The Latest Breaking News from Croydon

London elections 2022: Labour loses control of Croydon council as authority goes into no overall control

Labour councillor Stuart King said it was a ‘disappointing’ result, with the party losing seven seats on the council compared to the last elections in 2018

Evening Standard · May 9, 2022

Croydon elects Conservative Mayor for first time in history

The result is one of the few positive results for the Tory party in the capital, after the Tories lost Barnet, Wandsworth and Westminster

Evening Standard · May 7, 2022

London’s top boroughs for homes with gardens — Croydon, Barnet and Bromley are the capital’s garden property hotspots

Croydon is London’s private garden hotspot but those wanting an inner-city oasis should hunt in Lewisham and Lambeth.

Evening Standard · May 6, 2022

Pocket flats: new Croydon tower homes for sale 20% below local rate for London first-time buyers

The first phase of cut-price homes in the 21-storey tower block are hitting the market with prices starting from £260,000

Evening Standard · May 3, 2022

Striking staff praised by gay author after his Catholic school visit is cancelled

Simon James Green had been invited to the John Fisher School in Croydon for World Book Day in March.

The Independent UK · Apr 28, 2022

London elections 2022: Labour on the backfoot over budget blackhole in Croydon

The Evening Standard tested the temperature of voters in Croydon

Evening Standard · Apr 27, 2022

DPD courier firm unfairly fired London employee who took food from parcels, tribunal rules

DPD’s London South depot in Croydon

Evening Standard · Apr 26, 2022

Micro flats in Croydon, Sutton and Epsom for sale for £235k: tiny 400sq ft homes for first-time buyers designed with shared social areas but without hallways to maximise space

If you want to own your own home no matter how small, check out these homes priced from £234,945, which also qualify for the low-deposit Help to Buy scheme. 

Evening Standard · Apr 26, 2022

Dad who's 'hardly ever home' gets £4,000 water bill for using 5,000 litres a day

Varun, 35, from Croydon, London, claims he has been slapped with a £4,000 water bill even though his family spend most of their day outside the house

Daily Mirror · Apr 22, 2022

Croydon stabbing: Police probe ‘suspicious death’ of man in south London

Man is yet to be identified

The Independent UK · Apr 21, 2022