Tag Archives: Colin Drummond

Senior LibDem dined with Viridor days before incinerator vote

Posted on December 10, 2019 by

EXCLUSIVE: Our Sutton reporter, BELLE MONT, has uncovered proof that a close party colleague of MP Tom Brake was enjoying hospitality with the incinerator operator just four days before a crucial council meeting to approve a £1bn, 25-year contract Evidence … Continue reading →

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Put the bunting out: Sutton drops incinerator lane name plan

Posted on February 4, 2019 by

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 →

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LibDem hearing to raise allegations over £1bn incinerator

Posted on December 29, 2015 by

Over in Sutton, local councillor Nick Mattey is about to face an expulsion hearing from the Liberal Democrats after he dared to oppose his council’s scheme for a £1 billion industrial-scale incinerator on Beddington Lane, close to the borough boundary … Continue reading →

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Conflicts of interest exposed over councillor’s old pals’ act

Posted on September 16, 2015 by

WALTER CRONXITE has uncovered evidence which proves that former Sutton counciller John Drage failed to declare his friendship with Viridor’s Colin Drummond on occasions when public contracts worth billions were being awarded to his friend’s business In five years on … Continue reading →

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Sutton Council looking to run energy company with Viridor

Posted on May 14, 2013 by

Sutton Council has been trying to register a commercial company that would manage the energy produced by the Beddington Lane incinerator – even before the proposals from Viridor have received planning permission from … Sutton Council. The decision on the … Continue reading →

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