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 […]

After several consultations and more than a year, work on the new cycle lanes for Portsmouth Road from Surbiton to Kingston is due to start this month. Kingston Council was one of 3 London Boroughs to win millions of funding from London Mayor, Boris Johnson, for mini-Holland projects to dramatically improve cycling infrastructure in the borough.  […]

This article was first published in The Guardian. In the past three months, for the first time in our history, Britain produced more electricity from renewable sources than it did from coal. Between 2010 and 2015, Britain’s renewable power capacity trebled, with over £40bn invested into onshore and offshore wind farms, solar PV and biomass. […]

Unprecedented attention has been given over the last few weeks to Chancellor George Osborne’s announced cuts to welfare benefits, in particular cuts to Tax Credits. The Prime Minister David Cameron promised not to cut Tax Credits before the General Election and the Government has now been dealt a major blow after the House of Lords […]

Kingston Council’s Surbiton Neighbourhood will be holding an open community forum on ‘smarter streets’ on Tuesday 10th November. The event, at Dysart School starting at 7.30pm, will be interactive, asking residents to discuss themes such as 20mph limits, air quality, parking, cycling and walking and street clutter. As local Councillors, we value residents and visitors […]

Whilst, not in Surbiton, we wanted to bring to residents attention a survey on the Fountain roundabout in New Malden. Many residents have told us what a nightmare the Fountain roundabout can be for driving, cycling, walking or on public transport. We are calling on Conservative run Kingston Council to make improvements. However, all to […]

A new planning application for the Dairy Crest site on corner of Lower Marsh Lane and Villiers Avenue has been submitted to Kingston Council. This application is for 49 residential units comprising 17 x 1 bed, 12 x 2 bed, 18 x 3 bed and 2 x 4 bed, configured as a mix of houses, […]

Meyer Bergman, a UK real estate investment firm, has confirmed that it has purchased the former Government offices site in Tolworth from Tesco. A housing development scheme featuring 700 new homes had recently been submitted for the site by Spenhill, Tesco’s planning and development arm. Following the announcement to the London Stock Exchange on Wednesday […]

Old Malden Councillor Mary Clark has resigned from the Conservative Group at Kingston Council it was announced Monday 12 October, but she will remain on the Council, sitting as an independent Member. It was a shock when Councillor Mary Clark was ousted by her colleagues as co-chair of Maldens and Coombe Neighbourhood committee last week. We […]

The Summer Reading Challenge run by Kingston Council Libraries encourages young children to keep up their reading skills during the long summer school holidays. This year’s theme was Record Breakers and children get a poster and stickers for taking part, with a medal at the end if they read or listen to 6 books. Nearly […]