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Category Archives: Ruth Dombey
St Helier’s new boilers take steam out of Sutton’s heat network
CARL SHILTON, our Sutton investigations editor, discovers that the council’s troubled heating network scheme has suffered a massive blow – from St Helier Hospital Council leader Ruth Dombey’s plans for a lucrative “Phase 2” of the Sutton Decentralised Energy Network … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, Jayne McCoy, Planning, Ruth Dombey, St Helier Hospital, Sutton Council, Tim Crowley, Waste incinerator
Tagged Amanda Cherrington, Beddington Lane incinerator, Conservative, Jayne McCoy, Liberal Democrats, Ruth Dombey, SDEN, St Helier Hospital, Sutton Council, Tim Crowley, Tory, Viridor
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LibDems’ EIGHT complaints against Mattey are all rejected
Our Sutton staff reporter, BELLE MONT, on how the council’s ruling group are looking like very bad losers The Liberal Democrats on Sutton Council are going against the tide of national politics, with their leader accused of saying, “Independents don’t … Continue reading
LibDem at centre of cronyism row is handed £150,000 top job
BELLE MONT, our Sutton reporter, on how history appears to be repeating itself over the appointment of a chief exec for a Liberal Democrat council Ruth Dombey, the Liberal Democrat council leader in Sutton, yesterday helpfully confirmed Inside Sutton’s report … Continue reading
Posted in Helen Bailey, Ruth Dombey, Sutton Council, Tim Crowley
Tagged Charles Kennedy, Conservative, Helen Bailey, Labour, Liberal Democrats, London, Ruth Dombey, Sutton Council, Tim Crowley
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BINMAGEDDON!: Sutton is worst borough for bin complaints
Our Sutton reporter BELLE MONT on how the council has confirmed our report about the ailing LibDem councillor, and how the council leader’s efforts to mislead over its rubbish service have been exposed Sutton’s Liberal Democrats have organised a council … Continue reading
Councillor’s six-month absence triggers Wallington by-election
Our Sutton staff reporter, BERTIE WORCESTER-PARK, on the latest set-back for the council’s Liberal Democrats Sutton Council seems set for another councillor by-election, this time in Wallington North. Liberal Democrat councillor Joyce Melican has been absent from all council business … Continue reading
Bailey to bridge the gap left by Bolger’s departure from Sutton
BELLE MONT, our Sutton reporter, on the latest move by the council’s ruling Liberal Democrats Sutton Council is close to announcing that Helen Bailey is to be appointed as its chief executive. Sutton has been without a CEO since Niall … Continue reading
Posted in Niall Bolger, Ruth Dombey, Sutton Council
Tagged Helen Bailey, Liberal Democrats, Ruth Dombey, Sutton Council, Tory
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Industrialisation of Beddington reserve is killing off wildlife
PAUL LUSHION, our environment correspondent, reports on how a 6,000-signature petition is about to be handed to a council leader demanding that they do their job to protect south London’s biggest nature reserve The Beddington Farmlands nature reserve, just the … Continue reading
Put the bunting out: Sutton drops incinerator lane name plan
Our Sutton reporter, BELLE MONT, on a sudden council U-turn Sutton Council has backed down over its decision to name the access road to the Viridor incinerator in Beddington as “Corn Bunting Lane”. The LibDem-controlled council announced the U-turn this … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, Ruth Dombey, Sutton Council, Tom Brake MP, Waste incinerator, Wildlife
Tagged Beddington Farmlands, Beddington Lane incinerator, Colin Drummond, John Drage, Liberal Democrats, London, Sir Ed Davey, Sir Vince Cable, SLWP, South London Waste Partnership, Sutton Council, Tom Brake MP, Viridor
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Viridor allowed to give ‘absurd’ name to incinerator road
BELLE MONT, our Sutton reporter, on how the council has opted to name the service road to the Beddington Lane incinerator after a bird species that has been almost wiped out locally, in part, at least, as a consequence of … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Environment, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Merton, Nick Mattey, Refuse collection, Ruth Dombey, Sadiq Khan, Sutton Council, Tom Brake MP, Waste incinerator, Wildlife
Tagged Beddington Farmlands, Beddington Lane incinerator, John Drage, Liberal Democrats, London Assembly, Mayor, Nick Mattey, Peter Alfrey, Ruth Dombey, Sadiq Khan, South London Waste Partnership, Sutton Council, Tom Brake MP, Viridor
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Electoral Commission ruling is ‘victory for freedom of speech’
A clumsy effort to gag Inside Croydon, thought to have been conducted by Liberal Democrats in Sutton, has failed. A complaint was filed to the Electoral Commission, and is believed to have been made by LibDems in Sutton, where they … Continue reading
