Category Archives: Sutton Council

Sutton LibDems feel pressure of Wallington independent’s day

Posted on March 20, 2019 by

Brexit Day is not the only unwelcome thing next week for Tom Brake, Ruth Dombey and their fellow Liberal Democrats, reports BELLE MONT A retired lecturer who for years faithfully delivered leaflets for local Liberal Democrat MP Tom Brake could … Continue reading →

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Court of Ales beer festival, The Hope, Carshalton, Mar 28-29

Posted on March 20, 2019 by
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Croydon is struggling to meet Mayor’s recycling targets

Posted on March 19, 2019 by

Residents in Croydon, or Sutton and the other boroughs in the South London Waste Partnership who endure having Veolia as their councils’ rubbish contractor, might be forgiven for having allowed Global Recycling Day, which was yesterday, apparently, to have passed … Continue reading →

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By-election rivals say LibDem candidate unfit for public office

Posted on March 7, 2019 by

CARL SHILTON reports on the cross-party condemnations for a council by-election candidate who has overseen failed businesses that have left multi-million-pound debts Barry Lewis, the choice of Sutton’s Liberal Democrats to be parachuted in to Wallington North for the council … Continue reading →

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LibDem by-election candidate whose businesses left £9m debts

Posted on March 4, 2019 by

EXCLUSIVE: Campaigning in the Wallington North council by-election in Sutton is well underway, with the Liberal Democrats championing a candidate who has a recent record of business failures that have left his employees and the taxman hugely out of pocket. … Continue reading →

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Feck! Croydon Tories cry foul as Garratt wins selection ballot

Posted on March 1, 2019 by

Political editor WALTER CRONXITE on a somewhat fractious outcome to the Conservatives’ vote on who  will represent the party in the 2020 London Assembly elections Neil “Father Jack” Garratt, the councillor for Belmont ward, will be the Conservative candidate for … Continue reading →

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Tories’ male, stale and, mainly, pale shortlist for selection

Posted on February 25, 2019 by

Our political editor WALTER CRONXITE reveals the Conservative shortlist for the candidate to stand in next year’s London Assembly elections in Croydon and Sutton The local Tory Party, which has held the Sutton and Croydon constituency at the London Assembly … Continue reading →

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