Lib Dems call for Council Tax rise restraint
Liberal Democrats on Surrey County Council are calling for the Conservative administration to show restraint in increasing Council Tax in the 2012/13 Budget.
31 Jan 2012
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Lib Dems call on County Council to abandon expensive legal battle
Liberal Democrats on Surrey County Council are calling for the Conservative administration to abandon their plans to replace professional staff in 10 of the County's libraries with volunteers, rather than continue with a costly legal fight against Surrey residents in the High Court.
24 Jan 2012
Secret Surrey stifles scrutiny
Following the announcement by the Conservative Leader of Surrey County Council that he is proposing a 2.99% rise in Council Tax, Liberal Democrats on Surrey County Council are demanding to know why councillors have been denied papers to properly scrutinise the proposals by the Conservative administration for the County's 2012/13 Budget.
22 Jan 2012
Lib Dems ask “Where is Surrey’s Budget for 2012/13?”
Liberal Democrats on Surrey County Council are asking "Where is Conservative-run Surrey County Council's Budget?"
16 Jan 2012
Conservative Surrey fails to see the light on Solar Power
The Government introduced the Feed-in-tariffs (FiT) to encourage early take up of renewable technology in April 2010. Surrey County Council finally approved a scheme to install solar panels on 25 buildings in July 2011. Yet when the Government announced a cut to the FiT rate, they still had not installed a single solar panel.
2 Jan 2012
Surrey could've kept 9.00 am bus pass start
Conservative controlled Surrey County Council could have kept bus passes starting at 9.00 am and still underspent by £150,000...
1 Jan 2012
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