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Category Archives: Barry Lewis
LibDem power struggle after Dombey retires as Sutton leader
BELLE MONT on the end of an error at the south-west London council Ruth Dombey, the Liberal Democrat leader of Sutton Council, is standing down from the position in May. Dombey has been leader of the council since 2012, making … Continue reading →
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Posted in 2026 council elections, Barry Lewis, Bobby Dean, Outside Croydon, Paul Scully MP, Ruth Dombey, Sutton Council
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Tagged Beddington Lane incinerator, Conservative, David Bartolucci, David Campanale, Jayne McCoy, Liberal Democrats, Paul Scully MP, Ruth Dombey, Sutton and Cheam, Sutton Council, Tim Farron MP, Tory, Viridor
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Grieving Mattey accuses LibDems of ‘weaponising’ complaints
The Sutton Council administration’s most vocal critic is to be hauled before a ‘kangaroo court’, at a time when he is organising his mother’s funeral. Report by CARL SHILTON Senior officials at Liberal Democrat-controlled Sutton Council are insisting on staging … Continue reading →
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Posted in Barry Lewis, Helen Bailey, Jayne McCoy, Marian James, Nick Mattey, Sutton Council, Waste incinerator
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Tagged Barry Lewis, Beddington, Beddington incinerator, Beddington Lane incinerator, Beddington North, Helen Bailey, Jayne McCoy, Liberal Democrats, Marian James, Nazi Germany, Nick Mattey, Sutton, Sutton Council, Tim Martin
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A decade too late, even Sutton’s LibDems now turn on Viridor
No one wants the polluting Beddington incinerator to be allowed to increase its capacity for burning rubbish. So why is the Environment Agency ‘minded’ to approve the application? STEVEN DOWNES reports Tomorrow is the final day for submissions in a … Continue reading →
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Posted in Barry Lewis, Business, Croydon Council, Elliot Colburn, Environment, Kingston, London-wide issues, Merton, Planning, Refuse collection, Ruth Dombey, Sadiq Khan, Sutton Council, Waste incinerator
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Tagged Barry Lewis, Beddington, Beddington Lane incinerator, Croydon, Croydon Council, Environment Agency, Kingston Council, KKR, Liberal Democrats, Merton Council, Ruth Dombey, SLWP, South London Waste Partnership, Sutton Council, Viridor
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Investigators apologise after sending reports to wrong person
CARL SHILTON, our Sutton investigations editor, on the latest self-inflicted crisis to hit LibDem council leader Ruth Dombey and her increasingly rattled sidekick Jayne McCoy A director at a company specialising in investigating complaints over the conduct of local authority … Continue reading →
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Posted in Barry Lewis, Environment, Jayne McCoy, Marian James, Nick Mattey, Planning, Ruth Dombey, Sutton Council, Tim Crowley, Waste incinerator
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Tagged Barry Lewis, Beddington, Beddington Lane incinerator, Ch&I Associates, Jayne McCoy, Marian James, Nick Mattey, Ruth Dombey, SDEN, Sutton Council, Sutton Decentralised Energy Network, Tim Crowley
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Sutton’s 40-page emissions report fails to mention incinerator
Our environment correspondent, PAUL LUSHION, on the most ridiculous claims made yet by the Liberal Democrat-controlled council There is a meeting tonight in Sutton of the council’s environment and sustainable transport committee. And, along with Ruth Dombey, the LibDem-controlled council … Continue reading →
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Client councils are failing to hold polluting Viridor in check
Our environment correspondent, PAUL LUSHION, on the feeble opposition from south London boroughs to the Beddington incinerator creating even more toxic pollution The South London Waste Partnership, the arm’s-length, unelected and unaccountable quango formed by Croydon, Kingston, Merton and Sutton … Continue reading →
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Posted in Barry Lewis, Business, Croydon Council, Elliot Colburn, Environment, Mayor Jason Perry, Refuse collection, Ruth Dombey, Sheldon Vestey, Sutton Council, Waste incinerator
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Tagged Barry Lewis, Beddington Lane, Beddington Lane incinerator, Biggles Lewis, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Elliot Colburn MP, Kingston Council, Labour, Liberal Democrats, Mayor Jason Perry, Merton Council, Ruth Dombey, Sheldon Vestey, SLWP, South London Waste Partnership, Sutton Council, Tory, Viridor
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Sutton’s Simpson show can’t account for £2m SDEN subsidy
‘I can’t give you a guarantee there is no fraud’ – the words of an independent accountancy official at a meeting this week caused further dismay to Sutton’s ruling LibDems amid the growing controversy of their loss-making heat network. CARL … Continue reading →
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Posted in Barry Lewis, Elliot Colburn, Environment, Helen Bailey, Jayne McCoy, Neil Garratt, Nick Mattey, Richard Simpson, Ruth Dombey, Sutton Council, Tom Drummond, Waste incinerator
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Tagged Beddington Lane incinerator, Beddington North, Neil Garratt, Nick Mattey, Richard Simpson, Ruth Dombey, SDEN, Sutton, Sutton Council, Sutton Decentralised Energy Network, Tim Foster, Tom Drummond
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‘Scout master’ Bazza gets elected, but fails to create a buzz
Our Sutton reporter, BERTIE WORCESTER-PARK, on a council by-election where all the political parties did poorly Sutton’s LibDems, and their candidate with a record of serial business failures, duly retained the Wallington North council seat in yesterday’s council by-election, but … Continue reading →
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Sutton LibDems feel pressure of Wallington independent’s day
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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By-election rivals say LibDem candidate unfit for public office
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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Posted in Barry Lewis, Charlie Mansell, Nick Mattey, Ruth Dombey, Sutton Council, Tim Crowley, Tom Brake MP
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Tagged Barry Lewis, Conservative, Labour, Liberal Democrats, London, Member of parliament, Nick Mattey, Ruth Dombey, Sutton Council, Tim Crowley, Tom Brake MP, Tory, Wallington North
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LibDem by-election candidate whose businesses left £9m debts
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 →
