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Surrey County Elections

The local County elections are being held on Thursday 4 th May, 2017. Currently Surrey Council is Conservative led and the Councillors who represent Runnymede are all Conservatives. We believe that a fairer representation of the people across the Borough is required to hold Surrey Council to account. We have seen how our services have been cut because of the budget being stripped down by the Tory government and mis-management by the County. We feel it would benefit residents if we had councillors from a broader range of parties, including Lib Dems.

28 Feb 2017
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Impact of Heathrow Expansion

The Tory government has broken the promise in their manifesto, that there would be "no expansion of Heathrow". Anyone living within 10 to 15 miles of the airport will be affected by both noise and air pollution as well as additional pressure on our road network and over stretched infrastructure such as hospitals, GP surgeries and schools.

26 Feb 2017
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Bus Cuts: Reprieve

A BIG thank you to all who responded to the bus cuts petition. Surrey has come up with a stop gap solution that protects most of the services until August. However, there is nothing in place beyond that.

21 Feb 2017
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Tory U Turn on Tax Rise

A National Solution to Social Care Crisis Needed Urgently Many of us will be relieved that Surrey County Council have decided not to raise our Council taxes by 15% but the increase of 4.99%, which has now been agreed, will still be a huge blow to some who are finding it difficult to make ends meet. Over the last 6 years council tax in Surrey has gone up 19.3%, whilst many have seen little increase in wages. In spite of the increases we are facing a staggering £123m cuts to services in the next 12 months.

20 Feb 2017
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Local Fire Threat!

Local fire services in Runnymede could come under severe pressure as the Conservative led Surrey County Council has decided to close Staines Fire Station. Currently there are 4 fire stations across Runnymede and Spelthorne covering the 2 boroughs.

25 Jan 2017
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Illegal Tory Tip Tax?

Whilst the local tips continue to charge for disposing additional bags of rubbish the Lib Dems have discovered that the charge is actually illegal. Legislation was passed in March 2015 by the then coalition government which prevented councils from charging residents to use household waste recycling centres, either at the point of entry, exit or disposal.

22 Jan 2017
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Surrey County Council News

Lib Dems call for implementation of 'signs only' 20mph zones

Surrey Lib Dems are challenging Surrey County Council to roll out a bigger and bolder programme of schemes to implement 20 mph zones using signs only, in a bid to facilitate better conditions for walking and cycling and improve road safety. The Lib Dems group is bringing a motion to the Council meeting on 18 January 2022. It will press the Council to follow many other highways authorities such as Lancashire, Cambridgeshire and Oxfordshire to radically change their approach to the introduction of 20 mph speed limits in areas where it is currently 30mph. This would affect all roads in Surrey with a 30 mph limit unless there is a good reason to leave the speed limit at 30 mph, and would include roads outside schools, residential areas and busy pedestrian streets.

5 Jan 2022
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