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Hard times make it right to give everyone the benefit
CROYDON COMMENTARY: The “reform” of social security, or “welfare” as the government terms it in its Americanised manner, is being used as an excuse to take money away from the poorest in society. But...
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Croydon Central open primary: Kusum Parashar
Kusum Parashar is a Southall resident and a former adult education lecturer. Active in Labour’s successful targeting of Ealing’s diverse communities, Parashar emphasises what she sees as Ed Miliband’s...
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Labour candidate makes virtue of lack of union support
One of the women short-listed for selection as candidate in the Croydon Central parliamentary seat by the local Labour party has sought to distance herself from the trades union movement – despite...
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Radical democracy: giving party members a vote
As Labour members in Croydon Central select a candidate to stand at the 2015 parliamentary election, ANTHONY MILLER provides some background on selection processes for those for whom...
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Lawyers’ letters call on Boris to stop the incinerator
The Stop the Incinerator Campaign has written to Boris Johnson, the Mayor of London, today to ask formally that he refuses the proposal by Viridor to build an incinerator on land earmarked for the...
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Syria, Parliament and the local MPs who want it all ways
CROYDON COMMENTARY: Where do local MPs stand on the issue of intervention in Syria after Thursday night’s votes in the House of Commons? In some cases, it is hard to say, writes ANDREW PELLING,...
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Daily Mail is lying about Miliband says former Croydon MP
A former Croydon Conservative MP and one-time trusted aide to Margaret Thatcher has joined the growing row over the Daily Wail’s attack on Ralph Miliband, the refugee, Second World War serviceman and...
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Right? Honourable? Ottaway’s expenses easily forgotten
It wasn’t only Croydon Central’s Gary Barlow [SICK] [SIC] who got bumped up this week. Three other MPs with links to Croydon featured in the political parties’ re-shuffles, with David Cameron even...
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Dog gone it: Reed’s new job enough to leave him barking
Ahhh, the glamour of being on the political front line. Or lack of it. One moment, you’re a mere backbencher, one of the most junior MPs in the House of Commons, with less than a year’s seniority. The...
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Steve Reed MP: Phone calls, promotions and new policies
In his latest despatch from Westminster, Croydon North MP STEVE REED outlines what it was like to be part of the parliamentary reshuffles I was replying to constituents’ letters and emails in my office...
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Miliband visits Crystal Palace for his small business message
Ed Miliband, the Labour leader, is in Crystal Palace today to show that, while the Conservatives are the party of big business, his party is backing small business. Accompanied by Streatham MP and his...
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Miliband leads calls for more affordable housing in Croydon
VOTE 2014: Ed Miliband, the Labour leader, has set up his local councillors in Croydon for what could be some frank discussions with major developers in the borough, including Westfield, Barratt Homes...
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Jobs, homes and wages: Questions still to be answered
A Croydon-based economics commentator has issued a coruscating critique of the conference speech given in Manchester this week by Labour leader Ed Miliband, just months before his party faces an...
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Trades Union candidate wants to put questions to Miliband
Ed Miliband visits Croydon on Thursday afternoon to speak to the borough’s Black and Minority Ethnic Forum. “I wonder, during his flying visit, whether Mr Miliband and his ‘One Nation Labour’ party can...
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Miliband declares ‘Our Time Isn’t Now’ for Croydon Labour
Croydon Council is set to lose a devastating £25 million more from its central government grant if Labour wins the General Election in May. Ed Miliband, the Labour Party leader, made a speech in The...
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United we stand: looking for a more representative Croydon
CROYDON COMMENTARY: There’s gathering interest in more radical solutions to the deep economic and social problems, locally and nationally, judging by one well-attended meeting last week, writes ANDREW...
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Croydon North’s MP Malcolm Wicks dies after cancer battle
Malcolm Wicks, a Croydon MP for more than 20 years, died today after a brief illness. He was 65. “Croydon won’t be the same without him,” one leading figure in the Croydon Labour party said tonight....
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Malcolm Wicks memorial: Croydon Minster, Fri Oct 19
A Memorial Service for Malcolm Wicks MP will be held at 11am on Friday October 19 at Croydon Minster. Reception to follow in the Parish Hall across the Minster Green. The Minster’s website includes...
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Election coverage coming to a computer screen near you soon
CAMPAIGN CATCH-UP: Politicians, promises, statistics and the truth. They don’t often mix well. That’s something that internet viewers will be able to see proven on Croydon TV when they broadcast this...
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Incinerator campaign turns to Miliband family for legal help
Barrister Justine Thornton has been engaged by south London’s Stop the Incinerator campaign to provide legal advice and guidance to oppose Viridor’s plans to build a waste incinerator at Beddington...
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