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MP and charity worker discuss need for foreign aid, Apr 28
Sutton for Peace and Justice is staging a public meeting next month entitled “Aid works – why we should maintain the foreign aid budget”, where the speakers will be Carshalton and Wallington MP Tom Brake and Graham Gordon, of global … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Charity, Sutton Council, Tom Brake MP
Tagged Sutton, Sutton for Peace and Justice, Tom Brake MP
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Sutton scraps recycling machine – and wastes £6m-plus
A £4million-worth piece of machinery which was bought to help improve recycling rates in Croydon and across south London has been binned by Sutton Council – who have managed to incur an additional bill of at least £2million to landfill … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon Council, Environment, Merton, Nick Mattey, Paul Burstow MP, Refuse collection, Sutton Council, Tom Brake MP, Waste incinerator
Tagged Beddington Lane Farmlands, Beddington Lane incinerator, Croydon Council, Liberal Democrats, Nick Mattey, Sutton Council, Tom Brake MP, Viridor
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After £1m discount on lease, charity now wants council loan
A year after LibDem-controlled Sutton Council agreed to hand over a piece of public property at a generous £1 million discount to a charity of which LibDem MP Tom Brake is a trustee, and renovation work has yet to start … Continue reading
Posted in Charity, Environment, Outside Croydon, Property, Sutton Council, Tim Crowley, Tom Brake MP
Tagged Conservative, Liberal Democrats, Sutton Council, Tom Brake MP
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Greens accused of ‘betrayal’ for backing LibDems in Richmond
The Greens in south London have got themselves into a bit of a lather, after the environmentally concerned party decided not to contest the Richmond Park parliamentary by-election, and instead support the LibDems in an effort to beat Zac Goldsmith. … Continue reading
Posted in Christian Wolmar, Croydon Greens, Environment, Nick Mattey, Refuse collection, Shasha Khan, Sutton Council, Tom Brake MP, Waste incinerator, Zac Goldsmith MP
Tagged Beddington Lane, Beddington Lane incinerator, Christian Wolmar, Conservatives, Greens, Labour, LibDems, Sasha Khan, Tom Brake MP, Tory, Zac Goldsmith
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The Brake Escape: Sutton unscathed by Boundary Commission
WALTER CRONXITE on the wider ramifications of the Boundary Commission’s somewhat gentle realignment Sutton’s parliamentary seats So excited was London’s last remaining LibDem MP last night that he – or one of his over-eager aides – broke the strict embargo … Continue reading
Posted in 2020 General Election, Merton, Norbury, Paul Scully MP, Siobhain McDonagh MP, Sutton Council, Tom Brake MP
Tagged Boundary Commissioners, Carshalton and Wallington, Conservative, Labour, Liberal Democrats, Merton, Norbury, Paul Scully MP, Siobhain McDonagh MP, Sutton, Sutton and Cheam, Tom Brake MP
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‘Don’t mention the arrest!’ LibDems mislead by omission
Ballot-weary voters in Carshalton are being expected to go to their polling stations once more this week, for a local council ward by-election. Though the party running Sutton Council is trying its utmost to avoid telling them why. The LibDems’ … Continue reading
Posted in London-wide issues, Outside Croydon, Sutton Council, Tom Brake MP
Tagged Carshalton, Conservative, Labour, Liberal Democrats, Sutton, Tom Brake MP, Tory
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The council incinerator report Sutton didn’t want you to see
THE COVER-UP: Last month, we reported how a “cheap energy” scheme that Sutton Council wants to force on to Barratt’s Felnex development at Hackbridge is based on a big, juicy lie. Here, WALTER CRONXITE uncovers the report which shows that … Continue reading
Sutton LibDems expel councillor for alleging corruption
Sutton Council’s Liberal Democrats are proving themselves to be most illiberal and not very democratic, after they managed to kick a councillor, Nick Mattey, out of their party for daring to try to represent the interests of residents in his … Continue reading
LibDem hearing to raise allegations over £1bn incinerator
Over in Sutton, local councillor Nick Mattey is about to face an expulsion hearing from the Liberal Democrats after he dared to oppose his council’s scheme for a £1 billion industrial-scale incinerator on Beddington Lane, close to the borough boundary … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon Council, Croydon Greens, Environment, Nick Mattey, Refuse collection, Shasha Khan, Stephen Fenwick, Sutton Council, Tim Crowley, Tom Brake MP, Waste incinerator
