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Category Archives: Dave Tchil
Councillors make call to divest from Israeli-linked companies
More than 150 councillors from across London’s boroughs and London Assembly members have signed a letter demanding divestment of council pension funds from corporations which fund or support Israeli abuses against Palestinians. Yet only one of Croydon’s 70 councillors has … Continue reading
Posted in Bexley, Bromley Council, Dave Tchil, Kingston, Lambeth Council, Ria Patel, Sheldon Vestey, Southwark Council, Sutton Council, Wandsworth Council
Tagged Bexley, Bromley, CIV, Cllr Ria Patel, Croydon, Croydon Council, Gaza, Green Party, Israel, Labour, Lambeth, Liberal Democrats, London Collective Investment Vehicle, Martin Abrams, Palestine, Palestine Solidarity Campaign, Ria Patel, Southwark, Sutton Council
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Labour makes new U-turn as Señor Vestey opts to stand down
INSIDE SUTTON: Just days after his local party posted leaflets online calling on supporters to vote for him in May, the controversial councillor on the Costa has changed his mind – but that won’t stop him pocketing thousands of pounds … Continue reading
Posted in 2026 council elections, Dave Tchil, Sheldon Vestey, Steve Alvarez, Sutton Council
Tagged Cllr Sheila Berry, Cllr Sheldon Vestey, Cllr Steve Alvarez, Conservative, Hackbridge, Labour, Margaret Thomas, Señor Sheldon Vestey, Sheldon Vestey, St Helier West, Steve Alvarez, Sutton Council, Tory
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No apologies from Señor Vestey over three conduct complaints
INSIDE SUTTON: A Labour councillor who moved home to Spain more than a year ago has refused to comply with recommendations of a committee that found him to have broken the Code of Conduct multiple times. EXCLUSIVE by CARL SHILTON, … Continue reading
Six doctors lead the objections against ‘monster’ waste plant
Six concerned doctors are among the hundreds of worried Sutton residents who have filed objections to a plan to build what one local councillor calls “a monster” food waste plant on Beddington Lane. The Suez food waste plant proposals are … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Dave Tchil, Environment, Helen Bailey, Nick Mattey, Planning, Refuse collection, Suez waste treatment plant, Sutton Council, Waste incinerator
Tagged Beddington, Beddington Lane, Beddington Lane incinerator, Hapless Helen Bailey, Helen Bailey, Nick Mattey, Pamela Marsh, Planning, Suez, Sutton, Sutton Central, Sutton Council, Viridor
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The Help to Buy mortgage and councillor’s shifting interests
INSIDE SUTTON: An absentee Labour councillor admits he did not declare his own property ownership when he or his soon-to-be wife claimed tens of thousands of pounds in a government-funded, interest-free mortgage loan. EXCLUSIVE by investigations editor, CARL SHILTON The … Continue reading
Posted in Dave Tchil, Sheldon Vestey, Sutton Council
Tagged Dave Tchil, Hackbridge, Labour, London, SDEN, Sheldon Vestey, Spain, Sunny Spain, Sutton, Sutton Council, Valencia
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‘Local’ councillor now based 1,000 miles from Hackbridge
INSIDE SUTTON: After finally winning seats on the council for the first time in 20 years, half of what’s left of Sutton’s Labour group appears to have moved out of the borough. And some senior local party officials say that … Continue reading
Posted in Dave Tchil, Sheldon Vestey, Sutton Council
Tagged Dave Tchil, Hackbridge, Labour, London, Oh Viva Espana, SDEN, Sheldon Vestey, Spain, Sunny Spain, Sutton, Sutton Council, Valencia
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