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
Our Letter to Sadiq Khan regarding St George's East 1st March 2022 Dear Sadiq Khan, Mayor of London & Jules Pipe, Deputy Mayor for Planning, Merton Conservatives are writing to you today as we wish you to use your powers as... Local News
Our response to the Boundary commission proposals for Merton 23rd February 2022 Please read our response to the initial proposals from the Boundary Commission. Cllr Nick McLean and Stephen Hammond MP will be speaking at the public hearings... Local News
Save Wimbledon! - Our statement on St George's East 12th February 2022 At a recent Merton Planning Applications Committee, the Labour majority approved an application for a 12 storey office building at St George’s House East... Local News
Update on the AELTC - 03/02/22 3rd February 2022 At Wednesday's meeting of Merton Council, Conservative Councillors presented a petition signed by over a thousand residents which called on the Council to... Local News
Conservative Motion for February Council 2022: Road Charging 28th January 2022 Road charging non-strategic theme motion Council recognises that since 2018 the Labour administration has introduced new parking taxes that: Impose new charges... Local News
Conservative Motion for February Council 2022: Lavender Nursery 28th January 2022 Lavender Nursery Motion Council recognises that ever since the Outturn report of 2017/18 the overspend on the Dedicated Schools Grant has been growing out of... Local News
Labour has run out of steam in Merton 17th November 2021 By next year’s local elections, the London Borough of Merton will have been Labour-run for 28 of the past 32 years. Their record in power makes for grim reading... Articles
Our Motion on Enforcement 17th November 2021 For November's Merton Council meeting, we have presented the following motion on planning enforcement. This is an area where we frequently hear complaints from... Local News
Merton Conservatives call for reaffirmation of 10 Housing Commitments! 12th November 2021 At November Council we have presented a motion calling on the Council to reaffirm the 'ten commitments'. In September 2014 the Labour administration and Circle... Local News
Our Ten Point Plan for a Green Industrial Revolution 18th November 2020 Today, the Prime Minister has outlined his ten-point plan to bring about a green industrial revolution, creating 250,000 jobs and helping us to build back... National News
More than 19,000 jobs created by Kickstart Scheme 12th November 2020 Today the Chancellor has confirmed that more than 19,000 job placements have been created by our Kickstart Scheme so far – with tens of thousands more expected... National News
The Prime Minister's Statement on the COVID Vaccine in Full 9th November 2020 Read in full the Prime Minister's statement on mass testing progress, the Pfizer/BioNTech Vaccine and more. National News
4 Ways this Government is Supporting Businesses this Winter 6th November 2020 Throughout this pandemic, our priority has been clear: to protect lives and livelihoods. The Government’s announcements today will support businesses this... National News
The Prime Minister's COVID-19 Update in Full 5th November 2020 The Prime Minister spoke to the public on the first day of lockdown on our plans to tackle the coronavirus. Stay at home. Protect the NHS. Save Lives. National News
Supporting our Economy this Winter: Chancellor's Statement in Full 5th November 2020 The Chancellor's Statement to the House on 5 November 2020, on our plans to support our ecnomy this winter as we tackle the virus. National News