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Sutton budget passes with £34.5m deficits to come by 2029
CIVIC CENTRE SKETCH: Sutton’s annual budget meeting proved to be just a subtext for a pre-election psycho-drama being played out behind closed doors by the ruling LibDems. BERTIE WORCESTER-PARK was there, ready for any guillotine motions During the Reign of … Continue reading →
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LibDems rocked by councillor attack on Sutton leader Lewis
INSIDE SUTTON: With local elections just weeks away, the ruling group on the council has been shocked by a devastating resignation statement, including allegations of racism, ‘deception, deceit and duplicitous behaviour’. Our Civic Centre correspondent, ROSE HILL, reports In an … Continue reading →
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The full text of Cllr Patrick Ogbonna’s resignation email
INSIDE SUTTON: Here’s the full text of Patrick Ogbonna’s email to all councillors, sent this morning, with ‘BREAKING NEWS: Standing Down… but Rising Up!’ in the subject field Morning, members. Re: the above, I recently met with the so called … Continue reading →
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The questions Sutton leader won’t answer about Throwley Yard
INSIDE SUTTON: A week after the last picture show at the council-subsidised cinema, why is Councillor Barry ‘Basher’ Lewis dodging serious matters of genuine public interest? By CARL SHILTON Throwley Yard Cinema in central Sutton staged its very own “Last … Continue reading →
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Tagged Barry 'Basher' Lewis, Barry Lewis, Catford, Future High Street Fund, Lewisham, Liberal Democrats, London, Preston Benson, Really Local Group, Sidcup, Sutton, Sutton Council, Throwley Yard Cinema
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Throwley Yard to close as company goes into administration
INSIDE SUTTON: A cinema which opened little more than a year ago using millions of pounds of public money is forced to shut from Sunday, leaving the council with little, if any, income from the venue. Our investigations editor, CARL … Continue reading →
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Tagged Barry 'Basher' Lewis, Barry Lewis, Catford, Future High Street Fund, Lewisham, Liberal Democrats, London, Preston Benson, Really Local Group, Sidcup, Sutton, Sutton Council, Throwley Yard Cinema
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LibDem Choi holds Sutton Central council seat with 56% of vote
INSIDE SUTTON: Liberal Democrats hail a ‘great result’ in council by-election, as Labour crash from second to fourth, beaten by Reform Choi Ka Yuen, sometimes known as Richard Choi, is Sutton’s newest councillor, the Liberal Democrat holding the Sutton Central … Continue reading →
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‘Suez-gate’: LibDems withhold video ahead of ward by-election
INSIDE SUTTON: Mystery surrounds another missing tape of an important council meeting – coincidentally just as a council by-election is taking place. EXCLUSIVE by BELLE MONT, Political Editor The Liberal Democrats in Sutton have been accused of suppressing an official … Continue reading →
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Tagged Barry Lewis, By-election, Choi Ka Yuen, Conservative, David Bartolucci, Labour, Liberal Democrats, Pamela Marsh, Richard Choi, SDEN, Señor Sheldon Vestey, Sheldon Vestey, Sutton, Sutton Central, Sutton Council, Tory
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Resident to challenge LibDems in Sutton council by-election
INSIDE SUTTON: April 10 has been set as polling day, with the all-powerful Liberal Democrats picking a leader of the local Hong Kong community as their candidate to replace their absentee former deputy leader. EXCLUSIVE by BELLE MONT, Political Editor … Continue reading →
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Tagged Barry Lewis, Beech Tree Place, By-election, Conservative, David Bartolucci, Labour, Liberal Democrats, Pamela Marsh, Richard Choi, SDEN, Señor Sheldon Vestey, Sheldon Vestey, Sutton, Sutton Central, Sutton Council, Tory
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LibDems’ sacked deputy storms out of meeting, and council
INSIDE SUTTON: A council by-election in Sutton Central ward is imminent, following a six-month period when the area’s Liberal Democrat councillor failed to turn up for a single meeting. EXCLUSIVE by BELLE MONT, Political Editor Less than 12 months ago, … Continue reading →
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Sutton Council plans £400 payment hikes for disabled and poor
INSIDE SUTTON: Poor and disabled residents will be forced to pay Council Tax to help the Liberal Democrat-run council balance its budget. EXCLUSIVE by DAVE BURTON A meeting at Sutton Civic Centre tonight will make the first moves towards rubber … Continue reading →
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Throwley Yard Cinema under scrutiny as companies collapse
INSIDE SUTTON: Four sister companies of the firm behind Sutton’s council-backed cinema have gone out of business in quick succession. BERTIE WORCESTER-PARK does what he heard them say in the movies, and follows the money… Though it claims it is … Continue reading →
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In Sutton, Mary Poppins better look out when Kingdom comes
EXCLUSIVE: ‘Environment’ officials stopped a bus to issue a penalty notice to an old man for dropping a fag end, when the man is a non-smoker. Among a growing number of complaints include an old lady fined £150 for harmlessly … Continue reading →
