Tag Archives: Veolia

Labour look to sack Veolia and build council homes in Sutton

Posted on April 3, 2018 by

Labour in Sutton tonight published its manifesto ahead of the local elections on May 3, including a promise to hold a public inquiry in what has become notorious as #SuttonBinShame, with the transfer of waste collection and street-cleaning services to … Continue reading →

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Veolia are set to sweep away nearly 40 street-cleaning jobs

Posted on February 3, 2018 by

Croydon’s rubbish contractors, Veolia, want to axe almost half of the street cleaners it employs in the borough, according to a report from a Guildford-based newspaper. Nearly 40 jobs could go, if proposals included in a staff consultation discussed at … Continue reading →

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Council and Veolia fined £370,000 after crushing incident

Posted on February 3, 2018 by

Croydon Council has been fined £100,000, plus legal costs, and the borough’s rubbish contractors, Veolia penalised with a £250,000 fine, plus costs, after a worker was crushed by a reversing dust cart, suffering significant injuries. According to a report from … Continue reading →

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#SuttonBinShame: ‘We can’t do the job any more’ say staff

Posted on January 30, 2018 by

Our Sutton correspondent, BELLE MONT, reports on claims from Labour activists in St Helier that street-cleaning staff, transferred from the council to Veolia last year, are having their reports of fly-tipping ignored and refused permission to take holidays Labour activists … Continue reading →

Posted in Croydon Council, Fly tipping, Refuse collection, Ruth Dombey, Sutton Council, Veolia | Tagged , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

#SuttonBinShame: Dombey accused of gerrymandering Veolia

Posted on January 28, 2018 by

A leaked email obtained by this website seems to show that Liberal Democrats have been abusing council resources in an attempt to get themselves out of the hole they have created with their rubbish Veolia service. Our Sutton investigations editor, … Continue reading →

Posted in 2018 council elections, Environment, London-wide issues, Niall Bolger, Outside Croydon, Refuse collection, Ruth Dombey, Sutton Council, Tim Crowley, Veolia, Waste incinerator | Tagged , , , , , , | 2 Comments

Fieldway’s Hall launches attack on ‘unacceptable’ Veolia

Posted on January 11, 2018 by

WALTER CRONXITE, our political editor, on the widening splits within the leadership of the Labour group on the council, with local elections less than four months away One of Croydon council leader Tony Newman’s most trusted lieutenants has this week … Continue reading →

Posted in 2018 council elections, Carole Bonner, Felicity Flynn, Fieldway, Fly tipping, Louisa Woodley, New Addington, New Addington North, Oliver Lewis, Refuse collection, Simon Hall, Stuart Collins, Tony Newman, Tony Pearson, Veolia | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | 4 Comments

Collins backs free Christmas tree collection service for 2018

Posted on December 5, 2017 by

WALTER CRONXITE reports from the council chamber on the first giveaways of the 2018 election campaign Stuart Collins, the deputy leader of Croydon’s Labour-run council, put an early present under every household’s Christmas tree in the borough last night. Collins … Continue reading →

Posted in 2018 council elections, Business, Croydon Council, Fly tipping, Refuse collection, Robert Canning, Stuart Collins, Veolia, Waddon | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | 3 Comments