Tagged Colin Drummond, Conservative, Croydon Council, John Drage, Labour, Liberal Democrats, Nick Mattey, Sutton Council, Tom Brake MP, Tory, UKIP, Viridor
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Questions to be asked over £1.5m-worth of Viridor ‘gifts’
Parliamentary questions are to be asked about whether a proper degree of scrutiny was given to £1.5-million-worth of donations made to causes in the constituencies of three LibDem government ministers by the charitable arm of incinerator operators Viridor. The gifts, … Continue reading
EcoLocal charity gets £1m lucky Brake from Sutton Council
£500 That’s the value that Tom Brake has had put on his reputation. Brake is the last London LibDem MP standing. The MP for Carshalton and Wallington, in Sutton, served as Deputy Leader of the House in the ConDem coalition. … Continue reading
Holy smoke: Sutton to investigate Viridor ‘gift’ to church
Sutton Council has bowed to public pressure and is to look into the controversial £275,000 donation from the charitable arm of Viridor, the industrialists who were granted permission by the local authority to build and operate a massive waste incinerator … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Church and religions, Croydon Greens, Environment, London-wide issues, Nick Mattey, Outside Croydon, Refuse collection, Shasha Khan, Sutton Council, Tom Brake MP, Waste incinerator
Tagged Beddington Lane, Beddington Lane incinerator, Croydon Greens, Liberal Democrats, London, Nick Mattey, Shasha Khan, Sutton Council, Tom Brake MP, Viridor
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£1bn incinerator deal and £275,000 “gift” back in the spotlight
The Beddington Lane incinerator site, on Croydon’s borough boundary – and the £275,000 “gift” from incinerator operators Viridor to a church much-used by Sutton LibDems – is high on the agenda this week, as Sutton Council stages a ward by-election. … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Croydon Council, Croydon Greens, Croydon Guardian, Environment, Health, London-wide issues, Nick Mattey, Planning, Refuse collection, Stuart Collins, Sutton Council, Tom Brake MP, Waddon, Waste incinerator
Tagged Conservative, Green Party, incinerator, John Drage, Labour, Liberal Democrats, Stop The Incinerator Campaign, Sutton Council, Tom Brake MP, Tory, Viridor
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Tom Brake link to church donation from incinerator company
It has suddenly got very heated in Sutton over the Beddington Lane incinerator. The Liberal Democrats, who control Sutton Council, have today suspended one of their councillors, Nick Mattey, after he dared question their plans to allow incinerator operators Viridor … Continue reading
Posted in Broad Green, Business, Croydon Guardian, Environment, Health, London-wide issues, Planning, Refuse collection, Shasha Khan, Stephen Fenwick, Sutton Council, Tom Brake MP, Waddon, Waste incinerator
Tagged Beddington Lane incinerator, Croydon, Green Party, incinerator, Liberal Democrats, Nick Mattey, SLWP, South London Waste Partnership, Stop The Incinerator Campaign, Tom Brake MP, Waddon
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Paddick has more answers on policing, Clegg claims
Brian Paddick‘s police experience sets him apart from London Mayor candidates Boris Johnson and Ken Livingstone was Nick Clegg’s message on his visit to Croydon on Friday, ANDREW PELLING writes It is a sad commentary on wider, deep-held perceptions of … Continue reading
Posted in Boris Johnson, Brian Paddick, Business, Crime, Croydon 8/8, Croydon Central, Ken Livingstone, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Tom Brake MP
Tagged Brian Paddick, Croydon, Croydon Central, House of Reeves, Liberal Democrat, London, London Mayor, Nick Clegg, reeves corner, Tom Brake MP
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Brake looking determined to find support in Croydon
As he sits on board a narrowboat, wearing his sandals, stroking his beard and with a copy of the Guardian by his side, STEVEN GAUGE, right, the former Croydon parliamentary candidate who helped run Nick Clegg’s election tour last year, … Continue reading
Cancer risks from £1bn Croydon incinerator, warn Greens
Next week marks a turning point in a process that could determine the health and well-being of generations of south Londoners. Here, Inside Croydon’s GREEN MAN explains some of the risks we all face if plans for a waste incineration … Continue reading
