A recent survey has revealed that more Surrey residents are dissatisfied with the County Council and its services in 2010 than in 2009. The results of public satisfaction from January to the end of March 2010 were contained in the Joint Neighbourhood Survey, which was commissioned and managed by the Council in partnership with Surrey Police.
A hundred or so residents turned out for the protest against the closure of the public toilets at Stoneleigh Railway Station.
Despite a call by Lib Dem county councillor Colin Taylor for a quick decision in principle, SCC Tories have voted to defer any decision on the Lib Dem proposal to return to the more democratic Committee System at County Hall. Instead the proposal will be referred to a Select Committee.
Surrey County Council has made a major commitment to protect the Green Belt, following a Liberal Democrat motion debated by the full council on 15th June.
Lib Dem supporters and councillors will be taking part in a protest against the closure of the public toilets at Stoneleigh Railway Station on Saturday 19th June at 2.00 pm. They are located at the end of Stoneleigh Broadway. Everyone welcome.
The imminent closure of public toilets has brought Stoneleigh and Auriol Residents Association (SARA) into head-on collision with its own councillors, who claim SARA should have "consulted" them before campaigning to save the public loos at Stoneleigh. Lib Dem opposition councillors, who called for a "Community Toilet Scheme" to be set up before the public loos were closed, are bemused. Surely it should be the other way round?
County Council admits plan to run libraries with volunteers will not save Council Taxpayers a penny
Councillor Hazel Watson, Liberal Democrat Leader of the Opposition on Surrey County Council, has tabled the following four written questions to the Leader of the Council for the Annual General Meeting on 8 May 2012.
Liberal Democrats on Surrey County Council have called on the Conservative-run administration to abandon it's ill-conceived and unpopular plans for 10 of the County's libraries to be run by "volunteers" instead of professional librarians.
The Worplesdon County Council seat is up in a By-Election on Thursday 3rd May. Local man of action Paul Cragg is the Liberal Democrat candidate. With many years of experience and a record of getting things done, Paul is the natural choice to get a hard working Councillor to work for you on Surrey County Council.
Lib Dems welcome High Court libraries judgment, and call on Conservative-run County Council to put the plans back on the bookshelf Liberal Democrats on Surrey County Council have welcomed the judgment by Mr Justice Wilkie in the High court today.
Liberal Democrats on Surrey County Council have condemned the County's Conservative administration for refusing to accept that a safety net of adult care homes for Surrey's most vulnerable should continue to be run by the County Council.
