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Four London boroughs have no plans for waste reduction
CROYDON COMMENTARY: The boroughs of Croydon, Sutton, Merton and Kingston have a new draft South London Waste Plan and, according to PETER UNDERWOOD (right), it’s a load of rubbish One of the most common issues people raise with me is … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Croydon Council, Croydon Greens, Environment, Fly tipping, Kingston, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Merton, Peter Underwood, Refuse collection, Sutton Council, Veolia, Waste incinerator
Tagged Beddington Lane incinerator, Croydon Greens, Kingston Council, Merton Council, Peter Underwood, SLWP, South London Waste Partnership, South London Waste Plan, Sutton Council, Veolia, Viridor
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SDEN’s business plan ‘dishonest at best, fraudulent at worst’
Sutton’s LibDem council was last night forced to agree to an independent investigation into its failing heating company. CARL SHILTON reports Sutton Council’s controlling Liberal Democrats, after spending six years trying to deny that there was anything even vaguely suspicious … Continue reading
Spendthrift LibDems won’t pay for Carshalton investigation
Liberal Democrat-controlled Sutton Council has ruled that it cannot afford to carry out an official, lawyer-led investigation into the misconduct of three LibDem councillors who libelled a local businessman and community sports club in one of their party leaflets. This … Continue reading
Posted in Ben Andrew, Environment, Nick Mattey, Shasha Khan, Sutton Council, Waste incinerator
Tagged Beddington Lane incinerator, Beddington North, Ben Andrew, Carshalton Athletic, Carshalton Central, Colin Drummond, Jill Whitehead, John Drage, LibDems, Liberal Democrats, London, Sutton Council, Viridor
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Caught Short: ‘incompetent’ licensing chair told to resign
After receiving a threat of legal action, three Sutton FibDems have admitted that the content of their newsletter about the local non-league football club was a pack of lies. BERTIE WORCESTER-PARK reports There have been calls for the resignation of … Continue reading
Football club threatens libel action against three councillors
Our Sutton reporter, BERTIE WORCESTER-PARK, on how the LibDems have been accused of having a ‘vendetta’ against Carshalton Athletic “At best incompetent, at worse downright dishonest, and in either case incredibly negligent.” That is how three Liberal Democrat councillors have … Continue reading
Garratt doubles victory margin as he takes City Hall seat
NOT-SO-SPECIAL ELECTION SPECIAL: Labour has slipped back in the London Assembly voting, with its worst result in Croydon and Sutton for 13 years. By WALTER CRONXITE, political editor Neil “Father Jack” Garratt was named on Saturday as Croydon and Sutton’s … Continue reading
Posted in 2021 London elections, London Assembly, London-wide issues, Marina Ahmad, Mayor of London, Neil Garratt, Patsy Cummings, Sadiq Khan, Shaun Bailey, South Norwood, Sutton Council
Tagged Conservative, Croydon and Sutton (London Assembly constituency), Green Party, Labour, Liberal Democrats, London, London Assembly, Marina Ahmad, Neil Garratt, Patsy Cummings, Peter Underwood, Sadiq Khan, Tory
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Tories are tipped to cling on to Croydon and Sutton seat
NOT-SO-SPECIAL ELECTION SPECIAL: With just hours to go before the polling stations open, WALTER CRONXITE, our political editor, offers some important advice to make sure that your votes count After a turgid campaign that has lasted, off and on because … Continue reading
Posted in 2021 London elections, Croydon Greens, Kenley, London Assembly, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Neil Garratt, New Addington North, Park Hill and Whitgift, Patsy Cummings, Peter Underwood, Sadiq Khan, Shaun Bailey, South Norwood, Woodside
Tagged Conservative, Green Party, Kenley, Labour, Liberal Democrats, London Assembly, Mayor, Neil Garratt, New Addington, New Addington North, Park Hill and Whitgift, Patsy Cummings, Peter Underwood, South Norwood, Tory, Woodside
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Wallington groups seek to clean-up for Christian Aid Week
Members of St Michael and All Angels junior choir, siblings Viviene and Jansen Lim are getting ready for a sponsored litter pick on May 23. They will be raising money for international relief and development charity Christian Aid in its … Continue reading
Posted in Charity, Church and religions, Outside Croydon, Sutton Council
Tagged Beddington, Christian Aid, Christian Aid Week, Wallington
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Tory Assembly candidate in racism row over stop and search
Election candidates have not been subject to the kind of public scrutiny they might have expected pre-covid, and online hustings last week demonstrated why such questioning is so necessary. By STEVEN DOWNES Neil “Father Jack” Garratt, the Conservative candidate for … Continue reading
Posted in 2021 London elections, Crime, Knife crime, London Assembly, London-wide issues, Neil Garratt, Patsy Cummings, Peter Underwood, Policing
Tagged Conservative, Croydon, Croydon and Sutton (London Assembly constituency), Green Party, Labour, London, London Assembly, Neil Garratt, Patsy Cummings, Peter Underwood, South Norwood, Sutton, Tory
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Sutton accused of ‘misleading’ over SDEN and the Heat Trust
SDEN, the misfiring heating network business run by Sutton Council, has been accused of passing themselves off falsely as a member of government-backed quango, the Heat Trust. The very damaging allegation of serious misrepresentation has been made by… the Heat … Continue reading
Garratt and Cummings finally agree to debate climate crisis
It took them a while but, finally, the two frontrunners in the race to be Croydon and Sutton’s London Assembly Member have agreed to take part in an online hustings organised by the Friends of the Earth’s Croydon Climate Action … Continue reading
Posted in 2021 London elections, Climate Crisis Commission, Community associations, Croydon Friends of the Earth, Environment, London Assembly, London-wide issues, Neil Garratt, Patsy Cummings, Peter Underwood
Tagged Conservative, Croydon, Croydon and Sutton (London Assembly constituency), Croydon Climate Action, Friends of the Earth, Green Party, Labour, Liberal Democrats, London, London Assembly, Neil Garratt, Patsy Cummings, Tory
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School Streets work – so why have Sutton removed them?
