Local Elections 2024
Runnymede Liberal Democrats have 11 candidates standing in the Local Borough Elections this year, as well as supporting Paul Kennedy, the Liberal Democrat Candidate for the Surrey Police & Crime Commissioner
10 Apr 2024
News
Runnymede & Weybridge
112% increase in sewage dumps by Thames Water Company last year
New figures released by the Environment Agency have shown that Thames Water Company, which covers Runnymede and Weybridge, discharged sewage a staggering 16990 times last year, a 112% rise compared to in 2022
1 Apr 2024
Runnymede & Weybridge
The Long Wait to Rebuild Weybridge Hospital
The Weybridge ‘Hospital’ burned to the ground seven years ago in the summer of 2017. At a public meeting soon afterwards, residents were promised that it would be rebuilt within a year. We are still waiting.
26 Mar 2024
Runnymede & Weybridge
Budget a “desperate deception” as families in Runnymede and Weybridge face soaring bills
Runnymede and Weybridge’s Liberal Democrats have labelled the Chancellor’s budget announcement today a “desperate deception”, with income tax bills still set to rise for local people.
7 Mar 2024
Runnymede Vote for more Bobbies on the Beat
The Runnymede Liberal Democrats closely won a motion at the Runnymede Borough Council’s Full Council Committee on Thursday 29th February 2024 to: “Call on the Leader of the Council to write to the Home Secretary expressing this Council’s view that this
2 Mar 2024
Runnymede & Weybridge
Increase in A&E Waiting Time Unacceptable
The data showed that across North West Surrey, including Runnymede and Weybridge, 47243 people waited over four hours in 2023, 20,525 more than in 2019, a 76.8% increase.
23 Jan 2024
Surrey County Council News
Sunbury residents welcome improvements to local pavements
Cllr Harry Boparai, Surrey Lib Dem member for Sunbury Common and Ashford Common, has received thanks for helping improve road safety for vulnerable residents in Sunbury-on-Thames.
5 Dec 2023
Lib Dems echo inspectors' calls for faster improvements to SEND services
Following the publication of the inspection report into SEND services in Surrey, the Lib Dems are urging the County Council to go further and faster to improve the experience of those children, young people, and their families.
29 Nov 2023
Caterham Valley set to benefit from new road safety scheme
Surrey Lib Dem councillor Jeffrey Gray is delighted that a highways project in his division has been approved for funding in 2024 –25.
9 Nov 2023
Thames Water slammed as execs rake in £2,415,000 in pay & perks
Surrey Lib Dems calls on water firm to crack down on excessive pay.
8 Nov 2023
Conservative Government Blunders Costs Local Schools £7.6m
A huge error by the Conservative Government has left local schools in Surrey with millions of pounds less than promised.
26 Oct 2023
Surrey Lib Dems call out Tory waste and incompetence on new IT system
At this week’s full council meeting the Leader of Surrey Lib Dems spoke up on behalf of those county council employees who had contacted him about payroll errors and delays.
20 Oct 2023