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A reminder to all our readers that Councillors and Focus Team members are still available via zoom for meetings. Just email focus@epsom-ewell.libdems.org.uk to arrange a day and time to talk.
22 Jan 2021
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
update from your LibDem Councillors - Friday 8 January 2020
Dear friends, welcome to our first update of 2021. We hope you and your loved ones are in good health and have managed to have some rest over the holiday period. It looks like 2021 is starting off no better than 2020 but let's keep trying to make things better. In an attempt to do so, here are our key bits of information since our last update:
8 Jan 2021
Update from your LibDem Councillors - Thursday 17 December
Dear friends, here is our latest update covering the period since our last message on 20 November. We had wanted to include comments on the final arrangements on Brexit but we shall just have to wait further to see exactly how much damage will be done. In the meantime:
17 Dec 2020
Surrey County Council News
Surrey Lib Dems condemn “chaotic and incompetent” budget
Surrey Liberal Democrats have accused the Conservative Government of "incompetence and chaos" after the Autumn Statement saw tax hikes and cuts to services for people in Surrey. The Chancellor's measures come in the wake of economic turmoil following the "mini-budget" which saw mortgage rates spike to record levels.
17 Nov 2022
Surrey’s households face on average an extra £584 a month on mortgages
Local Lib Dems demand Government offer mortgage grants to families who risk losing their homes
9 Nov 2022
Revealed: more than 91,177 patients in Surrey waited over two weeks for GP appointment in September
91,177 patients in Surrey (number excludes patients living in those parts of Surrey Heath borough and Farnham not covered by Surrey Heartlands Integrated Care Board), waited more than two weeks for a GP appointment in September, new research by the Liberal Democrats has revealed.
7 Nov 2022
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