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Reform councillor offers thanks to dodgy far-right fraudster
INSIDE SUTTON: Yesterday we reported how the borough’s two newest councillors are already making a grifters’ grab for tens of thousands of pounds in public money. Now CARL SHILTON investigates some of the dodgy-looking associations that Reform’s Alison Long and … Continue reading
Posted in Alison Long, Dave Tchil, Janey Gould, Nick Mattey, Outside Croydon, Sutton Council
Tagged 2026 council elections, 2026 local elections, Alison Long, Beddington, Dave Tchil, Farage, Hackbridge, Janey Gould, Labour, Liberal Democrats, Nick Mattey, Nigel Farage, Reform Ltd, Reform UK, St Helier West, Sutton Council, Tory
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Crowley joins Beddington Independents for election campaign
INSIDE SUTTON: The former leader of the Conservative group at the Civic Centre has deferred his retirement to help see off challenges from LibDems and Reform, as ROSE HILL reports Tim Crowley, for seven years the leader of the Conservative … Continue reading
Posted in 2026 council elections, Bobby Dean, Carshalton and Wallington, Nick Mattey, Ruth Dombey, Sutton Council, Tim Crowley, Tim Foster
Tagged Beddington, Beddington Independents, Bobby Dean MP, LibDems, Liberal Democrats, Nick Mattey, Reform, Ruth Dombey, Suez, Sutton Council, Tim Crowley, Tim Foster, Viridor
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‘Scandalous’ council delays over Beddington’s asbestos fly-tip
Sutton Council criticised for a ‘disgraceful’ failure to allow a fly-tipped pile of asbestos to disintegrate on a public road for around three weeks. CARL SHILTON reports A four-tonne pile of hazardous waste, including large amounts of asbestos roofing panelling, … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, Fly tipping, Health, Helen Bailey, Nick Mattey, Sutton Council, Tim Foster, Veolia
Tagged Asbestos, Beddington, Endeavour Way, fly-tip, Fly-tipping, Helen Bailey, Hydro Cleansing Ltd, Liberal Democrats, London, Nick Mattey, Steve Hoad, Sutton, Sutton Council, Tim Foster, Veolia
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Beddington survives its own Suez crisis at ‘explosive’ meeting
In another set-back for “Hapless Helen” Bailey, the £230,000 per year chief executive of Sutton Council, a planning application to build a “monster” waste plant on Beddington Lane was rejected by councillors last night. The planning committee voted 4-3 against … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Environment, Helen Bailey, Nick Mattey, Planning, Refuse collection, Suez waste treatment plant, Sutton Council, Tim Foster, Waste incinerator
Tagged Beddington, Beddington Lane, Beddington Lane incinerator, Ed Joyce, Hapless Helen Bailey, Helen Bailey, Jayne McCoy, Nick Mattey, Planning, Suez, Sutton, Sutton Central, Sutton Council, Tim Foster, Viridor
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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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Councillor slams ‘shameful and deceitful’ waste figures
DODGY LEAFLETS: Local elections are still more than a year away, but the colourful flyers with carefully crafted weasel words are already beginning to appear on residents’ doormats. Not all are overtly from political parties, but as BELLE MONT reports, … Continue reading
Posted in 2026 council elections, Business, Croydon Council, Environment, Kingston, Merton, Nick Mattey, Refuse collection, Suez waste treatment plant, Sutton Council, Veolia, Waste incinerator
Tagged Beddington, Beddington incinerator, Beddington Lane incinerator, Croydon, Croydon Council, Kingston, Kingston Council, Liberal Democrats, Merton, Merton Council, Nick Mattey, South London Waste Partnership, Sutton, Sutton Council, Tim Martin, Veolia, Viridor, Waste recycling
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Sutton staff kept Kingdom revenue deal secret from councillors
INSIDE SUTTON: Discussion about the private ‘bounty hunters’ patrolling the borough’s streets has been blocked, while evidence has been discovered that council staff may have misled opposition councillors over Kingdom’s latest contract. EXCLUSIVE by DAVE BURTON Sutton Council has been … Continue reading
Here’s our wish-list for a better Croydon and Sutton in 2025
What do you want for Croydon, and Sutton, in 2025? We approached a wide range of figures, including loyal readers, religious leaders, educators and business people for their thoughts – and hopes – for the New Year Ken Towl Addiscombe … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", Allders, Andrew Fisher, Claire Bonham, Climate Crisis Commission, Council Tax, Crime, Croydon Council, Croydon Harriers, Croydon Insider, Croydon parks, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Crystal Palace FC, David Morgan, Environment, Housing, Inside Croydon, Jerry Fitzpatrick, Ken Towl, Knife crime, Lloyd Park, Mayor Jason Perry, Nick Mattey, North End Quarter, Peter Underwood, South Bank Poly, Sutton Council, The Andrew Fisher Interview, Under The Flyover, Waste incinerator
Tagged 2025, Addiscombe, Allders, Andrew Fisher, Anna Arthur, Beddington, Bishop of Croydon, Claire Bonham, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon Harriers, Crystal Palace, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Crystal Palace FC, David Morgan, Deborah Bowen, Donna Fraser, East Coulsdon Residents' Association, Green Party, Jerry Fitzpatrick, John Jefkins, Johnny Dobbyn, Ken Towl, Labour, London, London South Bank University, Maureen Levy, Mayor Jason Perry, Nick Mattey, Peter Underwood, Rt Rev Dr Rosemarie Mallett, Tim Coombe, Vanguard Way, Vanguard Way Association, Whitgift Centre
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Council has £1m loan in the pipeline for heating no one needs
At a committee meeting tonight in Sutton, councillors will be asked to approve a £1m loan for the discredited council-owned heat network, SDEN. But questions are being asked about the viability of the plans, while residents are kept in the … Continue reading
Posted in Bobby Dean, Carshalton and Wallington, Nick Mattey, Richard Simpson, Sutton Council
Tagged Beddington, Beddington Lane incinerator, Bobby Dean MP, Carshalton, David McIntyre, Hackbridge, Liberal Democrats, Nick Mattey, Richard Simpson, Riverside, SDEN, Sutton, Sutton Council, Sutton Decentralised Energy Network, The Lavenders
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Incinerator firm hands out £1m settlement to polluted residents
The Viridor incinerator at Beddington has broken its licence terms 16 times between Oct 2023 and Aug 2024 – including six times for high levels of emissions of sulphur dioxide, the corrosive, acidic gas Residents living near a massive waste … Continue reading
Council slammed over plans to create HMO in public cemetery
Residents in Beddington are up in arms over ‘insensitive’ council plans to convert a former caretaker’s lodge in a cemetery into an HMO – a house in multiple occupation – without consulting local residents. Bandon Hill Cemetery, on Plough Lane, … Continue reading
