Category Archives: Sheldon Vestey

‘Biggles’ hits turbulence from first day as Sutton council leader

Posted on May 21, 2024 by insidecroydon

BELLE MONT, Inside Sutton’s answer to Laura Kuenssberg (but with fewer scruples), sat through last night’s ‘mayor-making’ ceremonials so that you didn’t have to, and reports simmering problems for the new council leader and a huge step backwards for Labour … Continue reading →

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Gray day for Labour as they lose Sutton council seat to Tories

Posted on May 4, 2024 by insidecroydon

ROSE HILL reports from the count at the ExCel Centre on another sign that Labour’s London juggernaut might just have a puncture… After a two-year absence, Catherine Gray is back on Sutton Council, the Conservative winning the St Helier West … Continue reading →

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Sordid spat leads to Sutton Tory councillor’s suspension

Posted on April 5, 2024 by insidecroydon

EXCLUSIVE: Amid allegations of racism, harassment and Islamophobia, a sordid little spat between two elected councillors has ended up with one (brief) suspension, another councillor’s resignation and a lengthy rant on social media that failed to give the whole story. … Continue reading →

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LibDems and Tories name candidates for St Helier West ballot

Posted on April 2, 2024 by insidecroydon

Our Sutton reporter, ROSE HILL, on the latest wanabees announced for the council by-election on May 2 They may have been left flat-footed by the near-deadline-day resignation of Labour councillor Sheila Berry, but Sutton’s Tories and LibDems have managed to … Continue reading →

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Community volunteer Thomas to run for Labour in St Helier

Posted on March 27, 2024 by insidecroydon

The Labour Party in Sutton has been quick to announce its candidate for the council vacancy created by the resignation of St Helier West councillor Sheila Berry. But it has done nothing to quash speculation that Berry’s resignation followed some … Continue reading →

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Berry picks her moment to call time as St Helier West councillor

Posted on March 25, 2024 by insidecroydon

By BELLE MONT, our Sutton Council correspondent Sheila Berry, one of just three Labour councillors in Sutton, has resigned from the council. Berry was elected in St Helier West ward in May 2022, one of the first three Labour councillors … Continue reading →

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Council heat network hits customers with 25% price increase

Posted on March 2, 2023 by insidecroydon

A councillor in Hackbridge has said he is “shocked and concerned” after a Sutton Council-owned heating network increased its prices to residents by 25per cent. Sheldon Vestey, a Labour councillor, told Inside Croydon, “This jump in pricing is completely unwarranted … Continue reading →

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Client councils are failing to hold polluting Viridor in check

Posted on November 17, 2022 by insidecroydon

Our environment correspondent, PAUL LUSHION, on the feeble opposition from south London boroughs to the Beddington incinerator creating even more toxic pollution The South London Waste Partnership, the arm’s-length, unelected and unaccountable quango formed by Croydon, Kingston, Merton and Sutton … Continue reading →

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