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Sutton chiefs block opposition from seeing fraud report
Our Sutton investigations editor, CARL SHILTON, on the latest strokes being pulled by the LibDem-controlled council Tonight, there is a meeting of the Sutton Shareholdings Board, the committee that exercises the corporate shareholder and governance responsibilities of Sutton Council’s privately-held … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Helen Bailey, Jayne McCoy, Neil Garratt, Nick Mattey, Ruth Dombey, Sutton Council, Tim Crowley, Tom Drummond, Waste incinerator
Tagged Beddington Lane incinerator, Beddington North, Hackbridge, Helen Bailey, Jayne McCoy, Neil Garratt, New Mill Quarter, Nick Mattey, Ruth Dombey, SDEN, Sutton Council, Sutton Decentralised Energy Network, Tim Crowley, Viridor
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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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Sutton accused of ‘misleading’ over SDEN and the Heat Trust
SDEN, the misfiring heating network business run by Sutton Council, has been accused of passing themselves off falsely as a member of government-backed quango, the Heat Trust. The very damaging allegation of serious misrepresentation has been made by… the Heat … Continue reading
Thousands left freezing as council heating network fails again
Residents who paid up to £600,000 for luxury homes on a Barratts-built Hackbridge development fear their properties have become unsellable because of a ‘100% reliable’ heating network owned by the LibDem-run council. Our Sutton correspondent, CARL SHILTON, reports More than … Continue reading
Posted in Nick Mattey, Sutton Council, Waste incinerator
Tagged Amanda Cherrington, Hackbridge, New Mill Quarter, Nick Mattey, NMQ, SDEN, Sutton, Sutton Council
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Heritage building Culvers Lodge saved from bulldozers
A campaign by residents, supported by the Victorian Society and Save Britain’s Heritage, to save a 19th century building from developers’ bulldozers appears to have been successful, at least for now. Culvers Lodge in Hackbridge was built around 1875 as … Continue reading
Campaigners fear council wants to demolish heritage building
A locally listed Victorian building which has received a Heritage Lottery grant towards its preservation is at real risk of demolition by the council, after years of neglect and lack of maintenance. Sutton Council is expected to publish a report … Continue reading
Posted in History, Honeywood Museum, Sutton Council
Tagged Culvers Lodge, Hackbridge, Sutton Council, Wandle Valley Regional Park Trust
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Hackbridge residents asked to take part in plan referendum
Sutton Council is running a community referendum this month on The Hackbridge and Beddington Corner Neighbourhood Development Group (pause for breath…) neighbourhood plan. The Hackbridge and Beddington Corner Neighbourhood Development Group (pause for breath…) was set up in November 2011 … Continue reading
Dombey gets Sutton in the Eye over Incinerator Academy
Ruth Dombey’s relentless drive to have Sutton regarded as the rottenest borough in south London got another boost today, as her Liberal Democrat-run council got yet another dishonourable mention in Private Eye magazine. The scurrilous satirical fortnightly features on its … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, London-wide issues, Refuse collection, Ruth Dombey, Schools, Sutton Council, Tom Brake MP, Waste incinerator
Tagged Beddington Lane incinerator, Hackbridge, Hackbridge Primary School, Liberal Democrats, Private Eye, Ruth Dombey, Sutton Council, Tom Brake MP, Viridor
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Report ignored incinerator when assessing school air quality
Our environment correspondent, PAUL LUSHION, on this week’s opening of the Viridor Incinerator Academy, a primary for four- to 11-year-olds, that could literally take their breath away Reports this week from China have offered scientific evidence that air pollution causes … Continue reading
A riverside tale of rats, water voles and another Viridor grant
WALTER CRONXITE on the latest political defection in south-west London, and the influence it may yet have over Viridor’s role with the Beddington incinerator So the Liberal Democrats have reached the final day of their annual conference in Bournemouth, with … Continue reading
Posted in 2016 London elections, Business, Environment, London Assembly, London-wide issues, Outside Croydon, Refuse collection, Sutton Council, Waste incinerator
Tagged Beddington, Beddington Lane incinerator, Conservative, Hackbridge, Labour, Liberal Democrats, SLWP, South London Waste Partnership, Sutton Council, Tory, Vince Cable, Viridor
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