Liberal Democrat Leader Charles Kennedy today launched the Liberal Democrat Pre-manifesto - the first important stage in the manifesto process, which will take the Party into the General Election.
Under new Liberal Democrat proposals police chiefs would sign contracts with local communities setting out how many officers they would deploy. The "minimum policing guarantees" would set funding levels for local police for a rolling three-year period. The guarantees are part of the party's new plans to tackle crime. The plans include using money earmarked for the government's ID card plan to hire an extra 10,000 front line police and 20,000 community support officers.
The Worplesdon County Council seat is up in a By-Election on Thursday 3rd May. Local man of action Paul Cragg is the Liberal Democrat candidate. With many years of experience and a record of getting things done, Paul is the natural choice to get a hard working Councillor to work for you on Surrey County Council.
Lib Dems welcome High Court libraries judgment, and call on Conservative-run County Council to put the plans back on the bookshelf Liberal Democrats on Surrey County Council have welcomed the judgment by Mr Justice Wilkie in the High court today.
Liberal Democrats on Surrey County Council have condemned the County's Conservative administration for refusing to accept that a safety net of adult care homes for Surrey's most vulnerable should continue to be run by the County Council.
Liberal Democrats on Surrey County Council are calling for the County's elderly with the highest or most complex needs to be cared for in residential homes run by the County Council as well as private sector care and home care for people with lower needs.
BBC Coverage of some of the comings and goings at County Hall, including an interview with Hazel Watson, Liberal Democrat Leader of the Opposition:
Below is a table of how Surrey Councillors voted on the 2.99% Council Tax rise at this morning's budget meeting.
