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
Rubbish Labour set to axe weekly bin collections 15th June 2016 Labour councillors have voted to end weekly bin collections in Merton without considering the consequences for local residents. Despite having pledged in 2014... Local News
New Wimbledon Village High Street Group 26th May 2016 The new Wimbledon Village High Street Group has announced a number of exciting plans to help enhance the area for local residents and businesses. Local News
Labour Lies about St Helier Hospital 13th May 2016 Labour have been caught out in the St Helier ward by-election for lying about the closure of St Helier Hospital. Local News
Dear Merton Labour - St Helier Hospital 10th May 2016 A letter has been put into circulation this week by Merton Labour claiming that St Helier Hospital is launching a new consultation about closing the hospital... Local News
St Helier's Action Plan - Sue Edwards 9th May 2016 My action plan to secure a better future for St Heliers, by Sue Edwards Local News
Adult Social Care Letter in Wimbledon Guardian 11th March 2016 At Budget Council recently, every Labour councillor had the chance to do the right thing for the people of Merton. I had hoped all members of the Council might... Local News
Protecting Services for the most vulnerable 23rd February 2016 In response to Labour’s financial mismanagement, Merton’s Conservative councillors will formally call for a 1.7% precept to raise £1.355million to continue... Local News
Crossrail 2 Wimbledon - Update 5th February 2016 Conservative councillors have called on Crossrail 2 to rule out the demolition of Wimbledon town centre and instead to look carefully at other options which... Local News
Consultation on Morden Leisure Centre 2nd February 2016 Consultation on Morden Leisure Centre Letter from Mitcham and Morden Conservatives While we welcome the fact that the Morden Leisure Centre Project is finally... Local News
Conservatives announce range of measures to take back control of our borders 17th November 2019 Only by installing proper controls and ending the preferential treatment of EEA migrants will we be able to attract the brightest and the best from around the... National News
Vote Blue, Go Green 16th November 2019 A Conservative majority government would embark on an era of “true 21st century Conservativism” by tripling tree-planting rates and creating a new £500 million... National News
Corbyn's fantasy broadband plans would cost hardworking taxpayers billions 15th November 2019 You can’t trust anything Labour say until they have a plan for Brexit. Their fantasy broadband plans are simply another thing they wouldn’t be able to deliver –... National News
Supporting the heart of our local communities 15th November 2019 The Prime Minister today announced an ambitious package, backed by hundreds of millions of pounds of investment, to support towns and communities across Britain... National News
Labour's open borders policy is the biggest risk to our NHS 14th November 2019 New research shows that net migration will increase under a Corbyn-led Labour Government which would put public services under increasing pressure. National News
Getting Brexit done and unleashing the potential of the whole country 13th November 2019 Read the Prime Ministers speech from London Electric Vehicle Company in Coventry. National News
