Tribute to Councillor Derek Phillips
Derek Phillips, councillor for Ruxley Ward, passed away last week in the Princess Alice Hospice, after a long illness.
14 Dec 2008
News
Epsom and Ewell News
Free Parking for Christmas Saturdays? Council says no.
Epsom's Lib Dem councillors are looking for innovative ways of re-launching Hook Road car park which is chronically underused but now the safest car park in the borough.
15 Dec 2008
Epsom town centre to be spruced up by Surrey County Council
Epsom town centre is to get a £60,000 spruce up, thanks to the borough's five county councillors.
8 Dec 2008
Epsom has new Food Growing Group
A new organisation was launched in on Tuesday 2nd December : Epsom & Ewell Food Growing Group.
6 Dec 2008
Epsom's Small Shops under Threat
The Federation of Small Businesses is taking action to save small shops, after a House of Commons All-Party Committee estimated there would be no independent retailers left by 2015. It is running a nationwide petition in support of the appointment of an independent "regulator", so that local planning decisions do not have a negative effect on the local community.
25 Nov 2008
Council to Abandon New Youth Playground
The gloves are off in a Lib Dem councillor's fight to save facilities planned for teenagers in Court Recreation Ground. A full debate on the issue will take place at a meeting of the whole council in December.
16 Nov 2008
Surrey County Council News
Would Baby P have been safer in Surrey?
Sadly, there is little evidence he would. This spring, Surrey failed its Ofsted inspection of safeguarding services for Children, which were inspected during the Joint Area Review. Safeguarding, along with provision for children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities, was found to be 'inadequate'.
6 Dec 2008
Surrey County Council says "No to ID"
Surrey County Council has approved a potentially very significant resolution proposed by Lib Dem County Councillor Stephen Cooksey (Dorking and the Holmwoods). It was agreed that, unless required to do so by law, Surrey will take no part in preparing for the government's ID Card scheme, it will refuse to participate in the national database and it will establish as Council policy that Identity Cards will not be required to obtain Surrey County Council benefits or services.
4 Dec 2008
Liberal Democrats launch 10 Point Plan to help Residents and Businesses
The Liberal Democrats on Surrey County Council have launched a 10 point action plan to support Surrey residents and local businesses adversely affected by the economic downturn.
28 Nov 2008
Carers will have to wait longer for respite
When the use of Wells House, Epsom for children's respite care ended in December 2006, parents were told that a replacement facility would be provided in Banstead by September 2007. This has not yet happened, and when Cllr Colin Taylor (Lib Dem) asked the Executive Member for an update it was revealed that the new unit is now expected to open two years late in September 2009.
29 Oct 2008
Adult social care just "adequate"
Closely behind the disastrous inspection of its Children's Services, the County Council has now received criticism of its adult social services from CSCI (Commission for Social Care Inspection). As a result, the Liberal Democrats on Surrey County Council are demanding improvements.
29 Oct 2008
Update on Children & Families service
Following the damning Ofsted inspection of Surrey County Council's Children & Families' service in July, the government stepped in to safeguard vulnerable children who have been put at risk.
29 Oct 2008