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Category Archives: Marian James
Dombey survives but Sutton results leave LibDems scarred
CARL SHILTON at the election count reports on how senior Liberal Democrats lost their council positions while their party clung on to power, as Labour won their first seats for 20 years The election fight in Sutton turned feral as … Continue reading
Posted in 2022 council elections, Catherine Gray, Jayne McCoy, Jenny Batt, Luke Taylor, Marian James, Neil Garratt, Nick Mattey, Ruth Dombey, Sutton Council, Tim Crowley, Tom Drummond, Waste incinerator
Tagged 2022 Local Elections, Beddington, Catherine Gray, Drew Heffernan, Jean Crossby, Jenny Batt, Luke Taylor, Ruth Dombey, Sutton, Sutton Council, Tim Crowley, Tom Drummond
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Sutton firm puts SEND children to back of lessons queue
Loss-making council company prioritises profit-generating clients over legal responsibilities for the education of some of the borough’s most vulnerable children. By CARL SHILTON Parents of Sutton children with SEND have been lied to by their local council, as it has … Continue reading
Minutes show plan to end services to 200 families in Sutton
EXCLUSIVE: Sutton Council has been criticised by a local MP for being ‘insensitive’ to parents of children with SEND, while an official complaint has been lodged over a senior LibDem councillor’s conduct. By our Sutton investigations editor, CARL SHILTON Confidential … Continue reading
Sutton announces scheme to scrap Council Tax for care leavers
Sutton is to scrap Council Tax charges for youngsters when they leave the care system, the council has announced. Care leavers have been found to have greater difficulty around managing their money, often go into debt and are more likely … Continue reading
Parents group want Sutton’s head of SEND to be sacked
A parents campaign group has backed a call for the sacking of Sutton Council’s head of SEND, Councillor Jenny Batt. The parents issued a statement this morning in which they said that they have found Batt’s “complete failure to engage … Continue reading
Sutton Council sacks Cognus MD over their SEND shambles
Our Sutton investigations editor, CARL SHILTON, on an inevitable development in the council’s struggles over its special educational needs services Tracey Burley has been sacked as the managing director of Cognus, the Sutton Council spin-off company which is responsible for … Continue reading
Posted in Marian James, Ruth Dombey, SEND, Sutton Council
Tagged Cognus, Marian James, Ruth Dombey, SEND, Sutton Council, Sutton EHCP Crisis Campaign Group
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Sutton’s Bailey moves over Cognus as SEND pressure mounts
A crisis over provision of SEND services has forced the council’s chief exec to take urgent action, appointing a director to the company in charge Sutton stages a full council meeting tonight at which the borough’s provision of services for … Continue reading
Posted in Helen Bailey, Marian James, Ruth Dombey, SEND, Sutton Council
Tagged Amalia Banon, Helen Bailey, Marian James, SEND, Sutton Council
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Call for resignations over ‘devastation’ to SEND children
EXCLUSIVE: One of Sutton’s senior councillors is under pressure over continuing failures to provide legally required services for hundreds of vulnerable youngsters. CARL SHILTON reports It is becoming increasingly apparent that Marian James, one of Sutton Council leader Ruth Dombey’s … Continue reading