Category Archives: Marian James

Dombey survives but Sutton results leave LibDems scarred

Posted on May 6, 2022 by insidecroydon

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 →

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Sutton firm puts SEND children to back of lessons queue

Posted on March 23, 2022 by insidecroydon

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 →

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Minutes show plan to end services to 200 families in Sutton

Posted on February 18, 2021 by insidecroydon

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 →

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Sutton announces scheme to scrap Council Tax for care leavers

Posted on July 8, 2020 by insidecroydon

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 →

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Parents group want Sutton’s head of SEND to be sacked

Posted on August 8, 2019 by insidecroydon

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 →

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Sutton Council sacks Cognus MD over their SEND shambles

Posted on August 5, 2019 by insidecroydon

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 →

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Sutton’s Bailey moves over Cognus as SEND pressure mounts

Posted on July 22, 2019 by insidecroydon

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 →

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Call for resignations over ‘devastation’ to SEND children

Posted on July 2, 2019 by insidecroydon

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 →

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