A "short and sharp reset" is required for Croydon Council to recover from poor performance and high debt levels, the minister for housing, communities and local government has announced. Jim McMahon ...

Croydon's mayor has insisted that the council is "not failing" as the prospect of a possible government takeover looms. Jason Perry, the south London borough's executive mayor, has vowed to oppose ...

While it is performing better than many other boroughs on numbers of foster parents, the Council says it still must recruit 20 new carers to meet demand. The Council aims to convert this wave of ...

A council that left families in dangerous, uninhabitable homes has been taken out of special measures, four years after ITV News exposed widespread failings. Our report inside a tower block on Regina ...

On Friday afternoon, the Waterside Centre in South Norwood in Croydon is a hive of activity. A group of locals are chatting and laughing as they tuck into fish pie followed by peach crumble, both made ...

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The Government is sending commissioners to take some control of the running of Croydon Council, despite Mayor Jason Perry's insistence that his administration "is not failing". The four commissioners ...

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Children and parents formed a protective ring around their lollipop man in Croydon, where the last remaining school patrols will be cut (Picture: Claire Bonham/Triangle News) Lolipop ladies and men ...