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Sutton’s £2.3m heritage buildings sale to owner of derelict pub
INSIDE SUTTON: Confidential documents show that the council has done a property deal for two of the borough’s historic buildings with an offshore company linked to the developer responsible for the long-neglected Fox and Hounds pub on Carshalton High Street. … Continue reading
Posted in Carshalton and Wallington, Community associations, Elliot Colburn, History, Planning, Property, Pubs, Sutton Council
Tagged AJH Property Developments Ltd, Andrew Hussey, Carshalton, Carshalton and Wallington, Carshalton Old Rectory, Carshalton Old Rectory Association, Cryer Theatre, Nelson Insurance Company Ltd, Rodger Molyneux, Russettings, Sutton, Sutton Council, The Carshalton Society, The Fox and Hounds
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‘Doctors say only a new hospital is the answer’ for St Helier
SUTTON COMMENTARY: Shocking scenes shown by BBC News this week should be a wake-up call for government and the NHS to revive previously approved plans for a state-of-the-art new hospital, writes DAVE BURTON The problems facing St Helier Hospital, as … Continue reading
Posted in Carshalton and Wallington, Dave Burton, Health, Luke Taylor MP, Paul Burstow MP, Paul Scully MP, St Helier Hospital, Sutton and Cheam, Sutton Council, Tom Brake MP
Tagged Bedmont, Bobby Dean MP, Carshalton, Carshalton and Wallington, Dave Burton, Luke Taylor MP, NHS, Royal Marsden Cancer Hub, St Helier Hospital, Sutton, Sutton and Cheam
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As Robotic Reeves ‘pauses’ hospital builds, St Helier crumbles
Our Sutton reporter, BELLE MONT, on the latest, devastating setback to NHS provision in this part of London Less than a month since being elected with a historically large majority, the recriminations are beginning to be heard around Keir Starmer … Continue reading
Posted in Bobby Dean, Elliot Colburn, Health, Luke Taylor MP, Paul Burstow MP, St Helier Hospital, Sutton and Cheam
Tagged Bobby Dean MP, Carshalton and Wallington, Conservative, Elliot Colburn, Epsom and St Helier NHS Trust, Labour, Liberal Democrats, London, Luke Taylor MP, Paul Burstow, Rachel Reeves, St Helier Hospital, Sutton and Cheam, Tom Brake, Tory
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Election complaint over Reform’s ‘ghost’ candidate in Croydon
STEVEN DOWNES, who looks nothing like this byline photograph, reports on the growing suspicions surrounding some of the far-right’s nominations for the General Election The Reform UK candidate in at least one Croydon seat at last week’s General Election is … Continue reading
Tory Colburn’s fate as Carshalton MP was sealed long ago
BELLE MONT, InsideSutton’s political editor, on how time finally ran out for the Tories in the General Election campaign in Carshalton and Wallington When the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats both moved most of their campaign resources into Sutton and Cheam … Continue reading
Posted in Bobby Dean, Carshalton and Wallington, Elliot Colburn, Luke Taylor MP, Paul Burstow MP, Sutton and Cheam, Sutton Council, Tom Brake MP, Tom Drummond
Tagged Bobby Dean MP, Carshalton and Wallington, Conservative, Elliot Colburn, Labour, Liberal Democrats, Sutton, Sutton and Cheam, Tory
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Reform hand LibDems complete control across Sutton borough
The story of election night was how Reform UK denied Conservatives seat wins across the country, even with absentee candidates, including in Sutton and Cheam. BERTIE WORCESTER-PARK reports The final Survation prediction for the Sutton and Cheam constituency was rubbish. … Continue reading
Posted in 2024 General Election, Bobby Dean, Carshalton and Wallington, David Campanale, Elliot Colburn, Luke Taylor MP, Outside Croydon, Paul Scully MP, Sutton and Cheam, Sutton Council, Tom Brake MP, Tom Drummond
Tagged 2024 General Election, Bobby Dean, Carshalton and Wallington, Chrishni Reshekaron, Conservative, Elliot Colburn, General Election, General Election 2024, Labour, Liberal Democrats, Luke Taylor, Sutton and Cheam, Sutton Council, Tom Drummond, Tory
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#GeneralElection2024: final results for Sutton constituencies
Following our full and detailed live coverage of election night, here are the full, formal results from the General Election for Sutton’s two seats – Carshalton and Wallington and Sutton and Cheam.
