Speeches

I supported Mayor Jason Perry's Budget on Wednesday, which will help get Croydon's finances back in order. You can watch my speech above, or read the transcript...

This budget is challenging, none of us like voting for a 15% Council tax increase. However the Mayor has set out his key priorities in the Mayors business plan...

Thank you Madam Chair The previous Labour administration left a housing service in very poor shape and this is strongly reflected in the Budget papers. They...

Madam Mayor, Thank you for the opportunity to speak on the budget this evening. For Adult Social Care we are able to present a balanced budget and in fact have...

I welcome this budget, and thank The section 151 officer, the cabinet member for Finance and other officers for the work they put in to produce this budget...

Thank you Madam Chair Can I start by thanking officers right across the Council for their work in producing the budget before us today, particularly those in...

The response to this petition was in no way a surprise. We share the anger and frustration of residents at the proposed council tax rise. It is not something...

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...

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...