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Wimbledon Park summer swimming plans afloat despite council indecision

Cold, wet and illegal – the future of open water swimming in Wimbledon Park remains uncertain after Merton Council failed

Parents at Merton school protest over council’s ‘do as little as possible’ attitude to road safety

Worried parents campaigning for a safer crossing outside Merton’s Park Community School staged a peaceful protest on Friday afternoon. Teachers

Merton Council’s gender pay gap goes from best to worst in a year

Merton Council went from being the only council where women earned more than men to having the widest gender pay

‘Bigger than party politics’ – Merton residents call on council to declare climate emergency

Concerned Merton residents are rallying together in the battle against climate change. More than 2,000 people have signed a petition

Tory councillors: Sutton Link could be derailed by ‘poor management’ of TfL finances

Conservative councillors have questioned the Mayor of London’s ability to deliver an extension of the tram network to Sutton. A

Labour accused of being ‘unwilling to consider ways to tackle’ waste collection issues in Merton

Merton’s Labour council blocked motions to sack Veolia at a specially-convened meeting last week, following problems with the borough’s street

Why do people move out of Wimbledon and do they miss it?

Most of the time people move to a new area without looking back, but Wimbledon seems to make an impression

Cross-party meeting will explore options for future of Wimbledon police station

Merton Liberal Democrats will hold a meeting on 26 September as part of an ongoing campaign to overturn Mayor of London

Merton residents asked to water street trees in drought

A campaign by the Tree Warden Group Merton has been put in place to promote watering of street trees struggling

Leaders go head-to-head in Merton Council election

In recent years Londoners became accustomed to the inside of a polling booth as Brexit dominated the city’s political platform.

Local elections 2018 Preview: Merton Borough Council

In recent years Londoners have become accustomed to the inside of a polling booth as first Brexit and then a

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