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 Borough Council Leader, Julia McShane, has announced a change to her administration’s Executive by appointing Cllr Fiona White to take up the Planning Portfolio.
Liberal Democrat Parliamentary Candidate Zöe Franklin welcomes Labour’s acceptance that Guildford will be a General Election fight between the Lib Dems and Conservatives.
Guildford Liberal Democrat Parliamentary Candidate Zöe Franklin accuses the Conservative Government of failing local people, as more than 162,000 are on waiting lists for hospital treatment.
“Once again, Angela Richardson had the opportunity to stand up for her constituents, but has let them down.” The Liberal Democrats propose that people should be able to claim compensation when they are made ill by illegal sewage dumping.
Zöe Franklin, Prospective Lib Dem MP for Guildford and our villages, has written to the Co-CEOs of Thames Water about the recent water outage and pressure issues. Read her letter in full.
Guildford Borough Council’s Executive recommends one-year freeze in councillor allowances due to council’s finances The Executive...
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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