'Nasty' Tories planning to charge for using park
A document outlining 100 ways to cut services has been published by the Tories - including a proposal to charge people to go into parks.
BRPE
18 Feb 2009
National News
Lord Hanningfield's "abolish care homes" call slammed by Brentwood's Lib Dems
Cllr David Kendall, Leader of Brentwood's Liberal Democrats, has slammed comments made by Lord Hanningfield, Leader of Essex County Council, after he referred to Care Homes as "like prisons" and called for them to be abolished.
18 Feb 2009
Royal Mail - the Liberal Democrat position
The Royal Mail Group consists of two distinct operations: Post Office Limited which is responsible for all the post offices and Royal Mail which is responsible for the collection, sorting and delivery of mail.
18 Feb 2009
RA sets above-inflation Council Tax increase
Despite constructive proposals from the Lib Dem opposition for a smaller rise, the RA-led borough council have set an above-inflation increase in Council Tax of 3.9%. Taken with the 2.9% increase for Surrey County Council and 4.9% for the Surrey police, this will lead to an overall increase of 3.3% in Council Tax bills in the borough.
17 Feb 2009
De-selected RA Councillor turns Tory
It seems that borough and county councillor Nigel Petrie recently failed to be re-selected as an RA candidate for next June's county council elections. At least this is being stated by Stoneleigh RA chairman Bill Slaughter as the reason behind Cllr Petrie's sudden surprise announcement that he has joined the Conservative party.
17 Feb 2009
No to increases
A BUSINESSMAN is hoping to kill off plans to introduce above-inflation parking charges across the borough.
PM
17 Feb 2009