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
Conservative Party Conference 2020: Day 3 5th October 2020 Top stories from Conservative Party Conference 2020 Day 3 (5th October), including Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rishi Sunak, on the source of hope for society... National News
Rishi Sunak: Read the Chancellor’s Keynote Speech in full 5th October 2020 Chancellor Rishi Sunak on how the Conservative Party has supported the economy through coronavirus and how he will be supporting us to build back better. National News
Conservative Party Conference 2020: Day 2 4th October 2020 Top stories from Conservative Party Conference 2020 Day 2 (4th October), including Home Secretary Priti Patel on fixing our broken asylum system; and Prime... National News
Priti Patel: Fixing our broken asylum system 4th October 2020 Home Secretary Priti Patel on fixing our broken asylum system, law and order, policing, and being firm but fair so that the system caters for those in greatest... National News
Conservative Party Conference 2020: Day 1 3rd October 2020 Top stories from Conservative Party Conference 2020 Day 1 (3rd October), including: better transport, "Generation Buy", new Conservative HQ in Leeds, and... National News
We have launched our Blue Wall Fund 3rd October 2020 We have launched a new "Blue Wall Fund" to deliver for people in the North who voted for change in the historic 2019 election victory. National News
