Only 11% Feel Involved in Council Decision-Making
When the Lib Dems put questions to the council, they did not expect the torrent of party-political statements which were produced as answers.
3 May 2010
News
Epsom and Ewell News
Adam's Story
A huge fund-raising effort is underway to raise £300,000 for local boy Adam Bird who has neuroblastoma. Adam's siblings are pupils at Wallace Fields Junior School. The money will pay for vital treatment in America.
28 Apr 2010
Blue Badge Questions to Council
Four formal questions about the Blue Badge parking fiasco are being presented to tonight's meeting of the full council in Epsom & Ewell.
27 Apr 2010
Can I Recycle Prescription Drugs?
The Department of Health estimates that as much as £800 million worth of medicine prescribed in primary care is wasted every year. There is another option.
27 Apr 2010
Epsom Station Plans Go Ahead
After considerable debate the planning committee has passed the latest proposals from Solum. An existing planning permission could have gone ahead if the latest application had been refused.
24 Apr 2010
We Got Rage Against the Machine to No. 1, We Can Get the Lib Dems into Office
Not for the faint-hearted but Facebook addicts might like to check out this site, now approaching 120,000 supporters.
20 Apr 2010
Surrey County Council News
Lib Dems call on County Council to abandon expensive legal battle
Liberal Democrats on Surrey County Council are calling for the Conservative administration to abandon their plans to replace professional staff in 10 of the County's libraries with volunteers, rather than continue with a costly legal fight against Surrey residents in the High Court.
24 Jan 2012
Secret Surrey stifles scrutiny
Following the announcement by the Conservative Leader of Surrey County Council that he is proposing a 2.99% rise in Council Tax, Liberal Democrats on Surrey County Council are demanding to know why councillors have been denied papers to properly scrutinise the proposals by the Conservative administration for the County's 2012/13 Budget.
22 Jan 2012
Lib Dems ask “Where is Surrey’s Budget for 2012/13?”
Liberal Democrats on Surrey County Council are asking "Where is Conservative-run Surrey County Council's Budget?"
16 Jan 2012
Conservative Surrey fails to see the light on Solar Power
The Government introduced the Feed-in-tariffs (FiT) to encourage early take up of renewable technology in April 2010. Surrey County Council finally approved a scheme to install solar panels on 25 buildings in July 2011. Yet when the Government announced a cut to the FiT rate, they still had not installed a single solar panel.
2 Jan 2012
Surrey could've kept 9.00 am bus pass start
Conservative controlled Surrey County Council could have kept bus passes starting at 9.00 am and still underspent by £150,000...
1 Jan 2012
Lib Dems condemn e-mail censorship
Liberal Democrats on Surrey County Council have condemned the censorship of e-mails to Members of the Council.
15 Dec 2011