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Category Archives: Corporate Services

Council tax support scheme extended for those on low incomes

8 November 2021by mertonzb

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 […]

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Corporate Services, Council Tax

£1.2m upgrade of CCTV set to improve public safety

22 October 2021by MertonSJ

The decision will bring Merton’s network up to the level of London-wide systems and those in other boroughs

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Children, Schools and Families, Community and Housing, Corporate Services, Crime, Education and schools, Environment, Environment and Regeneration, Safer Merton

Merton Council is one of the first in the country to offer staff paid bereavement leave after a miscarriage or stillbirth

23 June 2021by mertonzb

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 […]

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Corporate Services, Equality and diversity, Health and social care, Leader of the council, My Merton magazine

St Helier Ward by-election result

8 May 2021by mertonzb

Helena Dollimore from the Labour Party has been elected St Helier’s new ward councillor with 54% of the vote. A by-election was called in St Helier Ward following the resignation […]

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Corporate Services, Elections, My Merton magazine

By-election announced for St Helier Ward

10 March 2021by mertonzb

A by-election for St Helier Ward will take place on Thursday 6 May, following the resignation of Labour Councillor Kelly Braund. The nomination process for candidates opens on Tuesday 23 […]

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Corporate Services, Elections, My Merton magazine

Cabinet member becomes the first Merton councillor to take maternity leave

21 January 2021by mertonzb

One of Merton Council’s cabinet members, Councillor Natasha Irons, is the first councillor in the local authority’s history to take maternity leave from her role as an elected member. Councillor […]

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Corporate Services, Environment, Environment and Regeneration, Leader of the council, My Merton magazine

Council to fund IT equipment to support the most disadvantaged pupils

17 November 2020by mertonzb

Merton Council will be helping schools with the costs of IT equipment and internet connections to help ensure some of the most disadvantaged pupils in the borough can maintain access […]

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Children, Children, Schools and Families, Corporate Services, Education and schools, My Merton magazine

Merton to continue financial support for those on low incomes

10 November 2020by mertonzb

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 […]

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Corporate Services, Council Tax, COVID-19, Disabled people, Public health

Council faces eight-fold increase in savings for next year if Government does not fulfil promise to support local services

9 November 2020by mertonzb

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 […]

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Corporate Services, Council finances and performance, Council Tax, COVID-19, My Merton magazine

Poverty should not be a crime, says council in bid to stop residents being jailed for council tax arrears

19 October 2020by mertonzb

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 […]

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Business, Corporate Services, Council Tax, COVID-19, My Merton magazine, Young people
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