Tag Archives: Jake Short

290 homes planned for Sutton by man behind Brick by Brick

Posted on August 23, 2024 by insidecroydon

The senior council director who helped set up Croydon’s doomed housing company is now behind borrowing £26.4m towards 290 homes in Sutton town centre, reports CARL SHILTON Sutton Council is to quadruple the number of homes on its town centre … Continue reading →

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Dodgy Dombey’s ‘squalid and disgraceful’ committees stitch-up

Posted on May 23, 2022 by insidecroydon

On Sutton Council, the opposition groups are fighting for fair representation as the Liberal Democrats, after winning just 53% of council seats, want to instal themselves in more than 60% of committee places. Ahead of tonight’s first meeting of the … Continue reading →

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Caught Short: ‘incompetent’ licensing chair told to resign

Posted on May 14, 2021 by insidecroydon

After receiving a threat of legal action, three Sutton FibDems have admitted that the content of their newsletter about the local non-league football club was a pack of lies. BERTIE WORCESTER-PARK reports There have been calls for the resignation of … Continue reading →

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Football club threatens libel action against three councillors

Posted on May 12, 2021 by insidecroydon

Our Sutton reporter, BERTIE WORCESTER-PARK, on how the LibDems have been accused of having a ‘vendetta’ against Carshalton Athletic “At best incompetent, at worse downright dishonest, and in either case incredibly negligent.” That is how three Liberal Democrat councillors have … Continue reading →

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Dombey defeated as Sutton goes for zero carbon by 2030

Posted on July 23, 2019 by insidecroydon

Sutton Council last night voted for zero emissions in the borough by 2030 – at least 15 years before the £1bn contract with Viridor for the incinerator at Beddington is due to end. BELLE MONT crunches the numbers Extinction Rebellion … Continue reading →

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