devolution

November 2016

March 2016

Croydon to deliver growth zone

2016-03-17T15:25:09+00:00 March 17th, 2016|Recent news|

Croydon’s growth zone, which is set to deliver a £5.25bn regeneration programme creating thousands of new jobs and homes for local people, has been handed a government boost.

As part of a new devolution deal, central government is […]

June 2015

Handing power to the community

2015-06-16T08:48:20+01:00 June 16th, 2015|Recent news|

Community ward budgets are set to be introduced as part of a cross-party initiative to take decision-making out of the Town Hall and devolve funding to local areas across Croydon.

Each councillor will be allocated £2,000 to be […]

March 2015

Councillors to be given ward budgets

2015-03-24T14:01:48+00:00 March 24th, 2015|Recent news|

Community clean ups or Big Lunch-type events are just some of the projects that could happen in residents’ local areas thanks to a new initiative that will see ward councillors each given control of a £2,000 budget.

Known […]