Croydon Articles

Politics is brutal. In Croydon Central, the tiniest of margins determined that I was not to be a member of parliament. We lost by 165 votes. We ran a good campaign. Everything we did was positive – whether that was pushing for Croydon to be made Zone 4 or my 24-hour...

Croydon needs a Labour victory in May after almost eight years of Tory control because the Tory council have ignored and neglected communities in so many parts of Croydon. Service cuts have been focused on the most vulnerable and inequality across the borough in terms...

Winning back London’s commuter belt is key to restoring Labour’s fortunes in marginals throughout the country, argues Gareth Thomas Labour needs a new focus on winning back the hearts, minds and ultimately the votes of those living in the London commuter belt. For the...