Local elections: Conservatives cling on in Croydon as Perry remains mayor

Jason Perry has scraped through to a second mayoral term on a council where no party holds a majority. Kasper McLeish reports: Croydon council will remain under no overall control after both Labour and the Conservatives failed to win a majority in the May 7 local election. Labour and the Labour and Co-operative Party won 30 seats together, down four from 2022. The Conservatives got 28 seats after…