Posted in 2024 General Election, Bobby Dean, Carshalton and Wallington, Elliot Colburn, Luke Taylor MP, Outside Croydon, Sutton and Cheam
Tagged 2024 General Election, Bobby Dean, Carshalton and Wallington, Chris Philp MP, Conservative, Elliot Colburn, General Election, General Election 2024, Green Party, Labour, Liberal Democrats, Luke Taylor, Rishi Sunak, Sutton and Cheam, Tom Drummond, Tory
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#GeneralElection2024: Through-the-night results coverage
#GE2024: HERE WE GO Welcome to Inside Croydon’s unmatched coverage of the 2024 General Election results night for south London. Working with our colleagues at GreenwichWire, we have reporters and citizen journalists at the counts in Croydon (natch), Sutton, Brixton … Continue reading
Posted in 2024 General Election, Ben Taylor, Bexley, Bromley Council, Carshalton and Wallington, Chris Philp MP, Croydon East, Croydon Greens, Croydon South, Croydon West, Elliot Colburn, Lambeth Council, Luke Taylor MP, Natasha Irons, Outside Croydon, Peter Underwood, Reigate and Banstead Council, Ria Patel, Sarah Jones MP, Scott Ainslie, Steve Reed MP, Streatham and Croydon North, Sutton and Cheam, Sutton Council
Tagged 2024 General Election, Ben Taylor, Carshalton and Wallington, Chris Philp MP, Conservative, Croydon East, Croydon South, Croydon West, General Election, General Election 2024, Green Party, Katherine Kerswell, Keir Starmer, Labour, Liberal Democrats, Natasha Irons, Peter Underwood, Rishi Sunak, Sarah Jones MP, Steve Reed OBE, Streatham and Croydon North, Sutton and Cheam, Tory
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Latest poll predicts the implausible with Philp doing Houdini act
Labour candidates have been briefed to say nothing or to claim ‘Nuffink to do wiv me, Guv’ is their best way of dodging questions about their party’s bankrupting the borough, as the campaign crawls its way towards its final week. … Continue reading
Posted in 2024 General Election, Andrew Pelling, Ben Taylor, Bobby Dean, Chris Philp MP, Croydon East, Croydon South, Croydon West, Ellie Reeves MP, Elliot Colburn, Luke Taylor MP, Natasha Irons, Paul Scully MP, Sarah Jones MP, Sutton and Cheam
Tagged 2024 General Election, Andrew Pelling, Ben Taylor, Brick by Brick, Carshalton and Wallington, Chris Philp MP, Conservative, Coulsdon, Council Tax, Croydon, Croydon East, Croydon South, Croydon West, Elliot Colburn, General Election, General Election 2024, Iain Dale, Jason Cummings, Labour, Lambeth, Liberal Democrats, Natasha Irons, Nigel Farage, Paul Scully, Peter Underwood, Reform UK, Ria Patel, Sarah Jones MP, Scott Holman, Steve Reed OBE, Streatham and Croydon North, Sutton, Sutton and Cheam, Tony Newman, YouGov
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LibDems have gone all parochial in Sutton, just as they like it
The national election campaign as it is being conducted in neighbouring Sutton has a very local feel to it, according to NICK MATTEY, Beddington’s independent councillor Here in Sutton, the campaign leading up to polling day on July 4 in … Continue reading
Posted in 2024 General Election, Bobby Dean, Carshalton and Wallington, David Campanale, Elliot Colburn, Luke Taylor MP, Paul Scully MP, Sutton and Cheam, Sutton Council, Waste incinerator
Tagged 2024 General Election, Beddington, Beddington incinerator, Bobby Dean, Carshalton and Wallington, Chrishni Reshekaron, Conservative, Elliot Colburn, General Election, General Election 2024, Labour, Liberal Democrats, Luke Taylor, Nick Mattey, Paul Scully, Sutton, Sutton and Cheam, Sutton Council, Tom Drummond, Tory
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2024 General Election: Sutton’s candidates list for July 4
Nominations of candidates to stand in the General Election on July 4 closed at 4pm last Friday. Sutton has two parliamentary constituencies: Sutton and Cheam and Carshalton and Wallington.
