We're delighted to announce that Chelsea Whyte has been selected as the Liberal Democrat Parliamentary Candidate for Runnymede and Weybridge – and she's ready to lead a winning campaign to take this seat at Westminster.
While families across Runnymede struggle to afford basic pleasures and treasured local pubs face closure, the Liberal Democrats are putting forward concrete solutions to help real people and businesses facing the cost-of-living crisis.
The Runnymede Council Alliance has secured a major £3.2 million investment in vital healthcare services at St Peter's Hospital in Chertsey, bringing life-saving improvements to cardiac care and neonatal intensive care for families across our community.
A devastating safeguarding review has revealed how 10-year-old Sara Sharif should never have been in the care of her father and stepmother, who murdered her in August 2023 after inflicting more than 70 injuries including burns and fractures.
The Labour government has announced it will abolish Police and Crime Commissioners (PCCs) in England and Wales, bringing an end to what Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood called "a failed experiment" introduced by the Conservatives in 2012.
Meet your local Lib Dem team standing in the Addlestone by-elections on 21st August 2025!
Speaking at a Surrey-wide Conference on the threat to Green Belt organised by the Surrey Branch of the Council to Protect Rural England in Dorking on Saturday, Liberal Democrat County Councillor Ian Beardsmore said the County has been suffering from a decade of pressure under successive governments.
The Coalition Government has announced a £2.7 million boost for school sports in Surrey from September. Every state primary school in Surrey will receive funding for sports in 2013/14 and 2014/15.
Surrey County Council's Conservative administration is covering up the true state of the County's roads according to the Liberal Democrat opposition at County Hall.
The Liberal Democrats are calling on Surrey County Council to protect the County's Green Belt. In a motion to the County Council next Tuesday, 19 March, Liberal Democrat Councillor Ian Beardsmore will call on the Council to do everything in its power to protect Green Belt land and to ensure that any Green Belt development in the County is in line with the needs and wishes of Surrey residents.
Commenting on the further raising of the Personal Allowance, Hazel Watson the Liberal Democrat Leader of the Opposition on Surrey County Council, said:
Liberal Democrats on Surrey County Council were the only party at today's budget setting meeting to vote for a freeze in Council Tax for Surrey residents, and against the Conservative administration's 1.99% Council Tax increase.
November marks Islamophobia Awareness Month, a time to reflect on the experiences of Muslim communities in the UK and to stand with them against prejudice, discrimination and hatred.
Ed Davey remembers Ming Campbell in remarks made to the House of Commons
October has arrived, bringing with it Black History Month - a time to celebrate the Black British community and their past, present and future contributions.
