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.
An Open Letter to Cllr Alisa Flemming, Labour Cabinet Member for Children, Young People and Learning.
Dear Cllr. Flemming,
I am writing to you today to express my serious concern about the cancellation of yet another meeting of the Corporate Parenting Panel.
Croydon’s failing Labour Council is officially bankrupt - that's the view of the most senior finance officer at the Council, who today issued a Section 114 notice.
This second devastating report slams the Labour Leadership of the Council by revealing:
It had identified savings that weren’t actua
In September 2014, Conservative members of the Pension Committee raised concerns with the management of the pension fund and in particular:
Insufficient provision of training for pension committee members;
Lack of access for committee members to scrutinise external asset managers;
Exclusion of
Croydon residents have suffered greatly from six years of poorly managed finances, misguided priorities and poor choices made by this failing Labour Council.
The Council’s General Purpose & Audit Committee, known as GPAC, plays the same role as the audit committee in a large company, providing a body to review adherence to internal processes and all financial processes.
Accounting Trick masks Dedicated Schools Grant Overspend
The Dedicated Schools Grant from the Department of Education is very important to our schools.
The recent Report in the Public Interest by the Council’s Auditors sadly confirms what we already knew – that the failing Labour Administration has frittered away the Council Tax payments made by Croydon’s hardworking residents, failed to listen to both financial experts and opposition councillors,