Posted in 2024 General Election, Carshalton and Wallington, Outside Croydon, Sutton and Cheam, Sutton Council
Tagged 2024 General Election, Carshalton and Wallington, Conservative, General Election, General Election 2024, Green Party, Labour, Lambeth council, Liberal Democrats, Sutton, Sutton and Cheam, Sutton Council, Tory
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Go West! Greens name Patel, as Ramsey steps up for Tories
Greens announce parliamentary candidates for three seats across Croydon and Sutton, as a Tory councillor helps out her party in its hour of need by taking on a hopeless task in east London Ria Patel, the Greens’ councillor in Fairfield … Continue reading
Posted in 2024 General Election, Croydon Greens, Croydon West, Fairfield, Holly Ramsey, Marley King, Ria Patel, Sarah Jones MP, Tracey Hague
Tagged 2024 General Election, Carshalton and Wallington, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon West, Fairfield, General Election, General Election 2024, Green Party, Holly Ramsey, Labour, Ria Patel, Sarah Jones, Sutton and Cheam, Sutton Council, Tory, Tracey Hague
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Philp fighting for survival as Tories face capital punishment
WALTER CRONXITE, political editor, on the stark news contained within the latest, most extensive piece of opinion polling, one month before election day With General Election day exactly one calendar month away, the latest and most extension polling done yet … Continue reading
Posted in 2024 General Election, Ben Taylor, Chris Philp MP, Claire Bonham, Croydon East, Croydon South, Croydon West, Elliot Colburn, London-wide issues, Marley King, Paul Scully MP, Sarah Jones MP, Steve Reed MP, Streatham and Croydon North, Sutton and Cheam
Tagged 2024 General Election, Carshalton and Wallington, Chris Philp MP, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon East, Croydon South, Croydon West, General Election, General Election 2024, Green Party, Labour, Liberal Democrats, Sarah Jones MP, Steve Reed OBE, Streatham and Croydon North, Sutton and Cheam, Tony Newman, Tory, YouGov
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Drummond heads three-strong Tory list for Sutton and Cheam
EXCLUSIVE: Our investigations editor CARL SHILTON on the race in the Tory Party to replace Paul Scully as MP Councillor Tom Drummond, the leader of the Conservatives on Sutton Council, heads a three-person selection shortlist for the constituency where his … Continue reading
Posted in 2024 General Election, Chipstead, Elliot Colburn, Paul Scully MP, Reigate and Banstead Council, Surrey, Sutton Council, Tom Drummond
Tagged Carshalton and Wallington, Conservative, Jed Dwight, Liberal Democrats, Paul Scully MP, Sutton and Cheam, Tania Mathias, Tom Drummond, Tory, Vince Cable
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Care for 4,000 patients at risk as GP surgery given notice to quit
Patient care could be in jeopardy as a property dispute threatens a busy GP surgery in Carlshalton, by our Sutton correspondent, ROSE HILL Some 4,000 patients of the Carshalton Fields Surgery on Crichton Road could be forced to seek a … Continue reading
Colburn’s emotional speech to Commons: ‘Help is out there’
Carshalton and Wallington MP Elliot Colburn received thanks from his own party leader and a handshake from Labour’s Keir Starmer in the House of Commons yesterday, as he bravely fought back the tears and gave a moving speech to a … Continue reading
‘A pattern of unacceptable behaviour, spread over months’
Junior government ministers Paul Scully and Chris Philp remain silent over the Prime Minister’s Partygate scandal, while other Tory MPs call for Boris Johnson to resign Two south London Conservative MPs have joined a growing number from their party to … Continue reading
Posted in Boris Johnson, Bromley Council, Chris Philp MP, Croydon South, Elliot Colburn, London-wide issues, Merton, Paul Scully MP
Tagged Boris Johnson, Bromley, Carshalton and Wallington, Chris Philp MP, Conservative, Elliot Colburn MP, Paul Scully MP, Sir Bob Neill, Stephen Hammond MP, Sutton and Cheam, Tory, Wimbledon
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Tory MP Colburn caught out as ‘leftists’ defend public liberties
In the middle of “Party Gate”, one local Conservative MP has shown that not only does he favour authoritarian laws that remove the rights and liberties that helped to make this country what it is today, but he managed to … Continue reading
Simpson feels heat from MP over SDEN ‘independent’ review
A Sutton MP has raised serious doubts whether a supposedly “independent” review into the controversial council-owned SDEN company will make any difference for the hundreds of Hackbridge residents whose homes and lives have been blighted by the expensive and unreliable … Continue reading
Posted in Elliot Colburn, London-wide issues, Nick Mattey, Outside Croydon, Richard Simpson, Sutton Council, Waste incinerator
Tagged Amanda Cherrington, Beddington Lane incinerator, Carshalton and Wallington, Elliot Colburn MP, Hackbridge, New Mill Quarter, Nick Mattey, NMQ, SDEN, Sutton Council, Sutton Decentralised Energy Network
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Community dishes up plates-full of embarassment for Tory MPs
A social media flashmob protest took place yesterday outside the offices of Sutton’s Conservative MPs to express public disgust at Paul Scully voting in the Commons against providing free meals for vulnerable children during the half-term break. Protesters described Scully’s … Continue reading
