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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 [4] They were superseded in 1849 by an elected local board.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 ...
According to Your Croydon (a local community magazine) this is due to a stronger partnership struck between Croydon Council and the police. [87] In 2007, overall crime figures across the borough saw a decrease of 5%, with the number of incidents dropping from 32,506 in 2006 to 30,862 in 2007. [ 88 ]
A south London council is seeking a £136m bailout from the government after revealing a £35m overspend this year. Croydon Council faces a projected £98m shortfall in its budget for the upcoming ...
According to court documents in one case involving Croydon Council on 16 December, an appeal against a PCN was allowed because the TMO the council mentioned expired 12 days before the alleged ...
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]
Croydon Council plans to cut £5m from social care and £4m from children's services to reduce its debt.
Elections for the Croydon London Borough Council are held every four years to elect 70 councillors. The last ward boundary changes came into force at the 2018 local elections. Political control
Taberner House accommodated most of the council's central employees, and its 'one-stop shop' was the main location for the public to access information and services. In September 2013 Croydon Council moved their main departments into a new Public Services Delivery Hub (PSDH) at Bernard Weatherill House .