Croydon Labour Group brands Tory MPs' elected mayor campaign as...

LABOUR has described the Tory-led petition calling for Croydon to have a directly elected mayor as 'cynical, self-serving and undemocratic'. Conservative MPs Gavin Barwell and Chris Philp, backed by 10 residents' groups, want the borough to have an elected mayor, like London. They say it would prevent the ruling party favouring one half of the borough over the other. The petition would force a referendum on the subject if it is signed by five per cent of the population - about 12,500...