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MP hands Westminster job to councillor who donated £3,000
It’s ‘jobs for the boy’ in Sutton, as new LibDem MP Taylor is accused of a stitch-up over the recruitment to a tax-payer-funded staff positon of a chum who made a £3,000 donation to his election campaign. By CARL SHILTON, … Continue reading →
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Now ‘Basher’ Lewis knocks out debate on polluting incinerator
The Viridor waste incinerator at Beddington Lane has broken the terms of its operating licence 60 times. But Sutton’s LibDems refuse to discuss the matter, as BERTIE WOOSTER-PARK reports Barry “Basher” Lewis, the leader of Liberal Democrat-run Sutton, this week … Continue reading →
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Tagged Air pollution, Barry 'Basher' Lewis, Barry Lewis, Beddington, Beddington incinerator, Bobby Dean MP, Carshalton and Wallington, Colin Stears, Conservative, Dave Tchil, Environment Agency, Helen Lewis, Labour, Liberal Democrats, Luke Taylor MP, Nick Mattey, Sutton, Sutton and Cheam, Sutton Council, Tim Martin, Tory, Toxic air pollution, Viridor
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Sutton council leader denies punching colleague at meeting
EXCLUSIVE: Allegations of bias and cover-up have followed a bit of a dust-up at a local committee meeting last month Six months ago, when he was elected as leader of Sutton Council, Barry Lewis was derided as a bit of … Continue reading →
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7 councils ask Streeting to call-in children’s cancer decision
Croydon has joined with six other local authorities from across south London and Surrey to issue a plea to the new Labour government’s health secretary to call-in plans to move children’s cancer care from The Royal Marsden Hospital at Belmont … Continue reading →
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‘Biggles’ hits turbulence from first day as Sutton council leader
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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Tagged Barry Lewis, Beech Tree Place, Conservative, David Bartolucci, David Campanale, Labour, Liberal Democrats, Luke Taylor, Ruth Dombey, Sheila Berry, Sheldon Vestey, St Helier West, Sutton, Sutton and Cheam, Sutton Council, Tom Drummond, Tory
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LibDems pick failed businessman Biggles as new Sutton leader
Failed businessman Barry “Biggles” Lewis is to be the next leader of Sutton Council, the borough’s Liberal Democrats announced yesterday. Lewis is to replace Ruth Dombey, who is standing down as Sutton’s LibDem leader in May after 12 years in … Continue reading →
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Grieving Mattey accuses LibDems of ‘weaponising’ complaints
The Sutton Council administration’s most vocal critic is to be hauled before a ‘kangaroo court’, at a time when he is organising his mother’s funeral. Report by CARL SHILTON Senior officials at Liberal Democrat-controlled Sutton Council are insisting on staging … Continue reading →
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A decade too late, even Sutton’s LibDems now turn on Viridor
No one wants the polluting Beddington incinerator to be allowed to increase its capacity for burning rubbish. So why is the Environment Agency ‘minded’ to approve the application? STEVEN DOWNES reports Tomorrow is the final day for submissions in a … Continue reading →
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Tagged Barry Lewis, Beddington, Beddington Lane incinerator, Croydon, Croydon Council, Environment Agency, Kingston Council, KKR, Liberal Democrats, Merton Council, Ruth Dombey, SLWP, South London Waste Partnership, Sutton Council, Viridor
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Investigators apologise after sending reports to wrong person
CARL SHILTON, our Sutton investigations editor, on the latest self-inflicted crisis to hit LibDem council leader Ruth Dombey and her increasingly rattled sidekick Jayne McCoy A director at a company specialising in investigating complaints over the conduct of local authority … Continue reading →
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Sutton’s 40-page emissions report fails to mention incinerator
Our environment correspondent, PAUL LUSHION, on the most ridiculous claims made yet by the Liberal Democrat-controlled council There is a meeting tonight in Sutton of the council’s environment and sustainable transport committee. And, along with Ruth Dombey, the LibDem-controlled council … Continue reading →
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Client councils are failing to hold polluting Viridor in check
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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‘Scout master’ Bazza gets elected, but fails to create a buzz
Our Sutton reporter, BERTIE WORCESTER-PARK, on a council by-election where all the political parties did poorly Sutton’s LibDems, and their candidate with a record of serial business failures, duly retained the Wallington North council seat in yesterday’s council by-election, but … Continue reading →
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Sutton LibDems feel pressure of Wallington independent’s day
Brexit Day is not the only unwelcome thing next week for Tom Brake, Ruth Dombey and their fellow Liberal Democrats, reports BELLE MONT A retired lecturer who for years faithfully delivered leaflets for local Liberal Democrat MP Tom Brake could … Continue reading →
