COUNTY BUDGET: Liberal Democrats call to protect essential services
The Liberal Democrats on Surrey County Council have called on the Conservative administration at County Hall to borrow from...
The Liberal Democrats on Surrey County Council have called on the Conservative administration at County Hall to borrow from...
The Liberal Democrats on Surrey County Council have called on the Conservative administration at County Hall to borrow from growing reserves to tackle the short term funding shortfall for essential services and to freeze Council Tax in 2011/12.
Just a quick note to say that our opinion survey on the County Council's budget has now closed.
A motion setting up a charter for service personnel was unanimously passed at the January meeting of Council.
Councillor Richard Whitehouse of Springvale Ward has been approached by residents of Waverley Crescent regarding the repeated damage to the island in the middle of their cul-de-sac. The damage has generally been done by delivery vans driving up on to the grassed parts of the island. The grass was repaired once only to be cut up again within a few days. The offenders will be pursued and if possible made to pay the reinstatement costs.
I have just emerged from a meeting with the new Chief Constable of Bedfordshire, Alf Hitchcock, who confirmed that merger plans with Hertfordshire (or anywhere else) are 'dead.' We of course had excellent news last year when the bid to merge the forces was blocked after Home Office intervention, but to hear the leadership of the Force itself, which had been heavily in favour of merging, rule it out categorically is fantastic for all of us who have campaigned to save our local police force.