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Crowe flies from Sutton leaving £30,000 legal bill behind her
Our Sutton reporter, BELLE MONT, on the latest high-profile departure from the Civic Offices So, farewell then, Jessica Crowe. Sutton Council’s £100,000 per year “assistant director of customers, commissioning and governance” (whatever that is supposed to mean) is off to … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, Helen Bailey, Housing, Jessica Crowe, Jules Pipe, Mayor of London, Nick Mattey, Ruth Dombey, Sadiq Khan, Shasha Khan, Sutton Council, Waste incinerator
Tagged Beddington Lane incinerator, Helen Bailey, Jessica Crowe, Jules Pipe, Nick Mattey, Ruth Dombey, Sutton Council
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Independents’ Day in Beddington puts Dombey in the doldrums
Tony Newman is not the only south London council leader under increased pressure following the local elections. BELLE MONT delves into the detail of the results in Sutton, where the local LibDem leader used to boast that ‘independents don’t win … Continue reading
Posted in 2018 council elections, Hamish Pollock, Jayne McCoy, Jessica Crowe, Niall Bolger, Nick Mattey, Paul Burstow MP, Paul Scully MP, Ruth Dombey, Sutton Council, Tim Crowley, Waste incinerator, Wendy Mathys
Tagged Beddington Lane incinerator, Beddington North, Conservative, Labour, Liberal Democrats, Nick Mattey, Ruth Dombey, Sutton Council, Tim Crowley, Tory
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Dombey’s LibDems accused of ‘cheating’ election in Sutton
ELECTIONS EXCLUSIVE: Our Sutton dodgy goings-on editor, JERRY MANDER, on how the rules of purdah have been broken repeatedly by the local Liberal Democrats as they ignore orders from council officers not to abuse taxpayer-funded resources The Liberal Democrats who … Continue reading
Dombey and chums forced to climbdown over gerrymandering
Sutton’s LibDems have been caught out over attempts to hijack publicly funded council business for the benefit of their own party’s election prospects, as BELLE MONT reports Inside Croydon’s revelations this week that Sutton’s ruling Liberal Democrats were trying to … Continue reading
Posted in Charlie Mansell, Jessica Crowe, Niall Bolger, Ruth Dombey, Sutton Council, Tim Crowley
Tagged Andy Cook, Charlie Mansell, Conservative, Labour, Liberal Democrats, Ruth Dombey, Tim Crowley, Tory
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Sutton ready to ‘faire une Pipe’, as Bolger apologises for mayor
There’s “some serious consternation”, according to sources at Sutton Council, being shown by the borough’s executive head of governance, Jessica Crowe, over the description of MIPIM, the international property show in the South of France next week, as a “booze … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Housing, Jessica Crowe, Jules Pipe, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Niall Bolger, Planning, Ruth Dombey, Sadiq Khan, Sutton Council, Waste incinerator
Tagged Jessica Crowe, Jules Pipe, Liberal Democrats, London, London Assembly, Mayor, MIPIM, Niall Bolger, Sadiq Khan, Sutton Council
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More questions than answers as Mayor ducks burning issue
JONNY BROGDALE reports on an unsatisfactory exercise organised by City Hall that was more about justification than any real accountability The People’s Question Time session with London Mayor Sadiq Khan, staged in Carshalton on Thursday night, offered a couple of … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, Jessica Crowe, London Assembly, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Nick Mattey, Policing, Ruth Dombey, Sadiq Khan, Sian Berry, Steve O'Connell, Sutton Council, TfL, Tim Crowley, Tramlink, Transport, Waste incinerator
Tagged Beddington Lane incinerator, Conservative, Labour, Liberal Democrats, London, London Assembly, Mayor, Mayor of London, Nick Mattey, Sadiq Khan, Sian Berry, Sutton Council, Tory, Viridor
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It’s official: Sutton scrutiny chair does have conflict of interest
It’s official: The position of a Sutton councillor on a panel to distribute £1million-worth of “hush money” from incinerator operator Viridor does hold inherent conflicts of interest. That’s the view of Jessica Crowe, one of Sutton Council’s most senior public … Continue reading
Crowe’s feat to ensure incinerator inquiry is avoided
After venturing into Sutton on Wednesday evening, WALTER CRONXITE reports on the latest efforts by the council to avoid a proper inquiry into the awarding of a £1 billion incinerator contract What a surprise. Liberal Democrat councillors on what we … Continue reading
