Category Archives: Outside Croydon

Sutton announces scheme to scrap Council Tax for care leavers

Posted on July 8, 2020 by

Sutton is to scrap Council Tax charges for youngsters when they leave the care system, the council has announced. Care leavers have been found to have greater difficulty around managing their money, often go into debt and are more likely … Continue reading →

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Tories choose NHS’s birthday to sound death knell for St Helier

Posted on July 4, 2020 by

The Tory government chose the weekend of the 72nd anniversary of the founding of the NHS to sound the death knell for acute services at St Helier Hospital, and at Epsom Hospital in Surrey. A 25-year-long battle to maintain and … Continue reading →

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No laughing matter as East Cheam is placed on election map

Posted on July 1, 2020 by

BERTIE WORCESTER-PARK reports on the latest threat to the LibDems’ one-party state in south London Sutton residents are to get an additional councillor. And the sacred memory of Tony Hancock is to be enshrined with one of the borough’s wards … Continue reading →

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XR’s slow march highlights lack of progress on emissions

Posted on June 26, 2020 by

Extinction Rebellion protesters yesterday marched through Sutton town centre before delivering letters to the borough’s pair of Tory MPs, Paul Scully and Elliot Colburn, demanding action on the climate emergency. Sutton XR said, “The letter urges our MPs to publicly … Continue reading →

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Sutton’s heating network inflicts fuel poverty on new estate

Posted on June 23, 2020 by

Our Sutton reporter, CARL SHILTON, on a saga of deceit and disservice Sutton Council and its Liberal Democrat councillors have found themselves in hot water over SDEN, the district heating network which was supposed to provide cheap, “green” energy pumped … Continue reading →

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SDEN: A timeline of council bungling and sky-high fuel prices

Posted on June 23, 2020 by

Sutton Council’s handling of its energy network has placed a number of families who have moved into the Barratt’s-built New Mill Quarter at Hackbridge in “fuel poverty”. This timeline tells a story of denial, dishonesty and outright incompetence 2018: The … Continue reading →

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Council leaders are set to break lockdown laws for ‘photo ops’

Posted on June 20, 2020 by

Council leaders in Croydon and Sutton are actively encouraging the public to break the law by attending large gatherings – ignoring the advice of health experts and potentially putting people’s health, and lives, at risk. One councillor has appealed to … Continue reading →

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MP challenges Viridor over its management of wildlife reserve

Posted on June 17, 2020 by

A Member of Parliament has intervened over the serious damage to the wildlife habitat and the destruction of one of London’s largest nesting colonies of house sparrows, following reports of the ecological calamity by Inside Croydon. Elliot Colburn was elected … Continue reading →

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Barratt helps care home keep in touch during lockdown

Posted on June 12, 2020 by

Housebuilders Barratt London have donated a tablet to a Wallington care home, to help residents stay connected with friends and family during the covid-19 outbreak. The tablet, which was delivered last week to the Bridge House Care Centre on London … Continue reading →

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Shock as leader of council with £1bn property debts is ousted

Posted on June 10, 2020 by

The leader of a local council which has gambled hundreds of millions of pounds on the property market has been ousted by party colleagues, and may now face an independent investigation. No, loyal reader, don’t get too excited just yet… … Continue reading →

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