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Council heat network hits customers with 25% price increase
A councillor in Hackbridge has said he is “shocked and concerned” after a Sutton Council-owned heating network increased its prices to residents by 25per cent. Sheldon Vestey, a Labour councillor, told Inside Croydon, “This jump in pricing is completely unwarranted … Continue reading
Covid outbreak forces LibDems to postpone council meeting
CARL SHILTON on the latest accusations of stunts and mistrust on Sutton Council, where the ruling group fears losing key votes Sutton’s Liberal Democrats last night postponed a scheduled meeting of the full council, in a move suspected to have … Continue reading
Dombey’s dodgy LibDems’ handbrake turn over dirty diesel
Viridor and Ruth Dombey’s dodgy Liberal Democrats are so worried about the latest attempts to increase the volume of rubbish burned at the Beddington Lane incinerator, and the use of vast amounts of dirty diesel to do so, that they … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Environment, Helen Bailey, Nick Mattey, Refuse collection, Ruth Dombey, Sutton Council, Waste incinerator
Tagged Beddington, Beddington Farmlands, Beddington Lane incinerator, Conservative, Dave Tchiligirian, Labour, Liberal Democrats, Nick Mattey, Ruth Dombey, SDEN, Sheldon Vestey, SLWP, South London Waste Partnership, Sutton Council, Sutton Decentralised Energy Network, Tory, Viridor
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Dodgy Dombey’s ‘squalid and disgraceful’ committees stitch-up
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
Crisis-hit Dombey facing Hackbridge election challenge
Already a source of frequent ridicule in a national satirical magazine, now Sutton’s LibDem council leader is facing a new threat to her power as challengers emerge from Labour, as CARL SHILTON reports What’s been a bad few weeks for … Continue reading
Posted in Ben Andrew, Paul Burstow MP, Ruth Dombey, Sutton Council, Tom Brake MP
Tagged Ben Andrew, Conservative, Dave Tchiligirian, Hackbridge, Labour, Liberal Democrats, New Mill Quarter, New Mill Quarter Residents Association, Private Eye, Ruth Dombey, Sheldon Vestey, Sutton, Sutton Council, Tory
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MP Colburn in ‘angry’ row with Sutton over faulty heat network
The hot water supplied to Hackbridge’s New Mill Quarter might be lukewarm, but the political row over the council’s faulty heating network is close to boiling point, as our Sutton correspondent, CARL SHILTON, reports The MP who represents thousands of … Continue reading
Posted in Ben Andrew, Elliot Colburn, Helen Bailey, Jayne McCoy, London Fire Brigade, Property, Ruth Dombey, Sutton Council, Waste incinerator
Tagged Beddington Lane incinerator, Ben Andrew, Elliot Colburn MP, Helen Bailey, Jayne McCoy, New Mill Quarter, NMQ, SDEN, Sheldon Vestey, Sutton Council
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Sutton councillor investigated for ‘bringing party into disrepute’
A councillor at the centre of the row with more than a thousand residents in the ward he is supposed to represent is now under formal investigation by his own political party over his conduct towards a member of the … Continue reading
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
