Labour & Co-op Party Councillor for Addiscombe West
Croydon, London
Joined October 2011
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At Full Council tonight in Croydon + we're discussing the Mayor's Business Plan.
The plan lacks KPIs & the Tory Mayor + Deputy Mayor telling us they are not needed as residents are telling them that things are improving.
Outcomes measured by Anecdote is not a credible plan. – at Croydon, London
Today' report on COVID's impact on residents in Care Home in the UK is welcomed.
It was obvious, very early on in the epidemic, that things were going tragically wrong in UK's care homes, and that the Government's response was woefully inadequate. – at Croydon, London
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Mary Duggan Architects’ Lion Green Road named winner of 2026 Stirling Prize: Croydon housing scheme was bookies’ least favourite to win but won over judges with its innovative approach to high-density housing on a steeply sloping site dlvr.it/TVx0xF #architecture #news
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Council estates still suffer from deep-seated negative stereotypes, but a new wave of council housing is embracing innovative, imaginative and attractive design.
Congratulations to @marydugganarc and @RUFFARCHITECTS on winning this year's RIBA Stirling Prize for the Lion Green Road scheme in Croydon.
More like this please 👇🏻
🏆 Lion Green Road by Mary Duggan Architects with Ruff Architects wins the RIBA Stirling Prize 2026 - the UK's most prestigious architecture award.
➡️ View the winning project: ow.ly/JJSV50ZXUSJ
#StirlingPrize is sponsored by @autodesk
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🏆 Lion Green Road by Mary Duggan Architects with Ruff Architects wins the RIBA Stirling Prize 2026 - the UK's most prestigious architecture award.
➡️ View the winning project: ow.ly/JJSV50ZXUSJ
#StirlingPrize is sponsored by @autodesk
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Really excellent evening at the @RIBA Stirling Prize Award ceremony.
Huge congratulations to the winner: Lion Green Road in Coulsdon, designed by Mary Duggan Architects with Ruff Architects. Fantastic to see a London council-led housing development win.
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Last night at Full Council 🌹
We paid tribute to Councillor Annie Gallop, welcomed Councillor Molly Hartill to her new role representing Myatt’s Fields, raised concerns about ASB in Brixton and stood with our vital RNLI workers.
Lots to do - and we’re cracking on!
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London housing scheme named winner of 2026 Stirling Prize: Croydon council housing scheme was bookies’ least favourite to win but won over judges with its innovative approach to high-density housing on a steeply sloping site dlvr.it/TVx0zr #construction #news
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I’ve not seen in the flesh the @RIBA #StirlingPrize 2026 winner: Lion Green Road, in Croydon, by Mary Duggan Architects, & maybe I should, but I’m not completely convinced, though I’d like to be, as I’ve a lot of time for the architects!…
youtu.be/3cz2hdrG_Pw?is=INwW… via @YouTube
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Stirling Prize 2026 #Architecture #Croydon
Mary Duggan Architects’ Lion Green Road named winner of 2026 Stirling Prize: Croydon housing scheme was bookies’ least favourite to win but won over judges with its innovative approach to high-density housing on a steeply sloping site dlvr.it/TVx0xF #architecture #news
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Never underestimate the ability of good architecture to deliver .
theguardian.com/artanddesign…
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Mick Hume, former scion of the Revolutionary Communist Party, spiked online trustie, Furedi confidant and now propagandist
Exclusive: Reform will shortly be mailing an eight-page newspaper to 15 million households
Called 'The Reformer', party sources claim to have placed the biggest paper order in the world this year ahead of the first edition
Mick Hume, longtime Farage employee, playing a key role in its production
Part of a new media push to bypass traditional gatekeepers, with free content to rival 'gov. UK' and appear high up on Google searches
spectator.com/article/reveal…
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ABSOLUTE JOKE OF A SAVE FROM PIERCE CHARLES 🔥🔥🔥
With that save earning QPR a point away to West Ham
#WHUQPR
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Congratulations to Councillor Molly Hartill, the new Labour councillor for Myatt’s Fields 🌹
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Myatt's Fields (Lambeth) Council By-Election Result:
🌹 LAB: 46.7% (+10.3)
🌍 GRN: 37.1% (-2.0)
🔶 LDM: 8.6% (+1.5)
🌳 CON: 3.4% (-1.8)
➡️ RFM: 2.6% (-2.7)
✝️ CPA: 1.2% (New)
🚩 SPGB: 0.4% (New)
No Ind (-6.1) or TUSC (-0.8) as previous.
Labour HOLD.
Changes w/ 2026.
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🌹Labour's NEC: after 25 years I’m standing down. Please vote for loyal, energetic candidates who go beyond the old factions: Cat Arnold, current member & vice-chair for women; Jovan Owusu-Nepaul, Clacton candidate in 2024; Kerry Postlewhite, campaigner and internationalist🌹
Single Transferable Vote provides both a direct representation of local communities and reasonable level of proportionality.
Good work by
@JoshHousden.
Would like to see a version of this for 2026 Council Elections. – at Kensington, London
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Croydon, London
Source: ft.com/content/de34dfc7-c506…
More: centreforcities.org/wp-conte… 12/15
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My favourite 10 examples where relaxing planning restrictions substantially increased housing supply.
1) Auckland
2) Sao Paulo
3) Zurich
4) Campbelltown, SA
5) Lower Hutt
6) New York
7) Austin
8) Edmonton
9) Tokyo
10) Croydon
Here’s a tweet or two on each. 1/15
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I am delighted to hear that the Labour group on Bedford Borough Council is pushing for an end to Bedford's directly elected mayor and the restoration of the traditional leader-Cabinet model.
Directly elected mayors have gone against our parliamentary traditions, dividing the mandate between a council's executive and legislature.
I saw this farcical situation first-hand when I lived in Bedford, where we had a Liberal Democrat mayor but his party was the 3rd largest on the council. A total mess.
Bedford is not the first council to see the folly in directly elected mayors, and it will not be the last..