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Epsom and Ewell News

Council "consults" on Blue Badge Charges

The Borough Council is embarking upon widespread consultation concerning proposals to charge Blue Badge holders for parking in its car parks. The survey has been sent to 52 local groups via the Council for Voluntary Services (CVS) and to several other local stakeholders. It is available on the council's website until 17th May and will be sent to the council's own Citizens Panel. More consultation via Focus groups will take place on 27th May.

9 May 2010
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Adam's Story

A huge fund-raising effort is underway to raise £300,000 for local boy Adam Bird who has neuroblastoma. Adam's siblings are pupils at Wallace Fields Junior School. The money will pay for vital treatment in America.

28 Apr 2010
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Can I Recycle Prescription Drugs?

The Department of Health estimates that as much as £800 million worth of medicine prescribed in primary care is wasted every year. There is another option.

27 Apr 2010
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Jonathan Lees & Colin Taylor outside Epsom Station with a Taxi Operator

Epsom Station Plans Go Ahead

After considerable debate the planning committee has passed the latest proposals from Solum. An existing planning permission could have gone ahead if the latest application had been refused.

24 Apr 2010
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Surrey County Council News

Conservative Surrey must take more care

Liberal Democrats on Surrey County Council are presenting a motion to next week's Full Council raising concerns about the County's performance with regard to child adoption and children in care.

7 Dec 2011
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Incinerator at Charlton Lane Eco Park gets go-ahead despite call-in request

The controversial waste processing development in Charlton Lane, Shepperton has been given clearance to go ahed by Eric Pickles, the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, despite calls from local residents' representatives for a call-in for review of Surrey County Council's decision by his department.

2 Dec 2011
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Scrapping fare rise good news for passengers

Commenting on the announcement that the Coalition Government will not go ahead with a planned 2% increase in the maximum amount by which train operators can raise fares, Co-chair of the Liberal Democrat Parliamentary Party Committee for Transport, Julian Huppert MP said: "This is good news for train passengers. The Liberal Democrats are determined to stand up for passengers and I am glad the Coalition has done the right thing and protected them from the planned increase."

29 Nov 2011
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