Winter Fuel Allowance motion Wednesday, 11 September, 2024 Conservative Group Full council 18th September 2024 Changes to the Winter Fuel Allowance and protecting pensioners from fuel poverty Council Notes: The Labour Government’s recent decision to restrict the Winter Fuel Payment to only pensioners in receipt of means-tested benefits like Pension Credit, as announced by Chancellor Rachel Reeves. The estimated impact of this decision, which Age UK says... Local News
Scandal of the missing millions 26th February 2018 Merton Labour fail to spend Government money on Adult Social Care. In the last financial year (2017/18), central government gave Merton Council £2.7m to spend... Local News
Letter to Wimbledon Guardian on Wimbledon Hill development plan - Cllr David Simpson 1st February 2018 Cllr David Simpson writes to Wimbledon Guardian: "What is currently planned is by no means simply a refurbishment." Local News
Conservative plan to save Wimbledon police station 30th January 2018 Merton Conservatives have put forward proposals to save Wimbledon police station from the Mayor of London’s axe. Their plan is for the local council to seek to... Local News
Morden town centre needs investment now 29th January 2018 Sir, Whatever Cllr Alambritis might claim on the Wimbledon Guardian front page (18 January 2018), the reality is that under 8 years of Labour running Merton... Local News
Wimbledon Park Station to become Step-free 22nd January 2018 Wimbledon Park Station to become Step-free After years of campaigning by the local Member of Parliament and Conservative Councillors, Transport for London have... Local News
No video provider was found to handle the given URL. See the documentation for more information. Mucky Merton: Our campaign to clean up Merton 6th December 2017 Merton Conservatives believe you deserve better. Street cleaning and emptying your bins is a basic service and one the Council must get right. If you support... Local News
Sadiq Khan hoards £240 million while choosing to close Wimbledon Police Station 13th November 2017 Sir, The Mayor of London must take responsibility for his decision to close Wimbledon Police Station. Sadiq Khan is pressing ahead with his plan to shut our... Local News
Ensuring the best start in life for our children 13th November 2017 Dear Editor, I am very pleased to join the Council Leader in congratulating Merton’s secondary schools on being ranked ‘top of the class’ for young people’s... Local News
Councillors and MP help launch Merton’s Poppy Appeal 2nd November 2017 Merton Conservatives were busy selling poppies outside both Wimbledon station and Morden tube station during the morning rush today as part of London Poppy Day... Local News
Spring Conference 2022: Address from Foreign Secretary Liz Truss 19th March 2022 Foreign Secretary Liz Truss addressed Spring Conference 2022. Read what she said here. National News
Spring Conference 2022: Address from Home Secretary Priti Patel 19th March 2022 Home Secretary Priti Patel addressed Spring Conference 2022. Read what she said here. National News
Spring Conference 2022: address from Health Secretary Sajid Javid 18th March 2022 Secretary of State for Health and Social Care Sajid Javid addressed Spring Conference. Read what he said. National News
Spring Conference 2022: Address from Party Chairman Oliver Dowden 18th March 2022 Party Chairman Oliver Dowden addressed Spring Conference 2022. Read what he said here. National News
Standing up for our values 15th February 2022 Oliver Dowden, Conservative Party Chairman on standing up for our values. National News