Up to 4,000 Sutton residents could end up being driven to foodbanks if Tory ministers proceed with cutting Universal Credit by £20 per week.

As the coronavirus pandemic continues, Sutton Council has so far ensured 497 low-income residents across the borough have received £500 self-isolation payments.

Sutton Liberal Democrats will launch a public consultation on low traffic neighbourhood and school street schemes later this spring.

Since the beginning of the trial in Worcester Park we have been working hard to collate resident feedback and engage with residents in the area. In October 2020 we spent 4 hours discussing the scheme with residents, mostly from Ruskin Drive. We also discussed the scheme at the recent Environment & Neighborhood Committee meeting, the North Cheam and Worcester Park local committee meeting, met with the Hamptons Management Committee and with over 20 residents representing different roads in the area.

Sutton Liberal Democrats brought a motion to full Council on Monday evening calling on the Government to end the cladding scandal affecting thousands of properties across the country.

Lib Dem run Sutton council will receive £11.3 million to spend on high street projects after a successful council bid to the government’s Future High Streets Fund, one of only 15 places across the country to receive the full amount bid for.

At Monday’s council meeting Lib Dem councillors debated and agreed a motion on the Government’s proposals to reform the planning system.  

In a passionate opening speech by Cllr David Bartolucci, who presented the motion, he described the plans as, “a crude attempt to silence and dilute the voices of local communities and residents. Moreover, it is an attack on Localism and local decision making. Forcing the will of the people to be subjugated to a centralised Government algorithm.”

We were delighted to hear that Home Group has finally committed to starting demolition on Victoria House following pressure from local residents.

Figures uncovered by Sutton Liberal Democrats have revealed that local ambulance staff were assaulted 30 times in the year till August. Council leader Ruth Dombey called these figures “utterly unacceptable” and urged ministers to bring forward tougher sentences as soon as possible. The 30 incidents, from August 2019 to August 2020, include 11 incidents by physical blow, 4 incidents by grabbing or touching, and 3 incidents by spitting.