News - Surrey Liberal Democrats

Tories fail to vote as Government forces Surrey to cut Police

Despite massive public support for the Surrey Police, the government has won a vote in parliament confirming a spending "cap" that will force the police to shed a further 48 jobs, including 31 front line police officers. Astonishingly, although some Surrey MPs spoke against this move, when it came to a vote not a single Conservative voted against it. That was left to the Liberal Democrats, supported by two rebel Labour MPs and one DUP member from Northern Ireland.

22 Jul 2009

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Liberal Democrats call for better control of Surrey County Council's money.

Liberal Democrats at Surrey County Council have called for improvements in the way the County Council plans and prepares its budget. They criticised the Conservative administration for its unrealistic and short-term approach to budget setting, which has resulted in some council services underspending - whilst others overspend their budgets, year after year.

21 Jul 2009

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Lib Dem gains across Surrey - Labour and the Tories lose seats

The Liberal Democrats have gained seats in Reigate, Spelthorne, Tandridge and Woking, despite losses in Godalming and Guildford. The new Lib Dem group will number 13 and the Lib Dems will remain the main opposition party on Surrey County Council.

6 Jun 2009

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'Vote Lib Dem' says The Observer

"Support the Lib Dems next Thursday", says The Observer. As well as its Editorial, an article by Andrew Rawnsley praises Nick Clegg and the Liberal Democrats in the run-up to the elections for the European Parliament and the County Council as the one party that has consistently advocated Constitutional Reform and the one that has come out of the expenses scandal much less sleazed than either Labour or the Tories.

31 May 2009

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It's time to Fix the Finances

Over the last four years, the Tories running Surrey County Council have provided poor services for residents, wasted millions of pounds of Council Taxpayers money and produced continual spin claiming that the council is "outstanding" when plainly it is not. The outcome of this sorry state of affairs is the demotion of the Council by the Audit Commission from a 4 Star council in 2005 to a 1 Star council in 2008.

23 May 2009

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22 May 2009

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Tories fail to vote as Government forces Surrey to cut Police

Liberal Democrats call for better control of Surrey County Council's money.

Lib Dem gains across Surrey - Labour and the Tories lose seats

'Vote Lib Dem' says The Observer

It's time to Fix the Finances

What has Europe ever done for us?

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