In May's European elections, it was liberals across the EU who stood up against the growing tide of nationalists, anti-Europeans and populists. Today, the newly elected MEPs met for the first time in Strasbourg to officially open the 8th European Parliament.
Epsom residents have been hoping for many years that the Malden Rushett road junction will be improved. For many of them it is on their most direct route to the A3 or the M25 and thence to the rest of the country.
I've just been accused of issuing the dullest tweet of the week. Admittedly, "This week, the European Court of Auditors signed off the #EU's [2012] accounts, as it has done annually since the 2007 financial year" is hardly the most exciting 133 characters ever featured on twitter, but with half-a-billion tweets emerging from the twitter fire hose daily, it was quite a condemnation.
A Civic Service attended by the Mayor and Mayoress of Epsom and Ewell, Councillor Colin Taylor and Mrs Jose Taylor, will be held on Sunday 8th September 2013 at 10:00 am at Christ Church, Epsom Common, to give thanks for the Borough of Epsom and Ewell and to pray for all who hold public office in it, especially the new Mayor, as he begins his term of office.
News today* has revealed that the cost of temporary officers at Surrey County Council is £2.5m. The news comes at a time when the Council are proposing a number of cuts to essential services, affecting Children's Centres, bus subsidies, Community Recycling Centres and Libraries.
Lib Dem County Councillor Will Forster has today called on Surrey County Council to support European Union (EU) nationals living locally from the damaging effects of Brexit.
A recent Guardian article titled 'Disabled woman evicted before Christmas…for highlighting the damp' has exposed issues in the way that Landlords are able to evict tenants, and the suffering that this can cause those who are most vulnerable.
Responding to the publication of Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire and Rescue Services report into Surrey Fire and Rescue, Cllr Chris Botten, Leader of the Liberal Democrat Group at Surrey County Council said:
Liberal Democrat County Councillors in Surrey have today voted against proposals put forward by the Independent Remuneration Panel (IRP). The report published by the IRP recommended that a Special Responsibility Allowance (SRA) of £10,000 be allocated to Deputy Cabinet Members, a set of roles only introduced to Surrey County Council in May this year.
