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by willforster on 17 September, 2021
Only a week after the Lib Dems launched our petition calling for remaining garden waste to be collected after the service was suspended, Woking Borough Council has confirmed a limited green waste collection will restart at the end of the month. Joint Waste Solutions will start a reduced winter service that will collect every couple […]
Read more 2 Commentsby willforster on 14 September, 2021
Following Woking Borough Council confirming that garden waste will not be collected until 2022 due to a shortage of HGV drivers, the local Lib Dems and I have launched a petition calling for remaining garden waste to be collected. The Council and the waste contractor previously said the suspension of garden waste collections was due […]
Read more 1 Commentby willforster on 13 September, 2021
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 […]
Read more Leave a commentby willforster on 1 September, 2021
There will be a public consultation on Thursday 16th September between 4 pm and 7 pm about proposals to build on Sutton Green Golf Club. Earlier this summer, it was announced that the golf club had entered into an agreement with the property developer Quinn Estates to build a 15-acre retirement village and 2-acre care […]
Read more 3 Commentsby willforster on 25 August, 2021
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 […]
Read more 1 Commentby willforster on 9 August, 2021
My Lib Dem colleagues and I have succeeded in securing agreement for a full review of Woking Borough Council’s finances. Councillors gave unanimous support for a review to look at all aspects of Woking’s finances at the last Council meeting before the August break. The Lib Dems made a commitment to a full financial review […]
Read more Leave a commentby willforster on 27 July, 2021
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 […]
Read more Leave a commentby willforster on 9 July, 2021
Over the last few years, the Conservatives running Woking Borough Council have been on a massive spending spree. According to the last set of accounts, the Council has long-term loans totalling £1.5 billion and is committed to £3.8 billion in loan repayments and interest over the next 50 years. We have recently seen local authorities such […]
Read more Leave a commentby willforster on 19 June, 2021
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 […]
Read more Leave a commentby willforster on 10 May, 2021
I want to say a big thank you for re-electing me as a Borough and County Councillor. I was really touched to be re-elected, especially with such big majorities – I got 58% of the vote in my Woking South County seat and 60% of the vote in Hoe Valley Borough ward. Thank you so much! […]
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