More families have come forward offering to become adopters thanks to big changes made by a group of South London councils. So far, 19 adoptive families have come forward and six Sutton children have been able to move out of care to start a new life in permanent homes. As the South West London Adoption […]

NHS England and the Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) in Kingston, Merton, Richmond, Sutton and Wandsworth have approved plans to modernise mental health services in south west London, which will see £160 million investment into two new hospitals at Springfield and Tolworth. The local NHS ran a consultation between September and December 2014 to propose changes […]

The council has to find up to £40m worth of savings from its annual budget in the next five years. This is in addition to £32m already saved since 2011. We have taken a careful and measured approach to the budget in difficult circumstances and squeezed all we can to protect frontline services and vulnerable […]

Sutton Council is warning residents not to be taken in by scammers claiming they are due a council tax rebate. Residents in the borough have reported receiving telephone calls from criminals falsely claiming they are due a rebate from the council. The sophisticated fraud involves people being asked to reveal their bank details to the […]

Liberal Democrats retain control of Sutton Council The Liberal Democrats have won control in Sutton Council local elections after winning 45 of the borough’s 54 seats. Second were the Conservatives with nine councillors elected. No other parties won seats. Niall Bolger, Chief Executive of Sutton Council, said: “I would like to thank all the candidates […]

97% of Sutton residents feel safe outside during the day Council Leader Ruth Dombey to chair public meeting on policing in Sutton on Thursday, 20 March from 18:30hrs. Members of the panel will be Guy Ferguson, Sutton Borough Commander: Mark Simmons, Met Deputy Assistant Commissioner; and Stephen Greenhalgh, Deputy Mayor for Policing and Crime. A […]

You are invited to take part in the conversation about the future of the NHS in Sutton…register your views by the end of February 2014 The Call to Action programme of engagement is a combination of national, regional and locally-run events, the proposed outcome of which is intended to be used to shape a broad […]

Sutton’s one stop shop provides information on everything from school closures and gritting routes to weather reports and health advice. Sutton Council has launched an online one-stop-shop to support its residents and businesses though the winter months. The Winter Information Centre (WIC) brings together information from a range of council services, and those of our […]

Make sure that our local heroes receive the recognition they deserve. You can nominate anyone who lives, works, studies or volunteers in the borough for an award. You can make your nomination online, by email communityawards@sutton.gov.uk, or by picking up a freepost nomination form at your local library, Civic Offices, or other council or partner […]

The votes are in and that the residents have chosen option 1 . In May & June a Public Consultation was conducted that involved distributing consultation leaflets to local residents and holding a public exhibition to introduce the project to the local residents and to respond to any questions that they may have. Consultation questionnaire […]