Flood mitigation efforts in Purley & Woodcote Monday, 25 November, 2024 Apparently, it’s the end of the Flood Awareness Week so this post feels timely. Flood mitigation has been a key priority of mine as I have previously blogged about. I was pleased to welcome Croydon Council’s Director of Sustainable Communities, Karen Agbabiaka and its new Head of Highways, Brian Fitzpatrick to Purley earlier this month along with Rob Varney, TfL’s Local Communities & Partnerships... Local News
Improved waste and recycling service in Croydon 18th September 2024 Cleaner streets, more regular waste collections, and enhanced service monitoring will be part of Croydon’s new and improved waste and recycling contract. This... Local News
Foxley Lane area drainage being actioned 17th September 2024 Tackling flooding and dealing with the effects of it is a key priority for me and I’ve previously blogged about this. This is particularly pertinent for Foxley... Local News
Chris Philp MP: Join me for a tour of Parliament 16th September 2024 It was a pleasure to give another group of local residents a personal tour of Parliament last week, to learn more about our ‘mother of parliaments’, including... Westminster News
Friends of Purley Beeches Work Party - 21 September 2024 - 10am 16th September 2024 The holidays are all behind us now and there’s only the darker evening and cooler temperatures to look forward to, how depressing, but hang on, there’s a FoPB... Local News
Electric Vehicle Charging Points in Purley & Woodcote 13th September 2024 With an increase in electric vehicles, it’s welcome that Croydon Council is taking steps to increase the number of charging points (there are over 400 public... Local News
Sanderstead and Riddlesdown -Gas Works and Road Closures 12th September 2024 We have received the following information about road closures in our local area due to SGN replacing gas pipes. This is what we have received: "Dear... Local News
Chris Philp MP: Labour's first 70 days in government 12th September 2024 Using my time as Shadow Leader of the House of Commons this morning to hold the Government accountable after Labour’s first 70 days in Government. Keir Starmer... Westminster News
Simon and Samir enjoy the Purley Festival 10th September 2024 We both enjoyed supporting the Purley Festival on Saturday and Sunday. It was a fantastic weekend, full of excellent stalls, music and good weather. It was also... Local News
Proposals for improved library service with more opening hours 9th September 2024 Plans for an improved library service to be considered at Cabinet Croydon Council’s Cabinet will be considering changes to the libraries service which, if... Local News
Shop safely today: shops can reopen their doors in England 15th June 2020 From June 15th, shops are able to reopen their doors in England, in the next step in our careful easing of lockdown – provided they are meeting robust safety... National News
Let us work peacefully and lawfully to defeat racism and discrimination 9th June 2020 The Prime Minister has condemned the violence seen against police officers during protests over the weekend. National News
Boris Johnson: We will meet our obligations to Hong Kong, not walk away 3rd June 2020 Britain wants nothing more than for Hong Kong to succeed under “one country, two systems”. I hope that China wants the same. Let us work together to make it so. National News
How we're protecting jobs, businesses and livelihoods as we begin to kickstart our economy 3rd June 2020 Our top priority has always been to support people, protect jobs and businesses through this crisis. The furlough and self-employment schemes have been a... National News
This is why Pride Month matters 1st June 2020 Conservatives will always fight for a free, fair and tolerant Britain. National News
Update from the Prime Minister on our fight against the coronavirus 28th May 2020 The Prime Minister's speech on 28th May 2020, about the country's fight against coronavirus. National News