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Surrey at a breaking point
Nikki Barton, County Councillor for Haslemere (Independent) said: Surrey is at breaking point. The impact of the government’s austerity squeeze on Surrey has meant that the Conservative Council cannot balance its budget. We have been forced to cut our cloth, but now the shirt is being taken off our backs. In Haslemere we have felt the discomfort of cutting our local youth worker, our Saturday dust cart, our library opening hours, our bus services, with a night-time street light switch off Read more…
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Invitation to public meetings
As per usual, all members of the public are most welcome to Surrey County Council’s meeting!
Epsom and Ewell
Support for Carers in Epsom and Ewell
SCC has taken a decision to move to a county-wide service for carers to be funded by cutting the funding of nine local carer support groups including Carers of Epsom, which has been supporting carers in E&E since 1988. As a result of that cut in funding Carers of Epsom and the other local providers will close. I have called for the decision to be scrutinised by SCC’s Social Care Scrutiny Board to ensure that Read more…
Epsom and Ewell
Local news for Ewell Court, Auriol and Cuddington
Speed and Red Light Cameras along the A240 Firstly some good news. The two speed and red light cameras on the A240 Kingston Road at the junction of Bradford Drive and Stoneleigh Park Road have been replaced by a new “Red Speed” digital speed camera system. It means that it will now be possible to provide continuous enforcement of speeding and red light jumping in both directions without the need to change the film or Read more…
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Not a Challenge, Crisis
“IT’S NOT A CHALLENGE – IT’S A CRISIS” That’s how a member of the Council’s ruling Cabinet described Surrey County Council’s financial position at a recent public meeting – responding to the forecast £22 million (down to ~£15 million at present) overspend in the current year, and the funding chasm facing the council next year. A year ago we warned of significant risks to services because of 40% cuts in government grants to local councils. Read more…
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Recycling Charges
Charges at Surrey’s Recycling Centers September 2016 nine out of Surrey’s sixteen recycling centers introduced charges on “non-household” waste as part of Surrey County Council’s efforts to cut back its expenses and maintain a balanced budget. Surrey’s residents are not happy Several of Surrey’s residents are however displeased with this policy and feel that the priorities of the conservative-led Council are misplaced. Therefore, a petiton signed by more than 5000 local residents has been submitted Read more…
Epsom and Ewell
The Lights are Going Out
In a bid to save money Surrey County Council is following a number of other councils and turning off about half of its street lights overnight. The announcement has been made, but which lights will be switched off has yet to be determined. For the five hours between midnight and 5am some 30,000 lights will be turned off after 1 October. An additional 12,000 will follow in December or January. The Council hopes to save Read more…
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Double decker delivers petition signed by over 2000 local residents
Residents of Thames Ditton & Weston Green, led by Residents’ Association councillors Tricia Bland and Tannia Shipley, and county councillor Peter Hickman handed over a petition signed by more than 2000 people in an attempt to save local buses 458, 514, and 515. These buses are key for Elmbridge residents who wish to travel to Kingston. In an interview with gerSurrey.co.uk, Cllr Band said: “The impact of withdrawing these services would be devastating to the Read more…
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Invitations to public meetings
Do you ever wonder what’s happening at Surrey County Council? Would you like to meet your councillors in person? Here’s the chance to find out more about our work and meet us in person! From now on, we are going to share the list of public meetings on our website. See you there! Save