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| Photograph | Name and portfolio details |
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 | Councillor Stephen Alambritis Leader of the Council |
 | Councillor Mark Betteridge Deputy Leader and Cabinet Member for Performance and Implementation Ensuring implementation of key pledges including wheeled bins, bulky waste collection, improved street sweeping, tackling flytipping and graffiti, council tax rebate and fair parking charges. Lead member for parking services, waste services and waste operations. Driving improvements in council performance and leading performance review meetings. Responsible for customer satisfaction and provision of good quality services. Monitoring progress of council wide strategic approach to customer services and community support and access. Responsible for effective communication with residents. |
 | Councillor Mark Allison Cabinet Member for Finance Leading on the change management agenda with responsibility for driving through value for money and efficiency within the council and cutting out waste and bureaucracy. Leading on the budget, including the development of revenue, capital and debt management strategies. Responsible for corporate finance, IT and audit, human resources, civic and legal services, and risk management. |
 | Councillor Andrew Judge Cabinet Member for Environmental Sustainability and Regeneration Leading on improving the physical environment in which people live and work. Ensuring maximum recycling and utilization of waste, leading on waste contracts. Ensuring the maximum of renewable and low carbon energy. Protecting the fauna and flora in our natural environments. Encouraging sustainable activity by local community groups in allotments, parks and open spaces, including, where appropriate, the transfer of assets to community trusts. Lead on asset management, traffic and highways, fleet transport and transport planning, development and building control, spatial policy, environmental health, commercial and trading standards, green spaces. Leading on regeneration and neighbourhood renewal initiatives including Mitcham and Morden town centres. Overseeing major projects in Wimbledon. Building a vision in conjunction with local residents for the future of our neighbourhoods. Economic Development. Liaison with and support of the Business Community. |
 | Councillor Linda Kirby Cabinet Member for Adult Social Care and Health Community care services including relations with local PCT and health organisations and progress on Better Healthcare Closer to Home programme. Healthy living schemes. Social services for adults, services for adults with learning disabilities and mental health services. Older peoples services including support for carers, day care for the elderly and meals on wheels, working alongside the NHS. Leading on personalisation and choice issues. |
 | Councillor Edith Joan Macauley Cabinet Member for Community Safety, Engagement and Equalities Community partnerships including specific focus on voluntary sector. Looking into the management of grants to community groups. Looking at decisions of Grants Committee and Merton Compact Board. Development of CDZs. Reducing the threat of crime and anti-social behaviour in Merton and working closely with Police and Community Safety partnerships. Leading on community engagement, including Community Plan, and increased participation in local decision making. Engaging young people in the life of the community eg Youth Parliament and their responsibilities as part of the whole community. Ensuring all equalities strands (gender, race, disability, sexual orientation, religion/belief and age) are embedded throughout council performance. |
 | Councillor Maxi Martin Cabinet Member for Children`s Services Covering the full statutory role as lead member for Children. Development of the Children`s Trust. Overall responsibility for tackling child poverty. Children`s care services and disabled children. Early years and childcare, extended schools and children`s centres, and creation of centre of excellence. Development of the IGC. Leading on improvement in youth services. Responsible for youth justice. Corporate parenting and ensuring our children succeed. Ensuring strong prevention work with families, supported by partners. Strong safeguarding through LSCB partnership. Delivering purposeful intervention to prevent care and promote permanency. |
 | Councillor Peter Walker Cabinet Member for Education Overarching management of education leading into commissioning of schools. Raising standards at each key stage in schools, especially GCSE KS4, and schools organisation including BSF, the introduction of sixth forms and primary school programme. Strategic schools issues. Responsibility for Smart Centre (PRU) and exclusions. Reducing NEETs. Governor training and support. School meals and sports and fitness. 14-19 agenda including skills. Improving scope of adult education service, encouraging participation and provision for all, including improving transitions for those previously excluded from education into mainstream education, work and training. |
 | Councillor Martin Whelton Cabinet Member for Community and Culture Leading on libraries including: ensuring that library services are accessible to all; supervising investment, improvement and building on new technology in libraries. Maximising use of library buildings. Leisure operations and development. Maximising opportunities of 2012 Olympics. Arts and culture development. Heritage and tourism. Ensuring licensing policy and its consequences work in the interests of all citizens. Responsible for housing strategy, developing relations with Housing Associations and promoting the needs of tenants and leaseholders. Ensuring delivery of promises by Merton Priory Homes. Housing needs. Ensuring sufficient supply of affordable housing. |