Stay safe at this year’s Championships
Monday 28 June is the start of the 2021 Wimbledon Championships in Merton. This year’s tournament is a pilot event for the Government Events Research Programme and will be one of the first events to feature […]
Monthly Archives: June 2021
Get fully jabbed as soon as possible, says Fiona!
Over the last few months, Nurse Consultant Fiona White has been helping to spearhead the vaccination drive across Merton. Working from a range of pop up vaccination centres, including mosques, […]
Merton Council calls on Government to expand asylum seekers right to work
Commenting on our decision to join the Lift the Ban Coalition, Councillor Marsie Skeete, Cabinet Member for Women and Equalities, said: “We should be proud that our country is seen […]
Leader of Merton Council reflects on Windrush Day
Commenting on Windrush on 22 June, Mark Allison, Leader of Merton Council, said: ”This year marks 73 years since the first of the Windrush Generation arrived on our shores, ready […]
New development for local planning policy
Tackling climate change, economic recovery from the pandemic, new housing and healthy streets are the top priorities in the council’s new local plan. The local plan is a set of guidelines, which are used […]
Merton Council is one of the first in the country to offer staff paid bereavement leave after a miscarriage or stillbirth
Merton will become one of the first councils in the country to give staff bereavement leave after the early loss of a pregnancy. Merton Council has agreed to give mothers […]
Special school set to be expanded to create more places for pupils with autism
More than 80 new school places for children with special educational needs and disabilities, including autism spectrum disorder, could be created in an empty school building. At a meeting held […]
Make sure you get that all-important second jab sorted out soon!
Have you had your second Covid-19 vaccination yet? If you had your first dose over eight weeks ago, you need to make sure you get your second dose arranged as […]
Additional Covid-19 surge testing took place in two areas of Merton this week
Merton Council set up additional testing facilities in two parts of the borough this week after a sharp rise in Covid-19 cases linked to the delta variant. Asymptomatic PCR testing was set up from Monday in the Figges Marsh […]
Council calls on Clarion to take urgent action on housing repairs
Merton Council has called on Clarion Housing to ‘restore confidence” with residents after a number of many worrying images on housing on the Eastfields Estate which were broadcast on ITV […]