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Cllr Samir Dwesar gives his maiden speech
It was wonderful to give my maiden speech in the Council Chamber this week - a special moment that I will always remember. In my speech, I paid tribute to my predecessors, Oni Oviri for her service and Badsha Quadir for the 12 years he gave Purley & Woodcote. Badsha is a much-missed friend…
Andy Celebrates Accreditation of the Archive Service
Cllr Andy Stranack (Cabinet Member for Culture and Communities) joined Rosemary Vizor (Borough Archivist) and Kristian Aspinall (Director of Culture) and the rest of the Library and Archives team as they received provisional accreditation from the National Archive at an event in the Braithwaite…
Coulsdon and ULEZ
Here is the question I asked of Executive Mayor Perry at last night's Croydon Council meeting "The whole of Croydon can see how much mess there is to clear up after eight years of financial mismanagement by Labour. But let no one think Labour’s mess ended with a new administration in Croydon in May…
Croydon and ULEZ
The Conservative motion to oppose Labour's ULEZ extension was lost last night at a meeting of Croydon Council. The Labour Civic Mayor used her casting vote in favour of ULEZ. Not one Labour councillor stood up for Croydon residents. Shame on them.