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Category Archives: Sutton Council
Concerns for wildlife as leaky Carshalton Ponds empties again
Carshalton Ponds has emptied of water again – and no one seems to know why. Water levels dropped surprisingly quickly overnight Friday into Saturday, prompting Sutton Council to issue an advisory message yesterday which amounted to the authority admitting it … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, Honeywood Museum, Sutton Council, Wildlife
Tagged Carshalton, Carshalton Ponds, Sutton, Sutton Council
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More hot air from Sutton over council’s unwanted heat network
Sutton’s Liberal Democrat one-party state will ask councillors at a meeting on Monday to back extending the Sutton Decentralised Energy Network by about half a mile. SDEN is the council-owned scheme that was supposed to pipe heat from the Beddington … Continue reading
£100k job for the boy: How do you solve a problem like Mario?
Croydon’s part-time Mayor’s misuse of public resources takes in photo-ops for his Tory mates, and political appointments paying six-figure salaries. By our Political Editor, WALTER CRONXITE Jason Perry, Croydon’s self-important but impotent Mayor, continues to spend hundreds of thousands of … Continue reading
Posted in Andrea Perry, Croydon Council, James Cleverly, London-wide issues, Mario Creatura, Mayor Jason Perry, Mayor of London, Neil Garratt
Tagged Andrea Perry, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Dean Shoesmith, Helen Reeves, HR, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, Mayor's office manager, Sir James Cleverly MP, Susie Rundle, Tory
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Police seize £500k-worth of cannabis plants in car wash raid
Early morning arrests at a Beddington Lane business uncover a ‘sophisticated’ drugs farm operated by an ‘organised crime group’, according to the Met Motorists using a car wash on Beddington Lane might have got more than they bargained for, after … Continue reading
Perry admits he has no idea when work will start on Purley Pool
Not for the first time, Croydon’s Mayor is out of his depth when facing the most straightforward of questions, reports PEARL LEE Five years after promising to reopen Purley Pool “immediately” as part of his original election campaign, and Croydon … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Chris Philp MP, Croydon Council, Croydon South, Housing, Mayor Jason Perry, Neil Garratt, Planning, Polaska, Polaska Assets Ltd, Property, Purley, Purley Pool
Tagged Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, Planning, Polaska, Polaska Assets BVI, Polaska Assets Ltd, Purley, Purley Pool, Purley Pool Towers, Tory
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Complaints against Perry’s council soar by 51% in two years
Croydon, under its Tory Mayor, is getting worse, not better, judging by the number of complaints upheld by the Local Government Ombudsman in the last year. EXCLUSIVE by STEVEN DOWNES Croydon continues to be among the country’s most rotten boroughs, … Continue reading
Posted in Adult Social Care, Bromley Council, Children's Services, Croydon Council, Housing, Katherine Kerswell, Lambeth Council, London-wide issues, Mayor Jason Perry, Planning, SEND, Surrey, Sutton Council
Tagged Bromley, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Katherine Kerswell, Lambeth, League tables, Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman, Local Government Ombudsman, London, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, Rotten Boroughs, Rotten boroughs league tables 2025-2026, Sutton, Tory
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Met Commissioner visits Sutton mosque after terror threats
Sir Mark Rowley, the Metropolitan Police Commissioner, was in Sutton for Friday prayers to provide reassurance to the Muslim community after their mosques were mentioned as targets in an alleged terror plot. A 14-year-old boy, described as being from south … Continue reading
Boy, 14, charged with terrorism after Sutton mosques targeted
Court hears how teen’s ‘manifesto’ for ‘Operation Terrorise Sutton’ was inspired by Adolf Hitler and Norwegian mass-murderer Anders Breivik A 14-year-old boy from south London appeared in court today charged with terrorism offences, after evidence was found at his home … Continue reading
LibDems’ £1m costs and damages in Campanale challenge