In Carshalton, the local council has removed a traffic-calming scheme outside a primary school, so that they can hold a consultation about… re-introducing it. Local parent VERITY THOMSON takes up the story Parents, residents and volunteers working on the School … Continue reading
Posted in Schools, Sutton Council, TfL, Transport
Tagged Carshalton, school streets, Sutton Council
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Viridor incinerator given 20 warnings in just 15 months
Twenty: that’s the number of official warnings issued by the Environment Agency to Viridor over their waste incinerator at Beddington in just 15 months. The 20 formal warnings – without a hint of any kind of sanction for the multi-national … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, Kingston, Merton, Sutton Council, Waste incinerator
Tagged Beddington Lane incinerator, Hilary Gander, Viridor
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Calls for Beddington incinerator to be shut down over CO2
Viridor’s figures show that their south London plant is pumping out three times as much CO2 as other, similar facilities. By PAUL LUSHION, environment correspondent The Viridor incinerator at Beddington Lane, operated on behalf of Croydon and three other south … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon Council, Environment, Kingston, London-wide issues, Merton, Peter Underwood, Refuse collection, Sutton Council, Waste incinerator
Tagged Beddington Lane incinerator, Croydon, Environment Agency, Kingston Council, London, Merton Council, SLWP, South London Waste Partnership, Sutton Council, Viridor
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Minutes show plan to end services to 200 families in Sutton
EXCLUSIVE: Sutton Council has been criticised by a local MP for being ‘insensitive’ to parents of children with SEND, while an official complaint has been lodged over a senior LibDem councillor’s conduct. By our Sutton investigations editor, CARL SHILTON Confidential … Continue reading
Report: Incinerator is ‘as polluting as coal-fired power stations’
An investigation published by the Daily Telegraph reports that hundreds of millions of pounds of public money has been handed over to the incinerator industry based on false claims that burning waste generates cheap, green energy. The Telegraph investigation, published … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Climate Crisis Commission, Croydon Council, Environment, Planning, Refuse collection, Sutton Council, Veolia, Waste incinerator
Tagged Beddington Lane incinerator, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, John Drage, Labour, Liberal Democrats, London Borough of Croydon, Sutton Council, Tory, Veolia, Viridor
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MP Colburn in ‘angry’ row with Sutton over faulty heat network
The hot water supplied to Hackbridge’s New Mill Quarter might be lukewarm, but the political row over the council’s faulty heating network is close to boiling point, as our Sutton correspondent, CARL SHILTON, reports The MP who represents thousands of … Continue reading
Posted in Ben Andrew, Elliot Colburn, Helen Bailey, Jayne McCoy, London Fire Brigade, Property, Ruth Dombey, Sutton Council, Waste incinerator
Tagged Beddington Lane incinerator, Ben Andrew, Elliot Colburn MP, Helen Bailey, Jayne McCoy, New Mill Quarter, NMQ, SDEN, Sheldon Vestey, Sutton Council
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CPRE tells Mayor Khan to make Farmlands a new public park
Beddington Farmlands, the site of disused 20th-century landfill and sewage works, should be turned into one of 10 new parks for London, according to an environmentalist charity. The Campaign for Preservation of Rural England has picked the wildlife-rich but sometimes … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, London Assembly, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Sutton Council, Waste incinerator, Wildlife
Tagged Beddington, Beddington Farmlands, Beddington Lane incinerator, Campaign for Preservation of Rural England, CPRE, Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, Sutton Council, Thames Water, Viridor
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Sutton councillor investigated for ‘bringing party into disrepute’
A councillor at the centre of the row with more than a thousand residents in the ward he is supposed to represent is now under formal investigation by his own political party over his conduct towards a member of the … Continue reading
Thousands left freezing as council heating network fails again
Residents who paid up to £600,000 for luxury homes on a Barratts-built Hackbridge development fear their properties have become unsellable because of a ‘100% reliable’ heating network owned by the LibDem-run council. Our Sutton correspondent, CARL SHILTON, reports More than … Continue reading
Posted in Nick Mattey, Sutton Council, Waste incinerator
Tagged Amanda Cherrington, Hackbridge, New Mill Quarter, Nick Mattey, NMQ, SDEN, Sutton, Sutton Council
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‘Safety-critical’ works close Beddington Lane for four months
By Ella Hopkins The weight of traffic of thousands of HGV lorries trucking in rubbish to be burned at the Beddington Lane incinerator has seen the vital route closed for “safety-critical” emergency works. The closure could last up to six … Continue reading
Appeal Court has Sutton in hot water over dodgy discount deal
BELLE MONT reports on the latest costly embarrassment for the LibDem council, caught withholding service discounts from social tenants Sutton could be liable to pay out millions of pounds in compensation to its council tenants after more than a decade … Continue reading
Posted in Jayne McCoy, Nick Mattey, Sutton Council, Tim Crowley
Tagged Catherine Gray, Conservative, Jayne McCoy, Liberal Democrats, London, Nick Mattey, Sutton Council, Tim Crowley
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