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Council scoops yet more prizes from its own suppliers

January 24, 2012, 3:03 am
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Just when Nathan Elvery thought it was safe to put on his black tie and book his cab (on council expenses, natch) for the next back-slapping local authority awards ceremony, so more revelations of close commercial connections between his department … Continue reading →Image may be NSFW.
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Croydon Council paid £20m for interim staff in 2011

January 31, 2012, 4:41 am
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Croydon Council is throwing away millions of pounds of public money, paying over the odds to hire temporary staff, contractors and “interims” while in the midst of some of the worst cuts to public services ever experienced. According to the … Continue reading →Image may be NSFW.
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Croydon’s Budget (Part 1): We’re all in this together

February 14, 2012, 2:50 am
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Croydon Council is about to set its budget for the coming financial year. The proposals go before next Monday’s cabinet meeting, prior to the council meeting on February 27. As work continues to build the vanity project that is to … Continue reading →Image may be NSFW.
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Council newspaper forgets to mention mayor’s Arnhem trip

December 27, 2012, 4:59 am
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Croydon Council is “sexing up” its official record of public meetings, apparently in a vain effort to make its controversial and inept mayor, Eddy Arram, look like less of a plonker than everyone knows him to be. Yet even the … Continue reading →Image may be NSFW.
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Council snubs local tech companies over smart phone app

February 9, 2014, 8:47 am
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The contract for Croydon Council’s latest innovation, the My Croydon smart phone app, was never put out to competitive tender. Instead, the deal – estimated to be worth a low five-figure sum – was awarded to a company which did … Continue reading →Image may be NSFW.
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Councillors are not ‘Appy with MyCroydon’s performance

August 27, 2014, 5:56 am
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The MyCroydon smartphone app, a vital part of Labour’s new council administration’s “Don’t Mess With Croydon” T-shirt and slogans campaign, doesn’t work properly. Who says so? A group of Labour councillors, including the deputy cabinet member for T-shirts and slogans. … Continue reading →Image may be NSFW.
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Costs mount on council’s rubbish MyCroydon app

July 8, 2015, 5:45 am
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A tech worker who carried out work on the MyCroydon app has told Inside Croydon that the company which was given the contract by the council, “is not really an ‘app developer’ or ‘software developer’. All it has done is … Continue reading →Image may be NSFW.
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The Godfather: Croydon official hired friend on £787 per day

October 24, 2017, 12:56 am
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A two-month investigation into Croydon Council’s IT operation has uncovered major concerns over procurement and payments. STEVEN DOWNES reports Croydon Council is undertaking its second internal investigation this year into the conduct of its assistant chief executive. Graham Cadle is … Continue reading →Image may be NSFW.
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The Godfather (part 2): Residents’ data ‘at risk’ by off-shoring

October 24, 2017, 6:10 am
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The personal data of everyone paying Council Tax in Croydon may have been put at risk by the council’s decision to off-shore parts of its IT development programme to India, according to Town Hall whistle-blowers. STEVEN DOWNES reports The decision … Continue reading →Image may be NSFW.
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Council CEO confirms ‘The Godfather’ paid chum £787 per day

October 30, 2017, 5:36 am
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STEVEN DOWNES reports on the latest clumsy move by Croydon Council’s £185,000 chief exec to try to cover-up a scandal in her administration Jo Negrini, Croydon Council’s chief executive, has confirmed that one of her most senior aides has managed … Continue reading →Image may be NSFW.
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Newman remains silent over council’s ‘Godfather’ affair

October 30, 2017, 9:33 am
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By STEVEN DOWNES Council leader Tony Newman remains silent on the unfolding scandal at Fisher’s Folly, where the council’s assistant chief exec has overseen payments of £787 per day to a friend without first properly declaring the relationship, as is … Continue reading →Image may be NSFW.
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Private Eye makes a 999 police call over ‘The Godfather’

November 1, 2017, 7:34 am
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Inspector Knacker, the satirical fortnightly’s nickname for the police, should “log in and feel some digital collars” at Croydon Council, according to the latest edition of Private Eye magazine. The Godfather scandal at Fisher’s Folly, where assistant chief executive Graham … Continue reading →Image may be NSFW.
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Negrini ‘misinformed’ over data security says whistle-blower

November 8, 2017, 3:54 am
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STEVEN DOWNES reports on how the council’s chief executive has responded to serious concerns about the management of personal data with threats of legal action against this website The council’s chief executive maintains that there is no risk to the … Continue reading →
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Croydon makes ‘Rotten Boroughs’ over £700k IT overspend

December 1, 2017, 3:27 am
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Nearly two months since a formal Town Hall investigation was begun into how one of the council’s most senior executives could hire a family friend on £787 per day without declaring their relationship, and the Borough Solicitor is still to … Continue reading →
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‘The Godfather’ who paid mate £787 per day has left council

January 18, 2018, 1:00 pm
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STEVEN DOWNES reports on the apparent departure from Fisher’s Folly of a council assistant chief executive who handed out £787.36-a-day to a family friend Graham Cadle, “The Godfather” of Croydon Council, has tonight cleared his desk for a final time. … Continue reading →
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Council in cover-up over departure of £787-a-day consultant

February 7, 2018, 6:32 am
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STEVEN DOWNES reports on the abrupt exit of the man behind Croydon’s ‘crap app’, following a serious breach of the Town Hall’s code of conduct Harwinder “Harry” Singh, Croydon Council’s £787-a-day “fake-it-till-you-make-it” IT consultant, is no longer working for the … Continue reading →
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Councillor to report Croydon’s ‘Godfather Affair’ to police

February 8, 2018, 10:06 am
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STEVEN DOWNES on the backlash from senior figures at the Town Hall to the secrecy and cover-up over the sudden departure of a council director Senior councillors in Croydon have expressed mounting anger over the council’s “Godfather Affair”, where executive … Continue reading →
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Now head of revenues and benefits leaves over ‘The Godfather’

February 12, 2018, 9:01 am
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STEVEN DOWNES reports on the latest high-ranking casualty of Croydon Council’s ‘Godfather Affair’ Karen Sullivan, Croydon’s head of revenues and benefits, has become the third senior council employee in a month to leave their job at Fisher’s Folly as a … Continue reading →
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Councillors accuse Negrini of gagging them over The Godfather

February 15, 2018, 4:19 am
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A leaked email from the council chief executive suggests she is trying to cover-up her attempted cover-up of the sudden departure of three senior employees. STEVEN DOWNES reports Elected councillors, already angry at being left uninformed of important developments at … Continue reading →
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CEO Negrini threatened legal action to protect The Godfather

February 21, 2018, 7:08 am
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There’s even more fall-out in the council’s botched attempt to cover-up the £787 per day IT consultant nepotism scandal Jo Negrini, the council’s chief executive, threatened to use tax-payers’ money to sue this website on behalf of Graham Cadle, “The … Continue reading →
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