INSIDE SUTTON: Time could be running out for MP Luke Taylor, as former party leader Tim Farron joins calls for an independent inquiry into the nasty and illegal campaign waged against a properly selected candidate The simmering scandal over the … Continue reading
Sutton defends its Ofsted failure by claiming ‘no child was hurt’
EXCLUSIVE: LibDem council deliberately delayed publication of damning report to avoid its failures of SEND children appearing before the local elections. DAVE BURTON reports how councillors and officials have broken confidentiality rules and tried to pass the buck Ofsted and … Continue reading
Perry’s council failed to respond to incinerator consultation
While LibDem leader Ed Davey has called for a review of the Environment Agency’s decision to allow permit-busting polluters Viridor to burn even more rubbish at Beddington, Croydon Labour MPs stay silent. By STEVEN DOWNES Croydon Council under Tory Mayor … Continue reading
Posted in Bobby Dean, Broad Green, Business, Carshalton and Wallington, Croydon Council, Dave Tchil, Environment, Kingston, Luke Taylor MP, Mayor Jason Perry, Mayor of London, Merton, Nick Mattey, Refuse collection, Sadiq Khan, Sutton and Cheam, Sutton Council, Waste incinerator
Tagged Air pollution, Beddington, Beddington incinerator, Broad Green, Cllr Dave Tchil, Cllr Nick Mattey, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon East, Croydon West, EA, Environment Agency, Hackbridge, Infant mortality, Kingston and Surbiton, Labour, Liberal Democrats, Natasha Irons MP, Purley Way, Sarah Jones MP, Selhurst, Sir Ed Davey, Tory, Toxic air pollution, Viridor, Viridor incinerator, Waddon
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Viridor is using PR firm with links to Labour Together scandal
When Viridor, operators of the toxic polluting Beddington incinerator, issued their triumphalist press release yesterday announcing that they had been granted an extension on their licence to burn rubbish, it was sent from a public relations firm which is owned … Continue reading
Posted in Broad Green, Business, Croydon Council, Environment, Merton, Nick Mattey, Refuse collection, Sutton Council, Waste incinerator
Tagged Air pollution, Beddington, Beddington incinerator, Broad Green, Cllr Nick Mattey, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, EA, Environment Agency, Hackbridge, Infant mortality, Labour, Liberal Democrats, Purley Way, Selhurst, Tory, Toxic air pollution, Viridor, Viridor incinerator, Waddon
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‘Sickening’: EA allows even more waste to burn in Beddington
Despite nearly 1,000 breaches of its existing permit in a 15-month period, Viridor has had its licence extension for the Beddington incinerator granted, to the dismay of local councillors and environmentalists. By STEVEN DOWNES The Environment Agency, already known as … Continue reading
Posted in Broad Green, Business, Croydon Council, Environment, Merton, Nick Mattey, Refuse collection, Sutton Council, Waste incinerator
Tagged Air pollution, Beddington, Beddington incinerator, Broad Green, Cllr Nick Mattey, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, EA, Environment Agency, Hackbridge, Infant mortality, Labour, Liberal Democrats, Purley Way, Selhurst, Tory, Toxic air pollution, Viridor, Viridor incinerator, Waddon
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Carshalton infants’ school digs in with garden centre’s help
Dobbies Garden Centres is supporting 53 local charities and community groups across the country through its Community Gardens initiative. And from hundreds of nominations received, their Woodcote Green store has chosen to support Victor Seymour Infants School in Carshalton. The … Continue reading
Reform councillor offers thanks to dodgy far-right fraudster
INSIDE SUTTON: Yesterday we reported how the borough’s two newest councillors are already making a grifters’ grab for tens of thousands of pounds in public money. Now CARL SHILTON investigates some of the dodgy-looking associations that Reform’s Alison Long and … Continue reading
Posted in Alison Long, Dave Tchil, Janey Gould, Nick Mattey, Outside Croydon, Sutton Council
Tagged 2026 council elections, 2026 local elections, Alison Long, Beddington, Dave Tchil, Farage, Hackbridge, Janey Gould, Labour, Liberal Democrats, Nick Mattey, Nigel Farage, Reform Ltd, Reform UK, St Helier West, Sutton Council, Tory
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