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Addlestone by-election candidates Ronan McCaughey, Jenny Coulon and Mike Smith

Lib Dems select candidates for triple by-election in Addlestone

Meet your local Lib Dem team standing in the Addlestone by-elections on 21st August 2025!

21 Jul 2025

Pictures showing the truth about County Council proud cuts : pot holes, flaking paintwork, sad children and a mother

Surrey families know the real story behind Conservative claims

Surrey's Conservative leader is trying to rewrite history as his council faces dissolution - but families across our county know the real story of Tory failure

20 Jun 2025

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Your Community, your choice, your project with pictures of outdoor space and activities

New £1.3 million fund puts Runnymede communities in control of local improvements

Runnymede Borough Council has launched an exciting new £1.3 million fund that will directly benefit local residents through improved infrastructure and enhanced public spaces across the borough.

11 Jun 2025

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Picture of Ed Davey which a message explaining why he got into politics

Putting care at the heart of politics: Ed Davey's message resonates in Runnymede

How the Liberal Democrat leader's deeply personal approach to politics is already making a difference locally

29 May 2025

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Picture of councilors and officers at a Runnymede Council meeting in the chamber

Runnymede Council meetings now live streamed: A win for transparency

After years of advocacy by Liberal Democrat councillors, Runnymede Borough Council has finally introduced live streaming for council meetings, making local democracy more accessible to residents across the borough.

21 May 2025

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Picture of a road with signposts about financial freedom

Financial Inclusion Project transforms lives in Runnymede

Runnymede Borough Council's innovative financial inclusion project has delivered remarkable results since its launch in April 2024, helping vulnerable residents manage debt while recovering in excess of £1.5 million for the council.

10 May 2025

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Surrey County Council News

Lib Dem success: Surrey Tories forced to spill the beans on cycling

Questioning of the Conservative run Cabinet of Surrey County Council by Hazel Watson, the Leader of the Liberal Democrat opposition on Surrey County Council, has successfully forced the Conservative Leader to spill the beans about deals struck behind closed doors and payments made for cycling events in Surrey.

27 Nov 2013

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Lib Dems say spill the beans on cycling events

Following revelations that the Conservative run cabinet of Surrey County Council made decisions in private about the Prudential RideLondon Surrey Classic (formerly Marathon on Wheels) and the Tour of Britain cycle events, Councillor Hazel Watson, Leader of the Liberal Democrat Opposition on Surrey County Council, is calling for this information to be made public.

15 Nov 2013

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Lib Dems question cycling decision

Following questioning, Cllr Hazel Watson, Leader of the Liberal Democrats on Surrey County Council and County Councillor for the Dorking Hills Division has uncovered that the Conservative run Cabinet of Surrey County Council 's only formal decision taken by them to allow the event (formerly the Marathon on Wheels) to take place in Surrey was taken in December 2011 in private.

25 Oct 2013

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Local MP Tim Farron has welcomed new rules to deal with rogue scrap metal dealers. Rogue traders who buy and sell scrap metal for cash face a £5,000 fine under new laws designed to stamp out metal theft.

New licensing rules for scrap metal dealers come into force

Surrey County Council Liberal Democrats have welcomed a new law giving councils greater powers to combat the blight of scrap metal thefts on communities across the country.

17 Oct 2013

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Conservative gravy train mustn’t cost Surrey’s Council Taxpayers more

Liberal Democrats on Surrey County Council are opposing moves to pay four Conservative councillors an extra £5,000 a year. Speaking in the debate today, Hazel Watson, the Leader of the Liberal Democrat opposition said:

15 Oct 2013

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Surrey's Conservative Councillors gag the Press, Public and Councillors from using social media and filming meetings

Surrey's Conservative councillors have voted today to amend a motion from Hazel Watson, the Leader of the Liberal Democrat opposition on Surrey County Council, calling for the use of social media and the filming of meetings to "be permitted at all times, without written permission, in the public part of meetings provided it does not disturb the business of the meeting and there is sufficient space".

15 Oct 2013

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