http://www.surreycc-libdems.org.uk/newsarchive.php Recent News Stories from Surrey County Council Liberal Democrats en-GB Surrey County Council Liberal Democrats http://www.surreycc-libdems.org.uk/ Prater Raines Ltd http://www.praterraines.co.uk/ (c) 2008 Surrey County Council Liberal Democrats 2008-11-19T16:31+00:00 United Kingdom http://www.surreycc-libdems.org.uk/news/000161/carers_to_wait_longer_for_respite.html When the use of Wells House, Epsom for children's respite care ended in December 2006, parents were told that a replacement facility would be provided in Banstead by September 2007. This has not yet happened, and when Cllr Colin Taylor (Lib Dem) asked the Executive Member for an update it was revealed that the new unit is now expected to open two years late in September 2009. 2008-10-29T13:49+00:00 http://www.surreycc-libdems.org.uk/news/000160/adult_social_care_just_adequate.html Closely behind the disastrous inspection of its Children's Services, the County Council has now received criticism of its adult social services from CSCI (Commission for Social Care Inspection). As a result, the Liberal Democrats on Surrey County Council are demanding improvements. 2008-10-29T12:53+00:00 http://www.surreycc-libdems.org.uk/news/000159/update_on_children__families_service.html Following the damning Ofsted inspection of Surrey County Council's Children & Families' service in July, the government stepped in to safeguard vulnerable children who have been put at risk. 2008-10-29T12:45+00:00 http://www.surreycc-libdems.org.uk/news/000158/credit_crunch__nick_cleggs_message.html Lib Dem Leader Nick Clegg has issued the following message. 2008-10-23T15:31+00:00 http://www.surreycc-libdems.org.uk/news/000157/58_million_underspend_puts_county_councils_service_improvements_at_risk.html The Liberal Democrats on Surrey County Council have called for the Conservative administration to get a grip on its finances, after revealing it has £58 million of unspent capital in its coffers from the 2007/08 financial year. 2008-10-15T00:12+00:00 http://www.surreycc-libdems.org.uk/news/000156/sharon_bowles_regrets_european_parliaments_return_to_strasbourg.html South East MEP Sharon Bowles (Lib Dem) was disappointed by the news that after holding its previous two plenary sessions in Brussels, due to the collapse of the ceiling of the chamber in Strasbourg, the European Parliament would be returning to its regular seat for its October session. 2008-10-12T22:36+00:00 http://www.surreycc-libdems.org.uk/news/000155/justice_for_gurkhas.html The High Court ruling that the Home Office's instructions denying Gurkhas the right to live in the UK are unlawful, is a great moral victory not only for these brave warriors, but also for the long campaign fought on their behalf. This was backed recently by actress Joanna Lumley after being raised in Parliament by Liberal Democrat Leader Nick Clegg MP last March and again in June. 2008-09-30T18:15+00:00 http://www.surreycc-libdems.org.uk/news/000154/ashford_international_saved.html Against all the odds, local MEP Sharon Bowles' campaign to save the Eurostar station at Ashford International has succeeded. 2008-08-25T08:00+00:00 http://www.surreycc-libdems.org.uk/news/000153/convince_the_uk_to_support_a_europewide_missing_child_recovery_system.html Local MEP Sharon Bowles is asking for your help to convince the UK government to acknowledge the wishes of thousands of parents across Europe and support a Europe-wide child protection system in the Council of Ministers. 2008-08-21T08:00+00:00 http://www.surreycc-libdems.org.uk/news/000152/lib_dem_meps_sponsor_campaign_to_stop_child_sex_tourism.html A group of Lib Dem MEPs has sponsored a new campaign to stop child sex tourism and the global exploitation of children for sex. With the increasing ease of travel, new technology and rising migration and displacement, children everywhere are being sexually exploited. This practice must be stopped both at home and abroad. 2008-08-18T18:26+00:00 http://www.surreycc-libdems.org.uk/news/000151/government_forces_further_unwanted_housing_on_surrey_and_threatens_the_green_belt.html The amendments to the South-East Plan proposed by the Secretary of State, in response to the Independent Panel Report on the draft prepared by the Regional Assembly, have increased the demand for additional new housing sites in South-East England by a further 4%, some 15% above the carefully prepared realistic targets put forward by the region's own experts. 2008-08-18T17:41+00:00 http://www.surreycc-libdems.org.uk/news/000150/lib_dems_slam_shocking_report_on_services_for_vulnerable_children.html The Lib Dem group have called on the Leader of Surrey County Council to resign following the publication of a damning report on services for vulnerable children in the County. 2008-07-22T23:54+00:00 http://www.surreycc-libdems.org.uk/news/000149/lukewarm_tory_support_for_local_committees.html This week Surrey County Council debated its 2007 Community Survey, which reveals that: 2008-06-18T15:53+00:00 http://www.surreycc-libdems.org.uk/news/000148/lib_dems_call_for_increase_in_public_participation_at_surrey_county_council.html Liberal Democrats at Surrey County Council (SCC) today called for more opportunities for the pubic to get involved in local democracy, but the suggestions were opposed by the ruling Conservative administration. 2008-06-17T14:49+00:00 http://www.surreycc-libdems.org.uk/news/000147/tories_respond_to_lib_dem_campaign_to_repair_roads.html The Tory controlled County Council has responded to the Liberal Democrat campaign to improve the condition of Surrey's roads by allocating funding for road maintenance and financing a two-year programme worth £35.4 million. This follows their failure to spend all their own Highways budget over the last five years. 2008-05-19T23:58+00:00