Lib Dem General Election Manifesto 2017 published
The Lib Dem General Election Manifesto 2017 was published this morning.
17 May 2017
News
Epsom and Ewell News
Lib Dems’ penny for NHS would raise over £124 million extra for Surrey
The Lib Dems have announced we would plug funding gaps for the NHS and social care by putting a penny on income tax, in our first major manifesto commitment of the General Election campaign.
WF
12 May 2017
Lib Dems would invest more than £38 million to protect school funding in Surrey
The Lib Dems have announced that we would invest an additional £38 million in schools and colleges across Surrey over the next...
WF
10 May 2017
Europe Day
Lib Dems and others in Britain and right across the continent have marked Europe Day today, 9th May. And in Britain we have been calling on voters to support the Lib Dems in standing up to Theresa May's plans for a hard, destructive Brexit.
9 May 2017
David Hodge resigns as Conservative Local Government Leader
Following the Lib Dems submitting a motion of no confidence in David Hodge, Leader of the Council at County Hall, he has resigned - but as Leader of the Conservatives on the Local Government Association.
WF
26 Mar 2017
Tories running scared, drop plans for 15% tax hike
Faced with predictions of certain defeat in the refendum necessary to approve their planned 15% increase in council tax, after postponing the council meeting to approve the budget until the afternoon, Surrey County Council's ruling conservatives have swapped horses in mid-gallop and agreed to reduce the tax rise to 5%.
7 Feb 2017
Surrey County Council News
Surrey Lib Dems celebrate big wins in County Council elections
The Lib Dems gained 5 seats on Surrey County Council in the elections held on Thursday 6th May, resulting in the largest Lib Dem Group at County Hall since 1997.
18 May 2021
Kennedy: Surrey needs Lib Dem professionalism not Tory cronyism
Paul Kennedy, Liberal Democrat candidate for Surrey Police and Crime Commissioner, has challenged the Conservative candidate's claims that her links with Conservative Ministers will somehow deliver more police funding for Surrey. Experience shows that Ministers just take Surrey Conservatives for granted, preferring to channel extra funding to "red wall" seats in the North.
23 Apr 2021
Extra £140 million funding for Surrey County Council to fight climate change under the Lib Dems
The Lib Dems have called for an ambitious package of £48 billion for local authorities to tackle the climate emergency, of which an extra £140 million would be invested directly in our local community in Surrey.
21 Apr 2021
Bring back community policing to end scandal of 85% unsolved burglaries in Surrey
Local Liberal Democrat Police and Crime Commissioner candidate Paul Kennedy is calling for a return to proper community policing, as half of all people say they never see police patrols in their local area.
16 Apr 2021
45% of Surrey Conservatives are stepping down
Following publication of the list of candidates for this year's Surrey County Council elections, it has emerged that 25 out of 56 Conservative county councillors are stepping down - a dropout rate of 45%.
12 Apr 2021
Kennedy backs NFU campaign on rural crime
Paul Kennedy, Liberal Democrat candidate for Surrey Police and Crime Commissioner, has taken the National Farmers Union pledge to make it a priority of Surrey Police to tackle rural crime and increase police visibility in rural areas.
6 Apr 2021