Yesterday, votes were counted across Surrey for the two new unitary councils - West and East Surrey. In a historic win, both new Surrey councils are to be run by the Liberal Democrats! Here in Guildford Borough, we won 12 out of 20 new council seats.
We want to thank everyone who voted for our councillors and for us to run the council. There are challenges ahead, but there is also an enormous opportunity.
Guildford Liberal Democrat Candidate Zöe Franklin: “Yet another sickening legacy of 14 years of Conservative betrayal and failure.”
Guildford Liberal Democrat Parliamentary Candidate Zöe Franklin: “It's another miserable failure of the Conservative government that thousands of children in our area wait months for vital mental health care".
The Liberal Democrat amendment to the Criminal Justice Bill called for new criminal offences to be created for water companies that fail to do enough to tackle sewage spills.
Guildford Liberal Democrat Candidate Zöe Franklin joins Party’s Demand for Immediate General Election after Crushing Conservative Local Election results.
Lib Dem Councillor Steve Hives has worked with Guildford City Football Club to launch a new group to reduce loneliness in Guildford.
“Cynical betrayal” by the Conservatives as sewage dumping into Guildford’s waterways up 34% in a year. New law weakens Ofwat enforcement powers against sewage dumping.
After years of neglect, our local councils are in financial survival mode. The Liberal Democrats are calling on the Government to move past emergency bailouts and deliver a sustainable future for local government.
The international stage has been shaken by a series of reckless and illegal actions from Donald Trump’s White House. Liberal Democrat members have passed a new motion to bolster our national defence and strengthen our alliances with reliable partners.
For too long, tech giants have treated children as data to be mined, using addictive algorithms and harmful content to keep them scrolling. While some are calling for blanket bans, we know these are impractical and risk isolating vulnerable groups.
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