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We Warned Labour

Our failing Labour Council has driven Croydon to the brink of bankruptcy due to their terrible choices.

£15,000 of debt every hour since 2014. That's over £1.5 billion debt making Croydon one of the worst run Council's in the country.

We warned them this would happen over many, many years - yet they chose to ignore us and carry on regardless.

Here we'll be exploring more about how they got into this mess, and demonstrating where we held them to account over the years that they've been in power.

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Labour have bankrupted our Borough

Year after year Labour were warned that their poor choices would have dire consequences. Sadly that has now come to pass.

Croydon Council is bankrupt - £1.5 billion in debt and in the process of trying to work out how to dig itself out of this terrible hole.

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We warned Labour

How a Failed Ideology Led to Croydon’s Bankruptcy

Wednesday, 9 December, 2020

As Croydon Council plunges into bankruptcy with vital public services facing swingeing cuts, there is one question uppermost in the minds of residents – Why and how did Labour get us into this financial mess? The answer is simple. Ideology.

Labour have bankrupted Croydon

How the council got itself into the mess it is now in 

Monday, 30 November, 2020

Most followers of Croydon politics will be aware that in October 2020 the Council’s auditors, Grant Thornton, felt compelled to issue a Report in the Public Interest, which highlights its concerns about how the Labour Council’s finances have been run for the last few years. 

Flooding in Croydon

Labour’s bankruptcy means vital flood protections have been cancelled

Sunday, 15 November, 2020

As a result of our failing Labour Council officially bankrupting our borough, vital flood protections will be scrapped as a cost cutting measure, local Conservatives have learned.

We warned Labour

Labour choose party politics over vulnerable children

Thursday, 12 November, 2020

An Open Letter to Cllr Alisa Flemming, Labour Cabinet Member for Children, Young People and Learning.

Dear Cllr. Flemming,

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Croydon’s Failing Labour Council is Bankrupt. Official.

Thursday, 12 November, 2020

Croydon’s failing Labour Council is officially bankrupt - that's the view of the most senior finance officer at the Council, who today issued a Section 114 notice.

This second devastating report slams the Labour Leadership of the Council by revealing:

Pensioners suffering

We warned Labour: pension committee governance

Wednesday, 11 November, 2020

In September 2014, Conservative members of the Pension Committee raised concerns with the management of the pension fund and in particular:

We warned Labour

We warned Labour: a crisis of culture

Wednesday, 11 November, 2020

Croydon residents have suffered greatly from six years of poorly managed finances, misguided priorities and poor choices made by this failing Labour Council.

Poor audit processes

We warned Labour: poor audit processes

Tuesday, 10 November, 2020

The Council’s General Purpose & Audit Committee, known as GPAC, plays the same role as the audit committee in a large company, providing a body to review adherence to internal processes and all financial processes.

Schools grant overspend

We warned Labour: Dedicated Schools Grant Overspend

Friday, 6 November, 2020

Accounting Trick masks Dedicated Schools Grant Overspend

We warned Labour

We warned Labour: street cleaning services

Thursday, 5 November, 2020

The recent Report in the Public Interest by the Council’s Auditors sadly confirms what we already knew – that the failing Labour Administration has frittered away the Council Tax payments made by Croydon’s hardworking residents, failed to listen to both financial experts and opposition councillor

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