Labour have bankrupted our Borough

bankrupted

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.

On these pages we will explain how we got into this wholly avoidable mess, scrutinising their plans to fix it and assessing what it means for the people of Croydon.

Campaigns

Save our Recycling Centres!

Croydon’s Labour Council intends to close up to two of our three recycling centres at Factory Lane, Fishers Farm (New Addington) or Purley Oaks. This will mean longer waiting times and congested roads at whichever centre remains open and will increase flytipping across our Borough. Residents rely
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Making you pay for it

Not content with bankrupting our borough, Croydon Labour now expect you to pay to try and fix it too! We’re highlighting how they expect you to pay for their incompetency. Read the articles below to see what Labour is costing you.

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.

News

We picked the litter but Council didn't collect

Last Saturday I arranged a litter pick in Ashburton Park and we were joined by lots of marvellous folk who helped out. Several bags were collected and it was agreed with the Council that they would pick up those bags that same day. This is the norm with such community litter picks.

Failing Labour’s £70m fiasco at Fairfield Halls

Cllr. Jeet Bains, the Conservative Shadow Cabinet Member for Culture and Regeneration in the London Borough of Croydon, took the Labour-run council to task over their huge waste of taxpayers’ money on Fairfield Halls. Cllr. Bains asked Labour’s Cllr. Lewis to own up to his mistakes: “Cllr.

Labour Council breaks law to sting more drivers

Croydon’s Labour Council has been found to have been illegally encouraging its traffic wardens to issue as many cars as they can. An investigation by Mazars, an audit company, found that traffic wardens were only eligible for overtime if they issued a minimum number of parking tickets.

Croydon Labour are still not listening - says Regina Road resident 

At last night’s Cabinet Meeting Ms Fransoy Hewitt, the lady whose Regina Road mould-ridden soaking wet flat, was filmed by ITV News in March, gave the Labour Council an update on the leak and disrepairs affecting her home.    In an emotional speech and through som

The clock is counting down to the local elections in May 2022

Last night, 17th May, saw yet another Cabinet meeting and yet another exercise in ensuring that there was no opposition to the dreadful choices of Croydon’s failing Labour Council.  Last night’s agenda included matters costing Croydon’s Council Taxpayers £millions, and yet the Labour Cabi

Labour's Budget is a waste - and you'll pay for it

This week sees the publication of Croydon Council’s proposed budget for 2021/22 which will seek to claw back the savings necessary after the Labour Administration blew the Council budget over recent years. On top of this year’s cuts to