Council’s £166,000 assistant CEO quits Croydon after 8 weeks More problems with recruitment and retention at the cash-strapped council as the woman tipped for top job heads for the exit. KEN LEE reports Jenny Rowlands, who was hired in February as the counci…

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Council rushes through £200,000 finance job ahead of elections Government-appointed Commissioners are pushing through the appointment of a new finance director at the Town Hall – regardless of who might become Croydon’s new Mayor. EXCLUSIVE by STEV…

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Croydon’s rewards for failure laid bare in Town Hall Rich List Katherine Kerswell, Croydon’s chief executive who issued three Section 114 notices of effective bankruptcy during her time in charge at the council, was taking home salary and pensions totall…

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Council rushes through £200,000 finance job ahead of elections Government-appointed Commissioners are pushing through the appointment of a new finance director at the Town Hall – regardless of who might become Croydon’s new Mayor. EXCLUSIVE by STEV…

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A Vue to a killing: Grants landlords to blame for cinema closure The closure this week of the Vue Cinema in Grants in the town centre was down to the building’s new owners’ greed, in ratcheting up the rents for businesses already struggling for survi…

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Perry’s libraries legacy of unsigned leases and works not done Pay more, get less. Under Jason Perry, the council has become increasingly reliant on volunteers to deliver services paid for by our Council Tax – from litter-picking in Croydon parks, to vol…

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Perry’s latest climbdown as his Purley banner is ruled unlawful Fewer than 5% of Inside Croydon readers consider the Croydon Mayor’s banner to be ‘honest’, as the biased messaging is removed from outside council-owned leisure centre. By our Po…

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Town centre multiplex cinema to close in latest blow for Perry KEN LEE, Town Hall reporter, on how Croydon’s failed Mayor has been blindsided, again, by another major loss to the High Street The latest hammerblow to Jason Perry’s bogus election cla…

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Perry makes no formal intervention as Mayor over Vue closure Tory Mayor fails to act over doomed multiplex cinema, as he uses latest blow to ‘evolving’ town centre as an opportunity for a bit of late-term cosplaying. SANDRA STEAD reports Jason Pe…

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Traffic creeps back on to Croydon’s now-banned LTN streets What has been the reaction of residents to the sudden removal, by order of a High Court judge, of motoring restrictions in Croydon’s former Low Traffic Neighbourhoods? We sent GABRIEL MacARTH…

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Westfield consult public for 6th time and deliver more delays Paris-based multi-bilion developers URW today begin another public consultation over the future of the town centre – Consultation No6 – which means that their latest planning applicatio…

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Perry dodges scrutiny as council delays refunds of LTN fines insidecroydon.com/2026/04/02/p... #Croydon #CroydonInCrisis #LTN #Refunds @patrickjbutler.bsky.social @christianwolmar.bsky.social

Town centre multiplex cinema to close in latest blow for Perry KEN LEE, Town Hall reporter, on how Croydon’s failed Mayor has been blindsided, again, by another major loss to the High Street The latest hammerblow to Jason Perry’s bogus election cla…

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The art of the deal: what is Perry hiding over Veolia contract? CROYDON COMMENTARY: In 2023, Croydon’s Mayor cancelled the borough’s contract with rubbish contractors Veolia because of “significant and ongoing concerns” over performance.…

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Commissioners: council lacks focus and robust delivery plans CROYDON IN CRISIS: Government releases report critical of the lack of progress and slow pace of improvements in finances under Tory Mayor Jason Perry. By WALTER CRONXITE, Political Editor Six weeks…

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Whatever could they mean? Commissioners call for ‘honesty’ In what is overall a highly critical report from the government-appointed Commissioners after six months working closely with the council run by successive chief execs Katherine Kerswell (until she…

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The art of the deal: what is Perry hiding over Veolia contract? CROYDON COMMENTARY: In 2023, Croydon’s Mayor cancelled the borough’s contract with rubbish contractors Veolia because of “significant and ongoing concerns” over performance.…

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Tribunal rules Perry’s yellow box at East Croydon is ‘wrong’ Jason Perry, Croydon’s failed Mayor who is already having to find up to £10million in refunds for fines levied on motorists driving in his unlawful LTNs, could now have to repay another £2mil…

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Roll-up! Roll-up! Get your council cock-up pay-outs here! Psst! Pass it on! Jason Perry’s council is hoping people don’t bother claiming any refunds for the fines they paid for driving in the Croydon Mayor’s ‘unlawful’ Low Tr…

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Tribunal rules Perry’s yellow box at East Croydon is ‘wrong’ Jason Perry, Croydon’s failed Mayor who is already having to find up to £10million in refunds for fines levied on motorists driving in his unlawful LTNs, could now have to repay another £2mil…

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Roll-up! Roll-up! Get your council cock-up pay-outs here! Psst! Pass it on! Jason Perry’s council is hoping people don’t bother claiming any refunds for the fines they paid for driving in the Croydon Mayor’s ‘unlawful’ Low Tr…

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This week's top posts: Labour's Town Hall leader files complaint over Perry's spending insidecroydon.com/2026/03/16/l... #Croydon #CroydonInCrisis #LocalElections2026

Roll-up! Roll-up! Get your council cock-up pay-outs here! Psst! Pass it on! Jason Perry’s council is hoping people don’t bother claiming any refunds for the fines they paid for driving in the Croydon Mayor’s ‘unlawful’ Low Tr…

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Tribunal rules Perry’s yellow box at East Croydon is ‘wrong’ Jason Perry, Croydon’s failed Mayor who is already having to find up to £10million in refunds for fines levied on motorists driving in his unlawful LTNs, could now have to repay another £2mil…

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Perry accused of ‘shameless lying’ as he abandons LTN appeal CROYDON IN CRISIS: After spending two years in a High Court battle to defend his decision to make six Low Traffic Neighbourhoods permanent, today Croydon’s Mayor tried to claim credit for the…

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LTN fine refunds on the way – but Perry doesn’t yet know how CROYDON IN CRISIS: It has taken the borough’s £86,000 per year Mayor more than a week to make an official statement on his unlawful LTN moneyspinners. But he still doesn’t know how the …

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Campaigners accuse council of ‘misinformation’ over fly-tips With Croydon featuring on local television news tonight – for all the wrong reasons as usual – PAUL LUSHION, environment correspondent, reports on how more groups are beginning to doubt…

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No cover-up over £12m SEND overspend, claims council chief CROYDON IN CRISIS: Town Hall bosses have been forced to accept 23 recommendations from external accountants after IT problems saw them lose track of thousands of payments, in the latest council coc…

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