Discover the options
A team of experts will be on hand to offer help and advice on a range of housing options at a special open day to be held next Friday. Merton […]
Category Archives: Benefits
Housing Benefit Fraudster pleads guilty
A Merton resident was convicted at Wimbledon Magistrates’ Court of dishonestlty failing to notify the Council of a change in his circumstances. On 30th March, Mr Andrew Broaders of Mitcham […]
Reach out for benefits advice
Merton’s Housing and Social Services team are running Outreach Surgeries at the District Housing Offices in November. The emphasis will be on assisting vulnerable client groups such as the elderly […]
Anti Fraud Squad success continues
Merton’s Housing Benefit Fraud Squad success continues, with the team obtaining 20 Administrative Penalties against people in the last 12 months. Every penalty issued results in a grant to Merton […]
Merton Council web site Crystal Clear – Plain English Campaign
Merton is one of the first 25 organisations in the UK to be accepted onto the scheme, and is only the 11th local authority to have done so. The process […]
New benefits surgery
Information service to help residents Merton Council can now offer residents advice and help on claiming a range of benefits at a new surgery style service. The new Community Care […]
Merton’s fraud stoppers success
Housing Benefit claimant found guilty of benefit fraud Merton Council’s fraud stoppers campaign achieved another success against benefit fraud when Sally Moss was found guilty of falsely claiming over £20,000 […]
Anti Fraud Squad proves a success
Merton Council’s campaign against Housing Benefit fraudsters continues to be success, exceeding central Government targets by 10%. The Internal Audit Anti-Fraud team has identified over £0.5m of fraudulent claims and […]
MERTON TACKLES DEBT HEAD ON
In the last financial year (2000/2001) Merton council has managed to reduce the amount of money owed to it. The total value of council invoices was almost £22 million for […]