EXCLUSIVE: The latest annual accounts for Carlton Business Plastics, the family business run by entrepreneur and part-time Mayor Jason Perry, show that his company is suffering a financial crisis of its own.
By SANDRA STEAD
Looming redundancy: Jason Perry could soon be out of work at two of his jobs
There is good reason for Inside Croydon to refer to the Mayor of Croydon as “part-time Perry”.
Since his election in May 2022 as Croydon’s first executive Mayor, with a council salary which has ballooned to £84,000, Jason Perry has not only continued as managing director of his family firm, but he has also held other directorships, including at the oxymoronic Croydon Business Improvement District.
During his election campaign four years ago, Perry made a number of promises, all since broken, including that he would “fix the finances” of the council. Unmentioned was the near £1billion debt that he and his Tory colleagues had left behind when the Conservatives were last in office at the Town Hall in 2014.
As we approach 2026, everyone in Croydon who has seen their Council Tax hiked by 33% under Tory Mayor Perry, while he has had to get multi-million government bail-outs for his busted budgets, will know that this has gone very badly indeed. Continue reading
Our review of the year’s Croydon news continues with a ecelctic mix of the infuriating and the absurd, as the unelected and unaccountable £204,000 per year public servant at the head of the council looked increasingly all at sea 
The council’s financial plight would come to a head later this year, as Jason “Fix the Finances” Perry proved he was capable of doing no such thing.
Housing minister’s attack against the Green Party leader may have back-fired, as the cabinet member flagged up reports linking him to the unlawful hacking of this website. By STEVEN DOWNES
According to the Tory-controlled council, the roll-out of 20mph zones could take 10 years – despite strong evidence from around the rest of the country of the immediate reduction in traffic collision casualties and insurance claims when motorists have to drive more slowly.
Christmas 2025 has Beauty and the Beast as the seasonal pantomime at the Fairfield Halls. And Beauty and the Beast is also on at the Churchill Theatre, just a short bus ride away in Bromley.
