Your monthly update from your local LibDem councillors - covering October 2022
Dear friends, welcome to our latest update on local (and some wider) news covering October 2022.
30 Oct 2022
Epsom & Ewell Liberal Democrats
Working hard for you all year round, locally and nationally with our councillors and MP
Well done to Helen Maguire for being elected our MP at the General Election on Thursday 4th July.
Thank you to all who voted for her, and for the army of volunteers who put so much effort in.
The work starts now.
You can watch her gracious acceptance speech via this link.
Alison Kelly, Julian Freeman & James Lawrence: our local councillors elected in May 2023
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Epsom and Ewell News
Helen Maguire selected as LibDem Prospective Parliamentary Candidate for Epsom & Ewell
EPSOM & EWELL LIBERAL DEMOCRATS ANNOUNCE CANDIDATE FOR NEXT GENERAL ELECTION
30 Oct 2022
Your Monthly update from your LibDem Borough Councillors - covering August & September 2022
Dear friends, after our break for August, here is our update on local and "not so local but still relevant or interesting" developments covering August and September.
1 Oct 2022
Surrey County Council News
Surrey Lib Dems call out Tory waste and incompetence on new IT system
At this week’s full council meeting the Leader of Surrey Lib Dems spoke up on behalf of those county council employees who had contacted him about payroll errors and delays.
20 Oct 2023
171,417 children in Surrey not seen by an NHS dentist in the last 12 months.
171,417 children in Surrey not seen by an NHS dentist in the last 12 months. 830,842 of Surrey’s adults not seen by an NHS dentist in the past 2 years Lib Dems call for boost to NHS dentistry.
29 Sep 2023
Lib Dem councillor uses grant to support work of Sunbury foodbank
Harry Boparai, Lib Dem divisional member for Sunbury Common and Ashford Common, is delighted that his allocation under the ‘Small Community Projects Fund’ has gone to St Saviour’s Church in Sunbury-on-Thames
27 Sep 2023
UK Lib Dem news
Home Affairs
Improving Access To Justice
Years of Conservative cuts have hollowed out the legal aid system, leaving millions without access to timely legal advice. Our new policy will legal aid a guaranteed right, ensure no one is left without help.
BM
by Ben Maguire
22 Sep 2025
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Housing
Ending Fleecehold and the Great Property Rip-Off
Millions of people are still trapped in England’s broken leasehold system. Our plan will end the leasehold rip-off, strengthen building safety, and give residents the control, fairness, and dignity they deserve in their own homes.
GA
22 Sep 2025
International Affairs
Protecting the Rights of Hong Kongers
Hong Kongers living in the UK, and across the world, face an increasingly robust and alarming campaign of transnational repression from Beijing. Our new policy will protect pro-democracy activists and ensure this intimidation has no place in the UK.
LT
22 Sep 2025