Monthly Archives: November 2020

This is a busy week for our Councillors with tonight’s Council meeting and tomorrow night’s Emergency Council meeting to consider further aspects of the financial crisis, and Wednesday’s General Purpose & Audit Committee which will consider the significant risk analysis … Continue reading →

n important contributing factor to the Council’s financial problems is the failure of the Croydon Partnership to progress the Westfield shopping centre scheme which predicated the basis of the Growth Zone Fund. Inadequacies in financial management and governance of the … Continue reading →

The interim review of the Council’s investment vehicles by PWC highlights the centrality of Brick by Brick in the financial crisis. In reviewing possible options for the future PWC warns: ‘All of the options result in the Council writing off … Continue reading →

The Cabinet has agreed to the establishment of an Improvement Board to hold Councillors and Chief Officers to account for the delivery of the Croydon Renewal Improvement Plan. The aims are for it: to ensure sustainable improvement is achieved within … Continue reading →

The new Leadership has set out a new set of priorities and a new approach to working. ‘We will need to rebuild the council and rebuild trust with our communities and partners. We know this won’t be easy and will … Continue reading →

There will be two separate consultations with staff, the public, the business community and service users: The cuts package as a whole. The Library cuts as required by law. The proposed cuts face the labour movement and the voluntary sector … Continue reading →

Residents face dramatic cuts in Council services over the next four years as the Labour administration seeks to persuade the Government to let it capitalise as loans £70m for this financial year and £64m for 2021/22 in order to adopt … Continue reading →

The cover of Dave Temple’s Durham Miners Association 150 Years of Struggle, has this picture of the national Union of Mineworkers Durham Area Dean and Chapter Lodge on the cover. The pamphlet is jointly published by the DMA and Labour … Continue reading →

The plans for the Borough of Culture 2023 will have to be changed due to the financial crisis and COVID crises. Paula Murray, the Council’s Creative Director,  writes in the latest Culture Network newsletter ‘Our cultural stakeholders and funders have … Continue reading →

The Emergency Council meeting approved the financial crisis Action Plan. Leader Hamida Ali explains it at: https://news.croydon.gov.uk/action-plan-latest-step-in-croydons-drive-to-tackle-financial-challenges The Labour administration faces a new embarrassment with the announcement of an investigation by the Local Government Association into who was responsible for … Continue reading →