Merton Council has announced a £2million cost-of-living support fund to help those residents being hardest-hit by the current crisis. The council’s support package will include targeted help to residents most-impacted, […]
Last night (Wednesday 2 March), a special meeting of Merton’s Full Council approved its budget for 2022/23. The financial plan for the year, which is worth £579 million, keeps vital […]
The poorest residents in the borough are set to be protected from increased council tax bills in the spring. At its meeting on 8 November, the council’s Cabinet agreed to […]
Residents on low incomes and those who have been plunged into poverty as a result of being furloughed or losing their jobs during the pandemic are set to benefit from […]
Merton Council faces impossible choices to balance its budget for next year if the Government promise to fund local services. The Council’s cabinet has released a report which shows that […]
Merton Council has called on the Government to abolish outdated laws that allow councils to jail residents for non-payment of council tax, as the financial hardship of the virus continues […]
Merton Council has announced it will be offering financial support to around 2,650 of the borough’s least well off residents to help them with the economic impact of the COVID-19 […]
A 53 year old woman from Mitcham has been found guilty of 12 counts of housing benefit and council tax fraud amounting to £104,663.75 for a over a period of […]
With changes to how housing benefit rates will be calculated taking affect in April, the council is holding the event to ensure Merton landlords know about the changes. Speakers from […]
Merton Council will next week (2 November) be offering up more financial help for its most vulnerable families and pensioners when it implements changes to current benefits services. From Monday […]