More building proposed on the Hamptons Estate
More building is proposed on The Hamptons estate in Worcester Park, much to the concern of local residents and councillors. You may complete the on-line petition here. 19th August 2008...

From bad to worse..
An astonishing story has been posted on the Sutton Guardian website under the headline "Council charges £35 to collect waste.... then dumps it in next town". The news story reads: Sut...

Motion of No Confidence in Colin Hall
Conservatives on Sutton Council have today tabled a motion of no confidence in the Liberal Democrat Executive Councillor for the Environment, e-Government and Efficiency, Colin Hall. The move comes a...

£35 Bag Residents' Can Pay, Won't Pay Campaign
The residents of Beddington have become the first in the Borough to stand up to Sutton Council's garden waste tax by ignoring the deadline for paid-for rubbish sacks - costing £35 each - and def...

Lib Dems Slash Free Parking Hours
Your local Conservatives are fighting the Liberal Democrat Council's decision to HALVE the amount of free parking hours for your visitors in the CPZ Controlled Parking Zone in Belmont and Sutton. The ...

Making Cheam Safer - and on-line petition
We read with concern that costs have forced our local Safer Neighbourhood Team (SNT) to abandon plans to use Cheam Lodge for a dedicated police base in Cheam (Sutton Guardian, 22 May). Police officers...

LibDems - Sometimes the numbers don't add up
Sutton's Conservatives have slammed the Liberal Democrat's education spokesman for shrugging his shoulders and shamelessly declaring "occasionally the numbers don't add up" when it comes to ...

Boris Johnson elected Mayor
Boris Johnson has been elected Mayor of London. He received 1,168,738 first and second preference votes compared with Ken Livingstone's 1,028,966. In his victory speech, he said the election had be...

Steve O'Connell elected as the GLA member for Croydon & Sutton
Steve has been elected as the GLA member for Croydon & Sutton with 76,477 votes. Labour's Shafi Khan came second with 33,812 giving Steve a majority of 42,665. This means that Steve gained 44.08...

Philippa fighting for Social Justice
Philippa appeared on Newsnight at the end of February on the eve of Gordon Brown's announcement about Welfare Reform. Jeremy Paxman didn't need to ask her the same question more than once, never mind ...

An unfair Britain

George Osborne will detail how Labour's policies have made Britain more unfair in a speech tomorrow.

David meets Georgian leaders

David Cameron has met with Georgian leaders to discuss the situation in the country.

15/08/2008 - Target culture has distorted police priorities

14/08/2008 - A-level results highlight opportunity gap

13/08/2008 - Action needed to halt rising unemployment

14/08/2008 - Response to the death of Lord Bruce-Lockhart

14/08/2008 - A-level divide between rich and poor

12/08/2008 - Russia's "unacceptable" actions against Georgia

12/08/2008 - Inflation doubles in six months

12/08/2008 - Labour have frozen housing market