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.

Croydon's Libraries Under Threat!

Croydon’s Labour Council has revealed plans to close at least 5 of our libraries across the borough.

Residents and families across the borough, in Bradmore Green, Broad Green, Sanderstead, Shirley and South Norwood, rely on these vital community facilities.

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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. That's over £1.5 billion debt making Croydon one of the worst run Council's in the country.

What does the Council going bankrupt mean for you?

Croydon Council is over £1.5 billion in debt - caused by the irresponsible decisions of the Labour Administration. They are now embarking on a series of terrible, and avoidable, cuts that will affects every single person living in Croydon.

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.

What You Missed from Croydon's Cabinet Meeting - 16/08/2021

If you weren’t able to attend Croydon’s Cabinet meeting held last night, then fear not! Your Conservative Councillors were holding the Failing Labour Council to account – as we will keep doing. Here are the top five highlights:

A Reduction in Library Services

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:

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 Council services, around £50M of further savings will need to