Community Gang goes Litter Picking
Fed up with walking past piles of litter accumulated over decades, a group of residents living near the Mill Road railway cutting land embarked on clearance themselves.
15 Mar 2010
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Epsom and Ewell News
Longest serving Tory in Europe joins the Liberal Democrats
The former leader of the Conservative MEPs, Edward McMillan-Scott, the Conservatives' most senior MEP, has joined the Liberal Democrats, it was announced at the Liberal Democrats' Spring Conference in Birmingham.
13 Mar 2010
UKIP's Nigel Farage MEP disciplined
The President of the European Parliament has used new powers to dock the allowances of UKIP MEP Nigel Farage, who refused to apologise for gratuitously insulting the new President of the European Council, thanks to an initiative taken in the last parliament by Lib Dem MEP Graham Watson to ensure that such powers existed.
21 Mar 2010
Coffee and croissants with Barroso won't solve Tory trouble in Europe
"Ken Clarke's legendary hush puppies made no sound this week as they padded their way to EU Commission President Barroso's office. The Daily Telegraph got wind of the story, but there was no further media comment, no photographic evidence and not so much as a press release to mark the Shadow Business Secretary's visit", writes Lib Dem MEP for the South East, Catherine Bearder.
19 Mar 2010
Farage behaves like school bully
With the issue of bullying featuring high on the British media's agenda, the European Parliament has also witnessed its own recent shocking bout of childish, playground name-calling by UKIP's Nigel Farage MEP.
14 Mar 2010
Repeat the Campaign against Plastic Bags
Epsom & Ewell Lib Dems have asked the Daily Mail to re-launch its campaign against the use of plastic bags.
12 Mar 2010
Surrey County Council News
Changes at County Hall
It has been announced that the Conservative leader of Surrey County Council, Cllr Dr Andrew Povey is to resign at the Council's next full meeting on 11 October.
21 Sep 2011
Conservative Library Closure Plans Exposed
The list of libraries which the Conservative administration on Surrey County Council plans to force local communities to run, or be closed, has grown from 10 to 19 in a report for the September meeting of the County's Cabinet.
7 Sep 2011
MP welcomes calls for end to rip off holiday charges
Lib Dem MP Tim Farron has welcomed news that the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) is calling for debit card surcharges to be banned, following a 90-day investigation focusing on the passenger transport sector.
TFMP
26 Jul 2011
Surrey Tories refuse to listen
Conservative run Surrey County Council has rejected proposals by the Liberal Democrats that would improve consultation and involvement of residents in the Council's decisions.
21 Jul 2011
Guildford decision throws on-street parking plans into tatters
Plans by Surrey County Council to impose on-street parking charges across the County were thrown into chaos last night when Guildford Local Committee unanimously rejected putting the plans for the Borough out to public consultation.
23 Jun 2011
On-street parking victory for Elmbridge and Reigate & Banstead
Residents and businesses in Elmbridge and Reigate & Banstead campaigning against the imposition of on-street parking charges by...
15 Jun 2011