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The vital role local businesses play in the economic and community life of the borough has been celebrated at the Kingston Borough Business Awards 2024.

Councillor Andreas Kirsch has written to the Chancellor Jeremy Hunt MP urging him to extend the Household Support Fund for another year, to help struggling families.

To mark Race Equality Week young footballers from the borough’s schools battled it out in a tournament hosted by Kingston Race and Equalities Council, with Chelsea FC Foundation and Kingston Council.

Eligible businesses based in the Royal Borough of Kingston can access funding to pay for the training and assessment of their apprentices.

Communities from across the borough gathered in Kingston University’s Townhouse to reflect and remember the experiences of those affected by the Holocaust and to mark Holocaust Memorial Day.

On Friday 24 February, Kingston Council will join the rest of the UK in a national one-minute silence to pay tribute to the bravery of Ukrainians and mark one year since the invasion of the country.

A community Repair Café has opened at Kingston Library, helping residents save money, reduce waste and tackle climate change.

Kingston Council has achieved a 76% reduction in herbicide use since 2019 by shifting to manual weed management in the borough’s parks and green spaces, and by reducing the amount used on streets.

Kingston is set to see a range of updates to parking and enforcement services, including enhanced monitoring of School Streets and rollout of a fully mobile parking payment system across the borough.

Leader of Kingston Council Andreas Kirsch has issued a statement following the earthquakes in Turkey and Syria.