Last week, Woking Borough Council announced that garden waste will not be collected until 2022 due to a shortage of HGV drivers. The service has been suspended several times over the summer and the latest hold on collections was due to end on 10th September.  However, the Council has now announced the suspension of the service for an […]

The Lib Dems and I have criticised the Conservative Leader of Surrey County Council for unilaterally writing to the Government asking for a County Deal for Surrey. In a letter dated 10th August, Councillor Tim Oliver who to the Housing, Communities and Local Government Secretary, Robert Jenrick, formally registering Surrey County Council’s interest in more […]

My Lib Dems colleagues and I have challenged Surrey County Council over failures to answer data protection and freedom of information requests from local residents within legal time limits. During the last Cabinet meeting, I asked how many enquiries were not responded to in the required time. Under the General Data Protection Regulation, public sector […]

The Lib Dems and I are calling on the Government to make a more ambitious commitment to resettle refugees fleeing the Taliban, and to give local authorities – like Surrey County Council and Woking Borough Council – extra funding to house and support them here. The Lib Dems have slammed the Government’s commitment to resettle […]

Surrey County Council will be resurfacing White Rose Lane between Tuesday 31st August and Friday 24th September. These roadworks will cause significant disruption, but as much of White Rose Lane is in a bad way – especially the area outside the entrance to Woking Park – it does need doing. Between 31st August and 20th […]

The Good Law Project is taking legal action against Surrey County Council for sending children in care outside of Surrey. This news comes as no surprise to my Lib Dem colleagues and I – we have regularly challenged the Council on its delivery of services to vulnerable children over many years, that it is now […]

The Lib Dems have secured support for measures that will result in all care leavers in Surrey being exempt from paying Council Tax from next April. In 2018, the Lib Dems and I won unanimous backing at Surrey County Council for a motion to exempt care leavers from paying tax until they are 25.  Ten of […]

The Lib Dems and I have called on Surrey County Council to stand up to the Government over its failure to deliver the previously promised reform of the social care system. My Lib Dem colleagues and I have tabled a motion to the County Council’s next meeting on 13th July demanding that the Council continues […]

The Lib Dems shock triumph in the Chesham and Amersham by-election would see some 154 seats across the country flip to the party after they sent shockwaves through the Tory blue wall.  The Lib Dems gained a 25% swing in Chesham and Amersham electing their 12th MP Sarah Green.  Woking would be one of 154 […]

Following my request, Surrey County Council will be resurfacing Salisbury Road on Wednesday 23rd June. The resurfacing work will take place between 9 am and 4.30 pm next week, during which time access will be restricted.  The Council and I will be delivering a leaflet about the roadworks shortly.