At tonight’s council meeting, Merton Conservative will fight to keep the Police Station front desks open at Wimbledon and Mitcham Police Stations and keep up the pressure on Labour to keep both of the borough’s police stations open permanently.
We will also bring our campaign to establish a permanent police base in the Civic Centre in Morden to the council chamber. We have strong support from residents across the borough and it’s time for Labour and the Liberal Democrats to back our campaign and strengthen policing in Merton.
We will also seek assurances from the Labour administration that they will oppose any attempt to introduce a pay per mile scheme across London and that they will block any scheme in Merton.
Additionally, we will be calling for a stronger planning enforcement function, especially regarding retrospective permission, ensuring that all greening measures are delivered in new developments and strengthening tree protection orders. As well as questioning the Labour cabinet on what steps they will take to prevent over development in Merton following the Labour government’s decision to remove many planning powers from the hands of elected councillors.
We will seek answers from the Labour cabinet over the impact of the almost doubling of inflation since the Labour government came into power last year. The Labour government has had a disastrous impact on Merton’s finances by increasing the rate of employers’ national insurance contributions and Cabinet budget papers show that the council is planning to hike Council Tax by the maximum of 5% over the next three years as a result.
