Tag Archives: Sutton Central

LibDem Choi holds Sutton Central council seat with 56% of vote

Posted on April 11, 2025 by insidecroydon

INSIDE SUTTON: Liberal Democrats hail a ‘great result’ in council by-election, as Labour crash from second to fourth, beaten by Reform Choi Ka Yuen, sometimes known as Richard Choi, is Sutton’s newest councillor, the Liberal Democrat holding the Sutton Central … Continue reading →

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‘Suez-gate’: LibDems withhold video ahead of ward by-election

Posted on April 10, 2025 by insidecroydon

INSIDE SUTTON: Mystery surrounds another missing tape of an important council meeting – coincidentally just as a council by-election is taking place. EXCLUSIVE by BELLE MONT, Political Editor The Liberal Democrats in Sutton have been accused of suppressing an official … Continue reading →

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Beddington survives its own Suez crisis at ‘explosive’ meeting

Posted on April 3, 2025 by insidecroydon

In another set-back for “Hapless Helen” Bailey, the £230,000 per year chief executive of Sutton Council, a planning application to build a “monster” waste plant on Beddington Lane was rejected by councillors last night. The planning committee voted 4-3 against … Continue reading →

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Six doctors lead the objections against ‘monster’ waste plant

Posted on April 1, 2025 by insidecroydon

Six concerned doctors are among the hundreds of worried Sutton residents who have filed objections to a plan to build what one local councillor calls “a monster” food waste plant on Beddington Lane. The Suez food waste plant proposals are … Continue reading →

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Resident to challenge LibDems in Sutton council by-election

Posted on March 8, 2025 by insidecroydon

INSIDE SUTTON: April 10 has been set as polling day, with the all-powerful Liberal Democrats picking a leader of the local Hong Kong community as their candidate to replace their absentee former deputy leader. EXCLUSIVE by BELLE MONT, Political Editor … Continue reading →

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LibDems’ sacked deputy storms out of meeting, and council

Posted on March 5, 2025 by insidecroydon

INSIDE SUTTON: A council by-election in Sutton Central ward is imminent, following a six-month period when the area’s Liberal Democrat councillor failed to turn up for a single meeting. EXCLUSIVE by BELLE MONT, Political Editor Less than 12 months ago, … Continue reading →

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MP hands Westminster job to councillor who donated £3,000

Posted on October 30, 2024 by insidecroydon

It’s ‘jobs for the boy’ in Sutton, as new LibDem MP Taylor is accused of a stitch-up over the recruitment to a tax-payer-funded staff positon of a chum who made a £3,000 donation to his election campaign. By CARL SHILTON, … Continue reading →

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Boris Johnson wrecks Sutton Tory hopes with hospital pass

Posted on May 4, 2022 by insidecroydon

Our Sutton reporter, BERTIE WORCESTER-PARK, sifts through the election offering on the other side of the borough boundary Thursday is election day on the other side of the borough’s boundaries, in Lambeth and Southwark, in Merton and Bromley, and in … Continue reading →

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