Pre Council Update Wednesday, 2 April, 2025 At tonight’s council meeting, Conservative councillors will defend Merton’s academy schools against the Labour governments attempt to curtail their freedoms to innovate and drive-up academic standards. We will also call for a new focus to be given to Morden regeneration, hold the Labour administration to account for their failure to control the deficit in SEND education, and ask what progress they... Local News
Post Budget Council Update 24th March 2025 We had a full Council budget meeting on the 26th February and we raised a number of important issues residents have contacted us on. You can read our response... Local News
Budget Council 2025 26th February 2025 At tonight’s budget council meeting councillors will set the budget for the upcoming financial year. Your Labour-run council has increased Council Tax by the... Local News
Conservative amendment to the Council Tax Support Scheme 22nd January 2025 At today's full council meeting Conservative councillors are calling for the council to examine introducing a future Council Tax Support Scheme that requires... Local News
January Council meeting 22nd January 2025 At the January council meeting, we are calling for Merton Council to increase its work with the private sector and private schools, to support the council’s... Local News
Winter Fuel Allowance motion 11th 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... Local News
Cllr McLean's letter to Merton Liberal Democrats asking questions about their involvement in online abuse. 5th July 2024 Local News
CONSERVATIVE BUDGET AMENDMENT 6TH MARCH 2024 6th March 2024 Amend recommendation 5 by adding the following wording: “subject to the following amendment: Use £1,001,000 from the “For use in future years’ budgets” on a one... Articles
Danielle Dunfield-Prayero Selected as Wimbledon Parliamentary Candidate 10th January 2024 The Wimbledon Conservative Association has selected Danielle Dunfield-Prayero as their Parliamentary Candidate. Danielle enters politics after a career in... Local News
Merton Conservatives response to the consultation on changes to parking charges for 2024 13th December 2023 Merton Conservative strongly oppose the latest Labour Party plan to hammer motorists through sweeping rises in the vast majority of parking charges. This new... Local News
Mel Stride responds to Rachel Reeves's spending review 14th June 2025 Today, Rachel Reeves's delivered Labour’s first Spending Review. With a torrent of promises, slogans, and self-congratulations. But not the truth. National News
Labour finally U-turn on Grooming Gang inquiry after Conservative pressure 14th June 2025 Keir Starmer has finally bowed to pressure and agreed to a national statutory inquiry into the grooming gangs scandal. National News
Forcing a vote on a national inquiry into grooming gangs 14th June 2025 We Conservatives strongly believe victims of this appalling abuse deserve justice. Find out more here National News
Kemi delivers a speech at FTSE250 conference 12th June 2025 Kemi Badenoch has delivered a speech in the city responding to Labour's damaging plans for our economy. National News
Labour U-turn on Winter Fuel Payments 9th June 2025 After Conservative pressure, Labour finally reinstitute Winter Fuel Payments for 9 million pensioners National News
Kemi Badenoch exposes the laws and treaties holding Britain back 6th June 2025 Watch the Leader of the Conservative Party Kemi Badenoch deliver a keynote speech on the international treaties which are holding Britain back. National News