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Is a Midnight Closing Time "Too Early"

A meeting of Epsom & Ewell Borough Council on 17th July voted to allow additional clubs and pubs in the town centre to stay open until 1am even on weeknights, despite efforts from Liberal Democrat councillors to reduce the midweek closing time to midnight.

Borough Council's DPD consultation starts today

A public consultation entitled Development Management Policies Development Plan Document. Consultation begins today. Surely they could have given it a better title! Until they do, we're calling it "Plan D" for short.

REVEALED - Surrey County Council's 20 buildings kept empty for a total of 112 years

Over 2000 people sign Lib Dem petition calling for Surrey's Performing Arts Library to be saved

Liberal Democrat county councillors have handed in a petition with over 2,000 signatures calling for Surrey's Performing Arts Library to be retained. It follows a consultation held by Surrey County Council which outlined 3 options for the Library - closure, fragmentation of the service across other libraries or the service by being provided by another organisation. The Library, which is currently based near Dorking at Denbies Wine Estate, houses a unique collection of music, theatre, orchestral and dance materials available for public loan. Cllr David Goodwin, Liberal Democrat spokesperson for Communities, said today:

Surrey County Council must pay £18K to family after highly critical Ombudsman Report

Surrey County Council has been ordered to pay £18,400 in compensation to the family of a severely autistic child after a highly critical report from the Local Government Ombudsman. The report criticised all aspects of the County Council's handling of the case, which concluded that there was fault by the County Council and that an injustice had taken place.

Surrey Tories miss their chance to rethink CRCs cuts plan

Liberal Democrat county councillors have expressed disappointment after Conservatives in Surrey voted to rubber stamp their unpopular cuts to Community Recycling Centres across the county.

Dismay as "broke" County Council gives £400K grant to Surrey art gallery with £38 MILLION in funds

Liberal Democrat county councillors have condemned a decision by Conservative-run Surrey County Council to award a £400K grant to an art gallery which has £38m of funds and an income of £1.2m a year.

OPPOSITION COUNCILLORS REVEAL SURREY’S SECRET BILLION POUND PROPERTY PLAN

Opposition county councillors can today reveal that Surrey County Council is in the process of planning housing and development across dozens of sites in a secret deal that could be worth over £1bn with a private sector partner.