Mike Swadling asks – Where does the council spend its money and Do we get value for it? In the Croydon Citizen – https://thecroydoncitizen.com/politics-society/taxing-conversations-croydon/
Category: Croydon Council
Value for money in Croydon?
Following our recent campaign with the TaxPayers’ Alliance Croydon’s newspapers are asking – Are we getting value for money for our Council Tax?
REVEALED: This is how much Croydon Council has spent on vehicles for mayors since 2015 https://www.croydonadvertiser.co.uk/news/croydon-news/croydon-council-mayor-spending-cars-1918204
Revealed: Croydon Council is hiring private detectives and it is costing them thousands http://www.croydonguardian.co.uk/news/16591581.revealed-croydon-council-is-hiring-private-detectives-and-it-is-costing-them-cost-thousands/
TaxPayers’ Alliance Street Stall Croydon 18th August
Great street stall in Croydon with the TaxPayers’ Alliance. Campaigning for lower taxes and less waste in government spending. Photos and a short video from the day below.
Visit the TPA at https://www.taxpayersalliance.com/ to find out more.
‘Spend Croydon’s money on fixing potholes not sculptures’ – Croydon Advertiser and Croydon Guardian
“Members of a group which campaigns for lower taxes and an end to wasteful government spending will be in Croydon town centre on Saturday.
The Taxpayers’ Alliance are due to pitch up in the High Street campaigning for lower taxes and against government waste.”
Full Croydon Advertiser article https://www.croydonadvertiser.co.uk/news/croydon-news/spend-croydons-money-fixing-potholes-1910633
Croydon Advertiser Facebook Page wuth great comments https://www.facebook.com/114339615299800/posts/1840508142682930/
Croydon Guardian http://www.croydonguardian.co.uk/news/16444976.taxpayers-alliance-to-set-up-stall-in-croydon/
Press Release – TAXPAYERS’ ALLIANCE STREET STALL 18TH AUGUST
The TaxPayers’ Alliance (TPA) are holding an Action Day in Croydon on Saturday 18th August. This follows on from a public meeting with the TPA held by the Croydon Constitutionalists.
Council Spending – The price of taking pride
As part of a focus on wasteful spending in Croydon, Mike Swadling has written in the Croydon Citizen about the council’s ‘Cultural Growth Fund‘.
Comments on the Croydon Citizen Facebook page make interesting reading and highlight council spending on BoxPark.
Taxing Times
New leaflet to question the value for money delivered by Croydon Council. To be used with the TaxPayers’ Alliance street stall.
https://croydonconstitutionalists.uk/leaflets/
Being priced out of the Croydon job market – Croydon Citizen
As part of his acceptance speech at the local election count last month, Tony Newman suggested within the council’s powers, they do just that. The new council wants to create “a living wage borough, not just a living wage council”. Michael Swadling writes in the Croydon Citizen about the folly of this plan. https://thecroydoncitizen.com/economics-business/priced-croydon-job-market/
Comments on the Facebook post give an interesting insight into the lack of awareness of the downside of minimum wage policies.
https://www.facebook.com/492128770821844/posts/1963660610335312/
Can Surrey Street survive the help of the council?
Croydon’s Surrey Street Market is in trouble, and the free market can save it. Mike Swadling writes in the Croydon Citizen – https://thecroydoncitizen.com/economics-business/can-surrey-street-survive-help-council/
Liberalising Croydon’s night-time economy
Mike Swadling writes in the Croydon Citizen about the positive steps the Council are taking to Liberalise Croydon’s night-time economy and further steps they could take - https://thecroydoncitizen.com/politics-society/liberalising-croydons-night-time-economy/