Sutton one of the most Unequal Areas of the Country.

The Chief Executive's Slide presentation to the July Council Meeting revealed in one of his slides that Sutton is one of the most unequal places in the country with a very wide gap between its wealthiest and poorest areas.

According to his slide show we are in the top 2% of authorities for a wide social polarisation.

He mentioned this information came from some work recently down for the Council by Kingston Council.

I hope this slide is taken up by Councillors of all parties to press for measures that reduce this in the long-run as apart from directly benefiting less well off areas, wealthier areas tend to lose out too as you see much higher levels of fear of crime when you have wide social disparities.

After the Council meeting I suggested to Colin Hall that he might want to sort out the outstanding £20,000 from the Bellway Homes Section 106 Agreement that was used to fund a consultant's study, should be returned to be spent on the Rosehill area.

Let's hope there is an announcement soon. I am pleased that Tory and Lib Dem Councillors on the Carshalton and Clockhouse Area Committee are continuing to raise this issue.