Category Archives: Sutton Council

Hackbridge residents asked to take part in plan referendum

Posted on November 13, 2018 by

Sutton Council is running a community referendum this month on The Hackbridge and Beddington Corner Neighbourhood Development Group (pause for breath…) neighbourhood plan. The Hackbridge and Beddington Corner Neighbourhood Development Group (pause for breath…) was set up in November 2011 … Continue reading →

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Open days at Little Holland House, Carshalton, every month

Posted on November 11, 2018 by
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NHS set to announce A&E and Maternity closures at St Helier

Posted on November 5, 2018 by

NHS chiefs in Merton will later this week propose the closure of the Accident and Emergency department and the Maternity unit at St Helier Hospital, according to an MP for the area. The MP, Siobhain McDonagh, warns that any such … Continue reading →

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Dombey gets Sutton in the Eye over Incinerator Academy

Posted on October 31, 2018 by

Ruth Dombey’s relentless drive to have Sutton regarded as the rottenest borough in south London got another boost today, as her Liberal Democrat-run council got yet another dishonourable mention in Private Eye magazine. The scurrilous satirical fortnightly features on its … Continue reading →

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Belmont election shock #1: ‘I didn’t want to quit as councillor’

Posted on October 27, 2018 by

Our Sutton reporter, BERTIE WORCESTER-PARK, on a stunning admission which fuels speculation that some of the borough’s Tories were keen to find a way to get their deputy leader back on the council In a remarkable admission made to Inside … Continue reading →

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Tories retain Belmont council seat after needless by-election

Posted on October 26, 2018 by

CARL SHILTON, our Sutton reporter, on the outcome of a council by-election which was entirely unnecessary After a six-month absence, Neil “Father Jack” Garratt is back as a councillor in Sutton. Garratt, the deputy leader of the Conservatives in Sutton … Continue reading →

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Transport report for £40m school ‘mysteriously’ disappears

Posted on October 24, 2018 by

Residents in Belmont go to the polls in a council by-election tomorrow, where Tory candidate Neil ‘Father Jack’ Garratt is expected to win. One factor could be the growing concerns over road safety around a new secondary school. Our Sutton … Continue reading →

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