The Liberal Democrats have announced a major funding commitment that would boost education in Surrey. Nick Clegg has given a Liberal Democrat manifesto commitment for a Pupil Premium that would mean investing around £ 25m of extra cash in Surrey schools, raising the funding for disadvantaged pupils to private school levels.
Lib Dem councillors have called for the borough council to sell the Mayor's Rolls Royce and lease a Toyota Prius instead.
According to a Tesco survey, most people don't bother to recycle aerosol cans but Epsom & Ewell Borough Council takes them away with your cans and bottles.
The Government has created more than 4,200 new criminal offences since it came to power in 1997, research by the Liberal Democrats has found.
Do you know a young man or woman who has recently left college or university and finds they can't get job?
E-waste is the term for discarded computer equipment, e.g. monitors, printers, hard drives and circuit boards. They contain toxic substances and shouldn't be thrown out with household rubbish.
The UK and Switzerland will begin negotiations that could see Britons with Swiss bank accounts pay tax on the interest they earn.
Lib Dem MEP Graham Watson has asked the UK government and the European Commission to help Irom Sharmila who has been on hunger strike for 10 years.
Stories suggesting all Surrey schools were on their way to becoming Academies appeared in national newspapers on 30th September. This was fortunate for local MP Michael Gove, Secretary of State for Education, as the Conservative party conference was due to start three days later, and even here in his home county of Surrey just one school was ready to become an Academy.
The Conservative administration at County Hall has mismanaged Surrey's Highways to such an extent that Highways claims against the Council for damage and injury in respect of Highways are expected to reach £1.3m this year. This is not surprising given the large number of potholes on Surrey's roads, the delay in repairing them and the many poor quality repairs which did not last.
The Local Government Boundary Commission has just started a boundary review of Surrey County Council. The review has been triggered because the levels of electoral representation have changed since the last review was completed in 2000 with 29 division (36%) having electoral variations greater than 10%.