Posted in Inside Croydon, Jayne McCoy, Local media, Ruth Dombey, Sutton Council
Tagged Electoral Commission, Jayne McCoy, Liberal Democrats, London, Ruth Dombey, Sutton
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LibDem Sutton’s green credentials are going up in smoke
BELLE MONT, our Sutton reporter, on how the incinerator borough is struggling to portray itself as all clean and green It was an announcement which would have further convinced Tom Lehrer that satire can no longer survive in the face … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, Ruth Dombey, Sutton Council, Waste incinerator
Tagged Beddington Lane, Beddington Lane incinerator, Ruth Dombey, Viridor
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Dombey gets Sutton in the Eye over Incinerator Academy
Ruth Dombey’s relentless drive to have Sutton regarded as the rottenest borough in south London got another boost today, as her Liberal Democrat-run council got yet another dishonourable mention in Private Eye magazine. The scurrilous satirical fortnightly features on its … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, London-wide issues, Refuse collection, Ruth Dombey, Schools, Sutton Council, Tom Brake MP, Waste incinerator
Tagged Beddington Lane incinerator, Hackbridge, Hackbridge Primary School, Liberal Democrats, Private Eye, Ruth Dombey, Sutton Council, Tom Brake MP, Viridor
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Belmont election shock #1: ‘I didn’t want to quit as councillor’
Our Sutton reporter, BERTIE WORCESTER-PARK, on a stunning admission which fuels speculation that some of the borough’s Tories were keen to find a way to get their deputy leader back on the council In a remarkable admission made to Inside … Continue reading
Posted in Neil Garratt, Ruth Dombey, Sutton Council, Tim Crowley
Tagged Belmont, Conservative, Liberal Democrats, Neil Garratt, Patrick McManus, Ruth Dombey, Sutton Council, Tim Crowley
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Tories retain Belmont council seat after needless by-election
CARL SHILTON, our Sutton reporter, on the outcome of a council by-election which was entirely unnecessary After a six-month absence, Neil “Father Jack” Garratt is back as a councillor in Sutton. Garratt, the deputy leader of the Conservatives in Sutton … Continue reading
Posted in Neil Garratt, Niall Bolger, Nick Mattey, Ruth Dombey, Sutton Council
Tagged Belmont, Conservative, Liberal Democrats, Neil Garratt, Sutton Council, Tory
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Transport report for £40m school ‘mysteriously’ disappears
Residents in Belmont go to the polls in a council by-election tomorrow, where Tory candidate Neil ‘Father Jack’ Garratt is expected to win. One factor could be the growing concerns over road safety around a new secondary school. Our Sutton … Continue reading
Tories accused of breaking election rules with Belmont leaflet
Our Sutton correspondent, BERTIE WORCESTER-PARK, reports on the latest breach of election rules in the council by-election campaign The Belmont ward council by-election, already contentious because of the manner in which the rarely seen Conservative councillor Patrick McManus resigned in … Continue reading
Posted in Niall Bolger, Nick Mattey, Ruth Dombey, Sutton Council, Uncategorized
Tagged Belmont, Conservative, Labour, Liberal Democrats, Neil Garratt, Nick Mattey, Sutton, Sutton Council, Tory
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LibDems given extra time to campaign in Belmont by-election
More allegations of gerrymandering have emerged from Sutton Council, as BERTIE WORCESTER-PARK reports Lawyers have been consulted to see whether Sutton Council has acted in breach of electoral law over the lengthy delay in the staging of a ward by-election … Continue reading
Posted in Niall Bolger, Ruth Dombey, Sutton Council
Tagged Belmont, Neil Garratt, Niall Bolger, Ruth Dombey, Sutton, Sutton Council
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Thanks for the bins and incinerator! ‘Ballistic’ Bolger is leaving
Our Sutton reporter, BELLE MONT, on the shock – and a tad premature – announcement that the council chief exec has quit their job So long, and thanks for all the bins. And the Viridor incinerator, of course. Niall Bolger, … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, Niall Bolger, Nick Mattey, Outside Croydon, Ruth Dombey, Sutton Council, Tim Crowley, Waste incinerator
Tagged #SuttonBinShame, Beddington Lane incinerator, Niall Bolger, Nick Mattey, Ruth Dombey, South London Waste Partnership, Sutton Council, Tim Crowley, Veolia, Viridor
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Tory resigns council seat to cause by-election in Belmont
Our Sutton reporter, BERTIE WORCESTER-PARK, on an early chance to re-fight some of the arguments from the last local elections It is only four months since the Town Hall elections, but the voters of Belmont ward will now be expected … Continue reading
