Credit Crunch - Nick Clegg's Message
Lib Dem Leader Nick Clegg has issued the following message.
23 Oct 2008
News
Epsom and Ewell News
322 new homes approved at St Ebbas
The long-awaited Planning Application for redevelopment of St Ebbas was now been approved. A total of 322 houses and flats are to be built, or created by refurbishing listed hospital buildings, with a green area in the middle and the water tower turned into a Combined Heat and Power plant.
23 Oct 2008
Chief Executive of Borough Council in Epsom Hospital
The Chief Executive of Epsom & Ewell Borough Council, David Smith, is currently in Epsom Hospital undergoing tests.
14 Oct 2008
Councillors get Action on Town Centre Traffic Lights
Local newspaper The Post has highlighted the dangers created by Epsom town centre traffic lights with a front page spread in their issue of 8th October. Cllrs Colin Taylor and Anna Jones had already complained to the Local Committee about pedestrian safety in the centre of Epsom.
14 Oct 2008
Malden Rushett - relief in sight?
After decades of frustration for motorists negotiating the infamous Malden Rushett cross-roads, it seems that the light at the end of the tunnel may be getting closer, with the decision of Kingston's "South of the Borough" Neighbourhood Committee to give approval in principle to going ahead with the plans for improvement proposed by Transport for London.
10 Oct 2008
Councillor Despairs of Action on Horton Site
Councillor Elaine Britten (Lib Dem, Court) has asked the borough council for an explanation as to why Horton Chapel is still awaiting restoration, despite the council taking ownership many years ago.
5 Oct 2008
Surrey County Council News
Lib Dem MEPs sponsor campaign to stop child sex tourism
A group of Lib Dem MEPs has sponsored a new campaign to stop child sex tourism and the global exploitation of children for sex. With the increasing ease of travel, new technology and rising migration and displacement, children everywhere are being sexually exploited. This practice must be stopped both at home and abroad.
18 Aug 2008
Government forces further unwanted housing on Surrey and threatens the Green Belt
The amendments to the South-East Plan proposed by the Secretary of State, in response to the Independent Panel Report on the draft prepared by the Regional Assembly, have increased the demand for additional new housing sites in South-East England by a further 4%, some 15% above the carefully prepared realistic targets put forward by the region's own experts.
18 Aug 2008
Lib Dems slam 'shocking' report on services for vulnerable children
The Lib Dem group have called on the Leader of Surrey County Council to resign following the publication of a damning report on services for vulnerable children in the County.
22 Jul 2008
Lukewarm Tory support for Local Committees
This week Surrey County Council debated its 2007 Community Survey, which reveals that:
18 Jun 2008
Lib Dems call for increase in public participation at Surrey County Council
Liberal Democrats at Surrey County Council (SCC) today called for more opportunities for the pubic to get involved in local democracy, but the suggestions were opposed by the ruling Conservative administration.
17 Jun 2008
Tories Respond to Lib Dem Campaign to Repair Roads
The Tory controlled County Council has responded to the Liberal Democrat campaign to improve the condition of Surrey's roads by allocating funding for road maintenance and financing a two-year programme worth £35.4 million. This follows their failure to spend all their own Highways budget over the last five years.
19 May 2008