Making you pay for it

In Croydon this has become a much harder question recently after Croydon Labour managed to bankrupt the Council admitting they could no longer set a balanced budget. 

The Council is playing another game of smoke and mirrors with the Voluntary Sector (VCS). The Conservatives propose a new approach in which the Voluntary and Business Sectors become key partners at the heart of the decision making process as we re-build Croydon together. 

As a consequence of the Labour Council bankrupting Croydon due to their financial incompetence, the Council is being forced to borrow £150 million over the next 3 years just to fill the gap in their revenue expenditure. Normally one would expect the Council to borrow money to invest in and improv

This week we have seen another young person stabbed to death in Croydon, this follows a night of violence on the 5th February when one person died and several others were stabbed. Each death and stabbing is a tragedy for both family and friends of the victim but also for the wider community in Cr

Tonight all Croydon Councillors will be called upon to vote on a budget put forward by the Labour administration that bankrupted our town. It will be a sober moment, one that calls for calm heads and puts the people of Croydon first.

This has been such a dark year for so many people due to Covid-19.  

Children and young people have been profoundly affected in many ways.  

It is a very sad day for residents in Croydon and a particularly sad day for any residents living in the borough who are in receipt of adult social care services for it is these residents who are going to be disproportionately impacted by this budget.  It is these residents who are unable to care

This years Council budget is very grim reading, over 6 years of financial mismanagement has resulted in merging, cutting, and reducing council services across the board, including vitally important frontline services such as the protection and investment in our library provision across the boroug

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

Croydon’s bankrupt Labour council are plotting to squeeze an extra £8million out of hard-pressed Croydon motorists.