to help and support residents in her ward since 2002.
At last night’s Cabinet Meeting Ms Fransoy Hewitt, the lady whose Regina Road mould-ridden soaking wet flat, was filmed by ITV News in March, gave the Labour Council an update on the leak and disrepairs affecting her home.
In an emotional speech and through som
Last night, 17th May, saw yet another Cabinet meeting and yet another exercise in ensuring that there was no opposition to the dreadful choices of Croydon’s failing Labour Council.
Last night’s agenda included matters costing Croydon’s Council Taxpayers £millions, and yet the Labour Cabi
Croydon Conservatives Response to the Independent Investigation into the Regina Road flats
So just hours after the polls closed for the five by-elections being held in Croydon on 6th May, Croydon Labour eventually published the ARK report – the independent report commissioned to find ou
In 2014, Croydon Labour’s manifesto promised that a Labour Administration would be “the most open and transparent council in the history of Croydon” - a phrase oft repeated by their long-time Leader Cllr Tony Newman.
There followed years of insults and obfuscation when anyone asked even the most ba
In December 2020 Croydon Council agreed to amend the structure of both Cabinet and Shadow Cabinet allowances.
This was a direct result of Croydon Conservatives summoning an urgent Council meeting to demand that we cut councillor pay.&nbs
Last night’s ITV News report about the squalid condition of Croydon Council flats in the tower block in Regina Road was appalling.
The report included some shocking evidence of the most awful living conditions which residents, including young children have been having to live in during lockdo
As we approach the anniversary of the first lockdown, today 23rd March 2021, has been designated as a National Day of Reflection, which has indeed made me reflect on my own recent journey with Covid.
I fell ill with Covid in early February and rapidly declined at home, being unable to eat, drink or
Earlier in the month I wrote to the Minister of State for Local Government, Eddie Hughes MP, to ask him what recourse Local Authorities had to sanction councillors found to be in breach of the Members Code of Conduct.
