Tag Archives: Dave Tchil

Reform councillor offers thanks to dodgy far-right fraudster

Posted on May 17, 2026 by insidecroydon

INSIDE SUTTON: Yesterday we reported how the borough’s two newest councillors are already making a grifters’ grab for tens of thousands of pounds in public money. Now CARL SHILTON investigates some of the dodgy-looking associations that Reform’s Alison Long and … Continue reading →

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Beddington councillor receives phone threat from Reform

Posted on May 16, 2026 by insidecroydon

INSIDE SUTTON: Labour and independent councillors form political alliance to challenge Nigel Farage’s party as official council opposition EXCLUSIVE by CARL SHILTON  Nick Mattey, the maverick independent councillor for Beddington, says that he received a threatening call to his private … Continue reading →

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Orangewash: Reform Ltd hands Sutton council to the LibDems

Posted on May 8, 2026 by insidecroydon

INSIDE SUTTON: Labour now have more council seats in Sutton than the Conservatives, after a  local election wipeout  It was carnage for the Conservatives in Sutton overnight, as Barry “Basher” Lewis and his Liberal Democrats hardly had to lift a … Continue reading →

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Polluting Viridor exposed over nearly 1,000 licence breaches

Posted on August 27, 2025 by insidecroydon

There must be an election coming, as the LibDems in Sutton finally wake up to the ‘environmental disaster’ that they have inflicted on Beddington, and Croydon, as our investigations editor, CARL SHILTON, reports Twelve years too late, Sutton’s FibDems have … Continue reading →

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The Help to Buy mortgage and councillor’s shifting interests

Posted on January 27, 2025 by insidecroydon

INSIDE SUTTON: An absentee Labour councillor admits he did not declare his own property ownership when he or his soon-to-be wife claimed tens of thousands of pounds in a government-funded, interest-free mortgage loan. EXCLUSIVE by investigations editor, CARL SHILTON The … Continue reading →

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‘Local’ councillor now based 1,000 miles from Hackbridge

Posted on January 15, 2025 by insidecroydon

INSIDE SUTTON: After finally winning seats on the council for the first time in 20 years, half of what’s left of Sutton’s Labour group appears to have moved out of the borough. And some senior local party officials say that … Continue reading →

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Now ‘Basher’ Lewis knocks out debate on polluting incinerator

Posted on October 24, 2024 by insidecroydon

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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Viridor accused of new licence breach with ‘black, acrid smoke’

Posted on October 18, 2023 by insidecroydon

Viridor, the multinational firm that makes millions in profits from being allowed to pollute the air across south London, has admitted that a power outage at their Beddington Lane incinerator saw them leaving potentially toxic waste to “smoulder” untreated, possibly … Continue reading →

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Incinerator protestors accuse Viridor of lies over toxic pollution

Posted on September 11, 2023 by insidecroydon

With just days to go before the Environment Agency closes its latest consultation over whether to allow Viridor to increase their profits by upping the amount of toxic pollution that they pump into the atmosphere of south London, a large … Continue reading →

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