Tories are more than an embarrassment for Surrey
Tories are more than an embarrassment for Surrey. They are damaging all of us.
13 Mar 2017
News
Street Light Update
Students at the Royal Holloway have been expressing their concerns about the Tory plan to turn off streets lights overnight in many of our local roads. LibDem candidate, Will Coles, said: "The potential safety risk when walking home late at night and the general feeling of insecurity is very worrying."
2 Mar 2017
Surrey County Elections
The local County elections are being held on Thursday 4 th May, 2017. Currently Surrey Council is Conservative led and the Councillors who represent Runnymede are all Conservatives. We believe that a fairer representation of the people across the Borough is required to hold Surrey Council to account. We have seen how our services have been cut because of the budget being stripped down by the Tory government and mis-management by the County. We feel it would benefit residents if we had councillors from a broader range of parties, including Lib Dems.
28 Feb 2017
Impact of Heathrow Expansion
The Tory government has broken the promise in their manifesto, that there would be "no expansion of Heathrow". Anyone living within 10 to 15 miles of the airport will be affected by both noise and air pollution as well as additional pressure on our road network and over stretched infrastructure such as hospitals, GP surgeries and schools.
26 Feb 2017
Bus Cuts: Reprieve
A BIG thank you to all who responded to the bus cuts petition. Surrey has come up with a stop gap solution that protects most of the services until August. However, there is nothing in place beyond that.
21 Feb 2017
Tory U Turn on Tax Rise
A National Solution to Social Care Crisis Needed Urgently Many of us will be relieved that Surrey County Council have decided not to raise our Council taxes by 15% but the increase of 4.99%, which has now been agreed, will still be a huge blow to some who are finding it difficult to make ends meet. Over the last 6 years council tax in Surrey has gone up 19.3%, whilst many have seen little increase in wages. In spite of the increases we are facing a staggering £123m cuts to services in the next 12 months.
20 Feb 2017
Surrey County Council News
Lib Dems criticise closure of Surrey care homes
Yesterday, Surrey County Council's Cabinet agreed to close eight residential care homes.
23 Feb 2022
Surrey Lib Dems say budget fails residents
Lib Dems say budget fails residents:
14 Feb 2022
17% budget increase for Police Commissioner’s office at expense of frontline policing
Lib Dem Councillors on the Surrey Police and Crime Panel have criticised the Conservative Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) for raising Council Tax and drawing on reserves to expand their own office's budget by 17% to £3.3 million a year, while Surrey Police will have to make do with 50 fewer frontline staff than they need to address performance issues.
7 Feb 2022
Energy price hike: Lib Dems set out cost of living rescue package, to save struggling families in Surrey almost £1,000
The Liberal Democrats have set out a "cost of living rescue plan" that would save thousands of struggling families in Surrey nearly £1,000 this year.
4 Feb 2022
Surrey Tories’ ‘power grab’ fails
Surrey County Council's hopes of getting more powers from central government as part of a County Deal lie in ruins following the publication of the government's Levelling Up white paper.
3 Feb 2022
Tories reject proposals for signage only 20 mph zones
Conservatives running Surrey County Council dismissed calls by the Lib Dems to roll out 20 mph zones in residential roads and outside schools across Surrey at yesterday's Full Council meeting.
19 Jan 2022