Category: TaxPayers’ Alliance

The TaxPayers’ Alliance (TPA) are coming to Croydon on Saturday 22nd June as part of their Town Hall Rich List Roadshow.

The TaxPayers’ Alliance campaign for lower taxes and against government waste. Focus on value for money in public finances is something we desperately need in Croydon.

The average council tax bill has gone up by more than £900 in the last 20 years and spending has gone through the roof. Councils are trying to plug their financial blackholes through tax rises and cuts to public services, rather than scaling back the pay packets of council staff.

• In 2017-18 The Chief Executive of Croydon Council had a total remuneration package of £185,000.
• Croydon Council has 19 staff paid over £100,000?
• We have some of the highest paid councillors in London who last year voted themselves a 2% pay rise for backbenchers and 4.4% for the front bench.
• To pay for all this Croydon’s Council Tax increased 4.88% this year.

You might wonder with all these highly paid staff and councillors, if someone might have had the time to provide some scrutiny over the £10,000 of taxpayer money given to an ‘entertainer’ to defecate on stage. Meanwhile Croydon’s Children’s Services Department is still rated Inadequate by Ofsted.

The TaxPayers’ Alliance Town Hall Rich List Roadshow street stall will be in Croydon on Saturday 22nd June, between 11am and 2pm.

If you’re interested in knowing more about tax in Croydon, their national campaigns, or covering the stall, contact the Croydon Constitutionalists or come and see the TaxPayers’ Alliance Roadshow in Croydon on the 22nd June.

• 19 staff paid over £100,000 – https://croydonconstitutionalists.uk/croydon-council-rich-list/
• Further details on the Roadshow – https://www.taxpayersalliance.com/2019_town_hall_rich_list_roadshow_croydon

If you would like more information about this topic, please contact Michael Swadling at CroydonConstitutionalists@gmail.com.

Concerned about value for money from your council tax and wonder if Croydon needs 19 staff paid over £100,000?

Wonder if they fully scrutinised the £10,000 paid for someone to defecate on stage?

Wonder if some of the highest paid councillors in London are representing us with their ever rising council tax bills?

If you share these concerns, come and join us with the TaxPayers’ Alliance at our street stall on Saturday 22nd June , 11am – 2pm on the corner of George Street and North End, Croydon. 

TPA Event – https://www.taxpayersalliance.com/2019_town_hall_rich_list_roadshow_croydon

The TaxPayers’ Alliance has published another update to their excellent Town Hall Rich List of council employees receiving a remuneration in excess of £100,000.

Full details at https://www.taxpayersalliance.com/12_years_of_town_hall_rich_lists.

Details for Croydon below:

Name	Job title	Salary	Pension	Total
Jo Negrini	Chief Executive	185,000	27,935	£212,935
Barbara Peacock	Executive Director, People	168,088	25,368	£193,456
Richard Simpson	Executive, Corporate Resources and Section 151 Officer.	153,085	23,103	£176,188
Shifa Mustafa	Executive Director – Place	153,000	21,178	£174,178
	undisclosed	137,500		£137,500
	undisclosed	132,500		£132,500
	undisclosed	127,500		£127,500
	undisclosed	127,500		£127,500
	undisclosed	117,500		£117,500
	undisclosed	117,500		£117,500
Julian Ellerby	Director, Strategy and Partnerships	108,828	16,433	£125,261
	undisclosed	107,500		£107,500
	undisclosed	107,500		£107,500
	undisclosed	107,500		£107,500
	undisclosed	107,500		£107,500
	undisclosed	107,500		£107,500
	undisclosed	107,500		£107,500
	undisclosed	107,500		£107,500
Jacqueline Harris Baker	Director of Law and Minitoring Officer	104,168	15,729	£119,897

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.

Croydon Leaflet

“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/

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.

Press Release

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/