Monthly Archives: March 2023

Black History Conversations On The Windush Scandal 31 March

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“No To 15%”. The Campaign in Croydon has not gone away

Croydon activist and former Solicitor David White has written the following report on the meeting held by Croydon Assembly on 23 March about the rise in the Council Tax. Letters from the Council being received by residents notifying them of … Continue reading

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Croydon Update 26 March

The Council is seeking  Met Police investigation of aspects of the financial crisis against senior officers and Councillors. While the Government moves to step in both Labour and Tories are playing party politics with pointless motions for debate at the … Continue reading

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History Update 19 March

Monday 20 March. 5.30pm. The lost, late medieval, greater and lesser chapels of the Bishop of Durham at Auckland Castle: archaeological and liturgical re-imaginings   Online Zoom IHR seminar talk. Register on IHR site. Tuesday 21 March. 7pm. The 1980 … Continue reading

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Croydon Update 19 March

Tuesday 21 March 2pm. Health & Wellbeing Board Public Questions; Healthwatch Croydon Annual Report 2021-2022;  Update on Croydon’s JSNA; Croydon Health and Wellbeing Strategy Refresh; South West London Integrated Care Partnership Strategy and Joint Forward Plan.   Tuesday 21 March. … Continue reading

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Government Increases Control Of Croydon Council

Using directions under section 15(5) of the Local Government Act 1999 the Government has decided to increase control over Croydon Council through increased powers to the Improvement and Assurance Panel for two years. The announcement was made in the House … Continue reading

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Croydon 15% Council Tax Rise Approved – What Next?

On Wednesday 8 March Mayor Perry’s budget  including a 14.99% rise in Council Tax was adopted after being defeated on the first vote and then passing on the second vote with Labour abstaining and the two Greens and the Lib … Continue reading

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Wandsworth History News at 6 March

Tuesday 14 March. 7.30pm. The Charles Bravo Murder Talk by Colin Fenn  speak about the rise and fall of Dr Gully and his role in the Charles Bravo murder at The Priory in Balham in April 1876. Tooting History Society.  United … Continue reading

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History Update 6 March

Wednesday 8 March. 6-8pm. Woman on a Mission: Cranogwen (Sarah Jane Rees, 1839-1916) Moot Court, Treforest Campus USW, CF37 1DL A sailor’s daughter ‘Sarah Jane Rees was from the 1860s onwards frequently hailed as a woman on a mission. Many … Continue reading

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Dersu Uzala Film Showing 24 March At Ruskin

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