Surrey County Council is planning authority for minerals and waste, and it is disposal authority for waste too. Quite confusing! In the old days Surrey would have plans for these topics. The final stage in plan preparation was the deposit draft, which would be examined in public by an Inspector. The Inspector's recommendations would be considered by the Council, who would adopt the final plan to come into force.
The Conservative administration has recently decided that potholes with a depth of less than 4 centimetres will not be treated as a high priority to be repaired within 24 hours. This latest decision is an admission that the Conservative administration cannot cope with the necessary road repairs.
The Liberal Democrats are again calling for the Council Tax to be scrapped. After seeing more Council Tax rises above inflation and ahead of the Conservatives offer to reduce the Council Tax bills for pensioners The Liberal Democrats are saying "Scrap it don't tinker with it!"
NHS dental care in England is in crisis as new official figures show that over three in five adults and around half of children are not registered with an NHS dentist. With so many people going unregistered, the Liberal Democrats have called for the Government to 'get a grip' on the crisis.
If the General Election is called for 5th May, which is what all the commentators expect, only people on the electoral roll by 11 March will be able to vote. That means there is just three weeks left to register.
The Liberal Democrats today launched their action plan for tackling personal debt. Total British household debt is now estimated at £1,050 billion and is currently estimated at 130% of income.
