Kingston Pound is going from strength to strength with 2 new announcements: New design competition for printed Kingston Pound Kingston Council to accept Kingston Pound for business rates The competition to design the printed Kingston Pound has been launched.  Kingston pound invite everyone, no matter what age, to create a design that can be incorporated into […]

Kingston Liberal Democrat Councillor Group proposed an amendment to the Conservative Administration budget to make it fairer and greener. In summary the amendment: Remove £120k from the Charging Policy for Homecare charges. Aim: To keep at scheme at 75% of income taken into consideration for disabled service users towards the cost of non residential Social Care. Remove £142k […]

On the passing of this year’s budget for Kingston council, Cllr Rolson Davies attacked Secretary of State for local government Eric Pickles for budget cuts to the authority, which have required over £30 million in savings in just 4 years. Thanks to our value for money approach to services we can afford to freeze council […]

Kingston is again anticipated to have the best council tax collection rates in London in the coming year. It is the only Borough in London predicted to collect a full 99% of council tax owed. This is great news for local residents as it means the burden of council tax is spread more fairly. The […]

I read with interest the comments of the Conservative leader and Finance spokesperson in response to our budget last week. It seems that whilst local Lib Dems are working hard to protect our services, Tory councillors are relishing the thought of slashing services and delivering even bigger cuts. In Kingston it has been the Liberal […]

Council Tax bills in Kingston are set to be frozen for the year ahead at the annual budget meeting on 27th February. In order to provide the extra investment needed in some areas and freeze Council Tax, a further £7.8million worth of savings and efficiency measures  have been secured by Kingston Council. Inflation alone would […]

A drop in the number of people claiming jobseekers allowance in Kingston is another welcome boost to the local economy, Cllr Liz Green said today. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) has reported the UK has seen the largest annual fall in the number of people claiming Jobseekers Allowance in more than 15 years. In […]

Kingston Council is contacting around 300 households affected by government welfare reforms or ‘benefits cap’.   From 15 July many residents will feel the pinch of a cap which will place a limit on the total amount of benefits a household can receive, including any benefits payable towards housing. The limits are: £500 a week for […]

On Friday 19th May, Kingston Council hosted the annual conference for the Kingston Strategic Partnership.  Partners including health, police, fire, national Government departments, education and voluntary sector came along to share ideas and thoughts.  The aim of the partnership is to make Kingston the best place possible for living, working  and visiting.  By working together, the partnership […]

Kingston are attacking illegal loan sharks on all angles.  Kingston Council’s Trading Standards team commissioned Kingston University Students’ Union (KUSU) to hold a competition to find an eye-catching design that would help draw public attention to the dangers of loan sharks. The winning poster by Garfield Kar C Li, a Fashion Masters student, has appeared around […]