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Is it time to rethink the postcode of shame?
Plight of London’s most populous borough offers a glimpse into what other cash-strapped councils can expect
Key Notes | Within easy reach of London, Birch Selsdon is a stylish new escape aimed at the capital’s creatives, flexi-workers and frazzled parents
London borough’s £1.5bn debt plight points to wider crisis in UK local government
UK government has fuelled councils’ bad incentives to gamble on commercial assets
Director-general with a reputation for backbone wades into flap over patriotic songs
Cash-strapped London borough expected to be first of many local authorities requesting bailouts
Croydon, a longtime butt of jokes, is now the most searched-for property location in London
Relaxing planning rules has increased housing but led to claims of substandard accommodation
‘I’m dealing with one eviction notice after another,’ says community volunteer
Labour and Tories slug it out in Croydon Central as ex-estate agent launches ‘one-man protest’
Ragged Shrublands housing estate was scene of mob violence
Croydon supplier hit by falling pound and confusion over customs rules
Investigators tell London’s transport authority to improve signposting
Internet post indicates another train took same corner at high speed
Driver arrested after vehicle overturns in Croydon, injuring dozens
I get by on five hours sleep a night
Buoyant jobs market and lower fuel costs should underpin retail sales and keep shopping centres busy
Increasing number of unfashionable areas of capital move into up-and-coming bracket
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