Adele moved to New Addington 26 years ago as a young single mum escaping domestic violence. She fought hard and worked hard, and became a mortgage broker in the city. In 2009 she had an accident that changed her life, leaving her with mobility issues.
Michael Castle has lived in New Addington North for all of his life. He has worked in the ward, run a pool team in the ward and built up relationships with the local community, as well as knowing and engaging with local businesses. He is proud to call Fieldway home.
From 2002 to May 2018 each parliamentary constituency in Croydon was made up of exactly eight wards, all fully contained within it. Shortly after taking control in 2014 Croydon Labour requested a review of the local authority boundaries.
Tony and Lara are fighting for you in New Addington. We're not afraid to stand up to Labour's Brick by Brick, who are trying to destroy our green spaces, and we'll fight them all the way, for you and with you.
At the last Council meeting, Adele Benson, our fantastic candidate for New Addington North, called out the Labour Council for their shocking record on Council Housing, with our community's most vulnerable residents often being forced to put up with leaks and mould for months on end.
We are very lucky in Croydon to enjoy a high level of green spaces across the borough. Unfortunately, litter and fly-tipping blight some of our fantastic green spaces!
Shocked and angry residents of Warbank Crescent have told us of their very serious concerns about Brick by Brick’s plans to take away their amenity space for bins and parking bays.
I visited the residents of Warbank Crescent yesterday afternoon who are having some of their communal area taken to turn into a bin area and parking spaces for 3 cars.
Earlier today the New Addington (Labour) Councillors Facebook page was deactivated. This was a major avenue for residents to contact their Councillors and the deactivation of the Facebook page makes it very difficult to do this.