My name is Lara Fish, and I have proudly called New Addington home for the past 20 years. Deeply engaged in the local community, I serve as vice chair of the New Addington Royal British Legion and organise the annual Poppy Appeal.
Deputy Cabinet Member for Health and Adult Social Care
Federation Deputy Chairman (Membership)
Margaret Bird is honoured to have been elected as the Conservative Councillor in the new ward of Old Coulsdon having represented Coulsdon East since 2014 , She has lived in Old Coulsdon for over 38 years.
Vice Chairman, Scrutiny Health and Social Care Sub-Committee
Robert moved with his family to Croydon in 2006 and has been a councillor since 2018. Originally from an engineering background, he later specialised in projects to improve the safety, efficiency and quality of services.
I would firstly like to thank everyone who organised this petition and everyone who has signed it, along with residents who have contacted me and other councillors with their views on the proposed budget.
Councillor Scott Roche, Cabinet Member for Streets and Environment and Councillor Robert Ward, Deputy Cabinet Member for Contract Management, visited the Selsdon Depot of the Croydon and Lewisham Street Lighting operation. The contract commenced in 2011 and runs until 2036.
I recently spent a half day with Cabinet Member Councillor Scott Roche and the Veolia recycling team, which included conversations both with their management at the Stubbs Mead depot and several of their recycling teams out on the street collecting recycling from residents.
Croydon’s hit the headlines lately. And for all the wrong reasons.
The Labour-run council was declared bankrupt late last year. Inspectors blamed a culture of “corporate blindness.”
To help rectify the problem, Labour promised a culture change. Secret decision-making behind closed doors was out.
Croydon Council, which has been run by Labour since 2014, has seen its internal performance worsen every year since 2015.
That was the bleak news revealed to members of the Council’s General Purpose and Audit Committee (GPAC) on Wednesday evening by the Council’s own officers. E
