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London council has £2million TfL funding frozen in furious row over controversial cycle lane

The council removed safety wands used to separate cyclists and motorists

Evening Standard · Sep 4

Shopkeepers support Croydon’s plans to tag repeat shoplifters

Persistent shoplifting in Croydon town centre has left retailers increasingly frustrated with the existing system, with some choosing not to report incidents to police

Evening Standard · Aug 16

London Shoplifters Could Be GPS-Tagged and Banned From Town Centres in Tough New Crackdown

Croydon Council is considering GPS ankle tags and exclusion zones for prolific London shoplifters after almost 4,800 thefts were reported in the town centre.

International Business Times UK · Aug 12

London local elections 2026: All major party manifestos in Croydon Council

Croydon is one of the few boroughs in London where voters have two important choices to make on Thursday, May 7

Evening Standard · May 7

London council pocketed more than £7 million from six LTNs which were ruled unlawful

Croydon Council are facing demands to refund all the penalty fines imposed on motorists, after a judge found the LTNs were mainly in place to raise money

Evening Standard · Apr 28

London council to pay millions back to motorists fined for driving in unlawful LTNs

Croydon mayor Jason Perry vows to ‘make it as easy as possible for residents to get their money back’

Evening Standard · Mar 23

Six LTNs declared unlawful by the High Court are axed as Croydon mayor is accused of 'lying'

Council seeking ‘urgent legal advice’ on whether drivers who were wrongly fined over the low traffic neighbourhoods will receive refunds

Evening Standard · Mar 9

London council that used LTNs to unlawfully make money 'must refund millions in fines to drivers'

High Court rules six low traffic neighbourhood schemes were retained by Croydon’s Tory mayor to help plug the borough’s dire finances

Evening Standard · Mar 5

The scandal of London councils' spending black holes

Are boroughs squandering their budgets? Lee Nallalingham spent a year investigating and found not only profligacy, but also that many have no idea where the money goes

Evening Standard · Feb 27

London council in furious secrecy row with Nigel Farage's Reform UK over redacted contracts with suppliers

'What have you got to hide?’ the party’s Deputy Leader Richard Tice asked one borough in the transparency dispute

Evening Standard · Jan 14