Category Archives: Scrutiny

Housing difficulties on Croydon’s young people mount

Posted on November 15, 2015 by seancreighton1947

A young person aged 18-24 needs a deposit of £30,000 and an annual income of £42,000 (assuming a mortgage agreed of 4 times income) to buy a one bedroom flat in Croydon, based on the current entry level price of … Continue reading →

Posted in homelessness, Housing, leaving care, mortgage costs, rents, Scrutiny, young people | Leave a comment

A thin hope – but a real one – for Lambeth’s doomed libraries

Posted on November 11, 2015 by seancreighton1947

Revised 11 November with addition at end. A packed & angry meeting filled about 250 seats at Lilian Baylis School in Kennington attending the ‘called in’ Lambeth Council cuts library plan at the Scrutiny Committee on Tuesday evening 10 November … Continue reading →

Posted in alternative plan, disadvantaged, Friends, GLL, Lambeth Libraries, Laura Swaffield, partial victory, Scrutiny | Leave a comment

Croydon November Events

Posted on October 31, 2015 by seancreighton1947

Tuesday 3 November. 6.30pm. Scrutiny & Overview Committee. Includes questions to Councillor Timothy Godfrey, Cabinet Member for Culture, Leisure and Sport, and capital spending budgets. See today’s previous blogs. Town Hall. Katharine St. You can access the agenda and papers … Continue reading →

Posted in Ambition Festival, Arts Network, Bees, College Green, Communities Consortium, Croydon Assembly, Croydon Citizen, Culture Quarter, Environment Forum, Fairness Commission, Festival of New Theatre, health services, John McDonnell, mental health, NHS, Scrutiny | Leave a comment

Is Croydon Council obsessed with roads and parking?

Posted on October 31, 2015 by seancreighton1947

£15.4m is per year is required to maintain the highway officers are telling the Council’s Scrutiny & Overview Committee on Tuesday 3 November. ‘The requirement to maintain the highway in its current state is estimated to be £15.4m p.a. which is … Continue reading →

Posted in capital budget, enforcement, Fiveways, food hygiene, highways, junctions, parking, pavements, pollution, roads, Scrutiny, trading standards, Waddon Oasis Primary | Leave a comment

Croydon Events & News at 18 October

Posted on October 18, 2015 by seancreighton1947

Council Question Times at Scrutiny Committee The Scrutiny Committee considers presentations by Cabinet members, asks questions and gives an opportunity to members of the public to ask questions. If you have a question, please email it in advance of the meeting … Continue reading →

Posted in Council trees, cuts, Fairness Commission, Hammerson, homelessness, Living Wage, Low pay, private businesses, private tenant evictions, Question Times, religious revival, Scrutiny, Social Enterprise, social housing, Stanley Halls, tax cheating, tram link, Upper Norwood Library, Whitgift CPO | Leave a comment