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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

Shoplifters set to be tagged and banned from London town centre

Croydon Council is proposing to fix persistent thieves with GPS trackers and exclude them from parts of the borough

Evening Standard · Aug 11

Mother and three children forced to live in their car for six months due to south London council failures

The Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman (LGO) found that the young family continues to suffer the ‘physical, emotional and psychological impact’ of their ordeal

Evening Standard · May 15

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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 scales back controversial yellow box after it raked in £2 million from motorists

Croydon Council was ordered to cancel any fines after adjudicators found the enforcement area to be ‘fundamentally flawed’

Evening Standard · Apr 28

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

Croydon yellow box junction rakes in £2m in fines despite legality row

A yellow box junction in Croydon has generated almost £2 million in fines over the past decade, despite part of it being deemed illegal by adjudicators. There are now calls for the council to scrap the box outside East Croydon entirely, with a leading campaigner saying: “There’s no other reason…

Evening Standard · Mar 22

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London borough recovers dozens of homes worth £2.8m amid council house fraud crackdown

Croydon Council said it had seized back the properties after stepping up investigations following tip offs from residents

Evening Standard · Jan 15

Why beavers could soon be introduced to this south London park

The move is part of a rewilding project at the nature reserve

Evening Standard · Jan 15

Drivers ordered to pay £6,000 and left with criminal records in London council's Blue Badge crackdown

Seven Blue Badge cheats have been hauled into court by Croydon Council with 20 more prosecutions scheduled

Evening Standard · Jan 13

Brickbat: Zealous Enforcement

In London, England, a man returned from vacation to find four parking tickets on his car after Croydon Council painted… The post Brickbat: Zealous Enforcement appeared first on Reason.com.

Reason · Dec 16, 2025

Driver gets four parking tickets after disabled bay painted around his car while he was on holiday

Croydon Council apologised to the vehicle owner who discovered the parking notices as he returned from holiday

The Independent UK · Dec 9, 2025

London council paints disabled bay around man’s car before parking wardens slap him with fines

Footage captures moment contractors paint around his Audi convertible - before wardens slap driver with fines

Evening Standard · Dec 5, 2025

South London council is owed £1.1 million in unpaid parking fines

One driver owes an astonishing £68,255 after receiving 343 fines

Evening Standard · Nov 14, 2025

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Evening Standard · Sep 6, 2025

Croydon Council refuses to let 83-year-old lollipop man keep uniform after 20 years of service

Robert Boyce, 83, was made redundant this summer after two decades helping children cross the road in Croydon

Evening Standard · Aug 25, 2025

Vandals destroy cricket pitch in south London sparking outrage from locals

Local residents say they are sickened by the attack

Evening Standard · Jul 18, 2025

Government sends team to 'take control' of London council amid financial crisis

Four commissioners will be given sweeping powers over London borough as minister warns financial position ‘deteriorating rapidly’

Evening Standard · Jul 6, 2025

Stormzy and Zaha’s football club blasts Croydon Council over pitch takeover and fly-tipping crisis

The club has now been forced to cancel a junior football event scheduled for this weekend due to security fears

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Evening Standard · Jun 22, 2025

Hundreds of 'slum-like' homes still infested with damp and mould despite London council coming out of special measures

Exclusive: More than 800 properties in Croydon with excess moisture or fungi issues have not been fixed, four years after Regina Road scandal that shocked the nation

Evening Standard · May 29, 2025

London council under fire as school crossing 'lollipop' patrols are axed

Anxious parents have raised concerns about the move to axe school crossing patrols by the end of the year

Evening Standard · May 13, 2025

'Persistent smell of decay': Bins go uncollected for seven weeks in London borough amid refuse contract problems

Streets left overflowing with rubbish following launch of a new eight-year waste contract between local council and Veolia Waste Management

Evening Standard · Apr 10, 2025

Croydon Council takes controversial vape shop owner to court for blocking pavement with cargo

The shop has become a focal point for concerns over anti-social behaviour in the area

Evening Standard · Feb 27, 2025

London council forks out £400k of taxpayers money in 5 years on pothole injuries

A total of 342 claims have been filed against Croydon council since 2020

Evening Standard · Jan 29, 2025

One of the world's oldest tennis clubs in battle to stay alive amid London council cash crisis

Norbury Park Lawn Tennis Club needs to raise around £90,000 to secure a long term lease from Croydon Council

Evening Standard · Dec 19, 2024

Purpose-built £3.5m community cafe closed since Covid is a 'waste of space' and 'must be reopened'

Despite previous promises to reopen this year, Croydon Council kept the café shut due to issues with its roof

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