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• Croydon Labour demands Council Tax Freeze

  As we approach the council meeting, which will set the Council Tax in Croydon for the next 12 months, Labour Councillors call for an end to Tory stealth taxes. As Croydon...

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• Tory stealth tax

  At the Traffic Management Committee last Monday, Croydon’s Tory Council will receive a recommendation to hike resident parking charges by 9% from next April. This is on top of the...

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• Statement of solidarity

  After 18 months of Tory cuts in Croydon: Clock tower staff sacked, libraries and Sure Start centres threatened with closure, school and maintenance programmes abandoned; in an act of solidarity...

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• Cons slur at LGBT community

  Monday night’s Full Council meeting on 17 October raised further concerns regarding the lack of support for the LGBT community from Croydon Council. LGBT Councillor Simon Hall said: “At the meeting...

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• Tory Council rips up 111-year-old library agreement

  On Friday the Leader of Croydon’s Conservative Council Cllr Fisher, in an act of cultural vandalism and a fit of temper, ordered the Chief Executive of Croydon Council to put...

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• Croydon Cons retreat

  At Monday nights Full Council meeting on 17 October, Croydon Conservatives showed clear signs of panic and hysteria, going to extraordinary lengths to avoid debate and votes on their plans...

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• Tories force sale of all public libraries in Croydon

  At the Cabinet meeting on Monday evening, Croydon’s Conservatives voted through a report which ignores the thousands of residents who have been fighting to save their local library. All of...

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• Tories betray people of Croydon

  Just two months after the riot in Croydon, police cuts have started. Malcolm Wicks has been the only Croydon MP who has stood up for Croydon in Parliament; his pleas...

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• Tory councillors hold Upper Norwood Joint Library to ransom

  Tory Councillors hold Upper Norwood library to ransom The Upper Norwood Joint Library Committee attempted to hold its Annual General Meeting on Wednesday 15 September. As a result...

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• Labour's Shadow Cabinet to meet at Praise House on London Road - 12 September 2011 at 6:30pm

  Following the terrible riots in Croydon, Labour’s Shadow Cabinet will hold its meeting at: Praise House, 145-151 London Road, Entrance on Montague Road, Near Lidl Supermarket, on Monday...

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• Tory council concedes to Labour demands for an Independent Public Inquiry

  An Extraordinary Full Council meeting was called for Monday 6 September to discuss the Croydon riots and debate a motion to not decrease, but increase the number of police of...

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• The Croydon Riots: A Message from Councillor Tony Newman, Leader of Croydon Council Labour Group

  “Everyone across Croydon will be as devastated as my colleagues and I are on the Labour Group over the shocking events from Monday evening. First and foremost our...

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• Croydon Riots

  

  Dear Resident, A Message from Your MP We have all been shocked and disgusted by the riots that have hit Croydon. The arsons,...

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• Residents views trashed by Tory council

  Resident’s views trashed by Tory council Following today’s urgent scrutiny committee and this weeks emergency Council meeting, both called by Labour Councillors to review the Tory council controversial...

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• Labour urges Tories to rethink fortnightly bin collections

  Labour urge Tories to rethink fortnightly bin collections Following outrage and expressions of anger across the borough, Labour Councillors are urging Croydon’s Tory council to reconsider scrapping weekly...

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• Labour demands a halt to care privatisation

  Labour demands a halt to privatisation of quality care for elderley and vulnerable At Monday night’s meeting of the Full Council, Labour Councillors will be appealing to Tory...

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• Purley Way Supermarkets

  Supermarket giants Tesco and Morrison’s are both seeking planning permission to build new super stores on the Purley Way and Croydon South Labour is seeking your views. Building two new...

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• Labour backs David Lean Cinema at Clocktower

  Following the decision of the Conservative council to try and deceive the public that the David Lean Cinema had been 'saved' by being moved to the Fairfield Halls, Labour calls...

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• Tories refuse independent Libraries Commission

  Monday night’s Cabinet meeting saw Croydon’s Tory Council ripping up Labour’s proposal for an Independent Libraries Commission, chaired by national libraries campaigner and former Waterstone’s CEO, Tim Coates, in favour...

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• Labour stands shoulder to shoulder with communities on libraries

  At a meeting on Labour’s Shadow Cabinet, which was held in public on Monday 6 June, Tim Coates, former Chief Executive of Waterstone’s book stores, urged Croydon Council not to...

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