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The town of Croydon's first local authority was a body of improvement commissioners established in 1829. [4] They were superseded in 1849 by an elected local board. [5] [6] The town was incorporated as a municipal borough in 1883, after which it was governed by a body formally called the "Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses of the Borough of Croydon", generally known as the corporation, town council ...
The council's leader, Shaun Macdonald, blamed the former Conservative administration and Michael Gove, the local MP and the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, for being "asleep at the wheel". The council had bought The Square shopping centre in 2016 for £94 million; by 2023, it was valued at only £30 million. [98]
Housing Administration Marie Jenkins 4 May 1973 Abolished, 14 May 1974. Housing Development Gladys Dimson 4 May 1973 Richard Balfe: 13 May 1975 Housing Management Tony Judge 14 May 1974 Set up in 1974. Planning Edward Bell 4 May 1973 Norman Howard 14 May 1974 Policy and Resources Illtyd Harrington: 4 May 1973 Public Services Arthur Edwards 4 ...
Croydon Council plans to cut £5m from social care and £4m from children's services to reduce its debt.
He was the chairman of the Payments Council and its successor, Payments UK, from 2014 to 2018, and subsequently the lead non-executive director of HM Prison and Probation Service. [ 1 ] Lemos was appointed to the board of trustees of the British Council in 1999 and was its acting chair from 2008 to 2010.
In May 1998, Barwell was elected to Croydon Council representing the Woodcote and Coulsdon West ward. In May 2006, when the Conservatives took control of the Council, he was appointed Chief Whip of the Conservative Group and he subsequently served as the Cabinet member for resources and customer services and the Cabinet member for community ...
Until September 2013, Taberner House housed most of the council's central employees and was the main location for the public to access information and services, particularly with respect to housing. In September 2013, Council staff moved into Bernard Weatherill House in Fell Road, (named after the former Speaker of the House and Member of ...
Result of the 2018 borough election. The thirty-two London boroughs were established in 1965 by the London Government Act 1963.They are the principal authorities in Greater London and have responsibilities including education, housing, planning, highways, social services, libraries, recreation, waste, environmental health and revenue collection.