http://esherandwaltonlibdems.org.uk/newsarchive.php Recent News Stories from Esher and Walton Liberal Democrats en-GB Esher and Walton Liberal Democrats http://esherandwaltonlibdems.org.uk/ Prater Raines Ltd http://www.praterraines.co.uk/ (c) 2010 Esher and Walton Liberal Democrats 2010-07-29T13:01+01:00 United Kingdom http://esherandwaltonlibdems.org.uk/news/000076/surrey_liberal_democrats_oppose_tory_cuts.html The Conservative administration at County Hall has today announced cuts to the County Council's budget. Responding to the allocation of the cuts, the Leader of the Liberal Democrats, Cllr Hazel Watson said: "I disagree with the allocation of the cuts by the Conservative administration. The £3.9m cut to frontline services for Children and Young people is excessive. This will be very damaging to services for vulnerable children and young people in Surrey. It was only about two years ago that children's services were rated inadequate by Government and these cuts will not help to improve the service." 2010-07-13T00:00+01:00 http://esherandwaltonlibdems.org.uk/news/000075/date_announced_for_2011_local_elections_and_referendum_on_voting_reform.html On May 5th 2011, as well as elections for Borough and District Councils, there will be a National Referendum on whether to adopt the Alternative Vote - a fairer voting system where voters can rank the candidates 1, 2, 3 etc instead of marking just one with an X. 2010-07-07T00:00+01:00 http://esherandwaltonlibdems.org.uk/news/000074/more_surrey_residents_dissatisfied_with_their_county_council.html A recent survey has revealed that more Surrey residents are dissatisfied with the County Council and its services in 2010 than in 2009. The results of public satisfaction from January to the end of March 2010 were contained in the Joint Neighbourhood Survey, which was commissioned and managed by the Council in partnership with Surrey Police. 2010-06-22T00:00+01:00 http://esherandwaltonlibdems.org.uk/news/000073/surrey_lib_dems_call_for_petition_changes_to_give_residents_more_say.html Surrey County Council's full Council meeting on 15 June 2010 is set to make decisions on the new rules for Surrey residents to present petitions and call for debates on them at meetings of full Council. These changes are necessary for the Council to comply with new government legislation. The Liberal Democrats are calling for changes to the Council's proposed new petition rules to make them less restrictive and to give Surrey residents more say about Council decisions. 2010-06-11T00:00+01:00 http://esherandwaltonlibdems.org.uk/news/000072/lib_dems_want_residents_to_have_influence_on_county_council_decisions.html The County Council's Conservative administration has recently decided to allow members of the public to submit petitions at meetings of the whole Council, not just at committee meetings. This is something that the Liberal Democrat group at County Hall have requested many times in order to open up the Council, but which until now has always been refused by the Conservative administration, even as recently as March this year. 2010-05-28T00:00+01:00 http://esherandwaltonlibdems.org.uk/news/000071/whos_supporting_the_lib_dems_vote_for_the_liberal_democrats_on_may_6th.html More and more people are saying they support the Liberal Democrats. 2010-05-03T00:00+01:00 http://esherandwaltonlibdems.org.uk/news/000070/undecided_voters_swing_to_lib_dems_following_final_leaders_debate.html Last night was the final of the three televised Leaders' debates. Leader of the Liberal Democrats, Nick Clegg, debated with Gordon Brown and David Cameron about the economy. Subjects discussed included breaking up the banks, creating more jobs and reinvigorating the British economy. 2010-04-30T18:09+01:00 http://esherandwaltonlibdems.org.uk/news/000068/third_and_final_party_leaders_tv_debate_the_economy.html On Thursday 29th April from 8.30pm (tonight), BBC One will host the final live Prime Ministerial Debate of the General Election from the Midlands. Nick Clegg, Gordon Brown and David Cameron will again be going head to head in the run up to the General Election next Thursday. 2010-04-29T14:25+01:00 http://esherandwaltonlibdems.org.uk/news/000069/esher__walton_hustings_review_video.html On the 23rd April, all candidates met at Trinity Church, Claygate. 2010-04-29T00:00+01:00 http://esherandwaltonlibdems.org.uk/news/000067/lionel_says__beware_scaremongering_about_local_income_tax.html Dear Sir, 2010-04-26T10:52+01:00 http://esherandwaltonlibdems.org.uk/news/000066/clegg_scores_second_win_in_party_leaders_debate.html An average of five polls conducted immediately after the Sky TV Leaders Election debate on Thursday night put Nick Clegg as the winner, with all instant polls showing him ahead of Gordon Brown. After the Foreign Affairs-led debate from Bristol dominated by issues like Iraq, immigration and climate change, Nick Clegg won 3 of the 5 polls on the night, building on his position after the first debate. 2010-04-23T15:06+01:00 http://esherandwaltonlibdems.org.uk/news/000065/liberal_democrats_set_out_radical_plans_for_schools.html The Liberal Democrats have set out radical plans to invest extra money in schools to give every child a fair chance. 2010-04-23T00:00+01:00 http://esherandwaltonlibdems.org.uk/news/000064/second_party_leaders_tv_debate_foreign_affairs__tonight.html The second Party Leaders Debate is taking place tonight (Thursday) starting at 8pm on Sky News. Nick Clegg, Gordon Brown and David Cameron will again be going head to head in a TV debate in the run up to the General Election on May 6th, this time leading on Foreign Affairs. 2010-04-22T00:08+01:00 http://esherandwaltonlibdems.org.uk/news/000063/liberal_democrats_campaign_against_kingston_hospital_ae_and_maternity_services_closure.html Liberal Democrat MPs Edward Davey and Susan Kramer have submitted a petition against the closure of Kingston Hospital's A&E and Maternity Departments. With so many residents from the eastern side of Elmbridge reliant on Kingston hospital reliant on these services, they were supported by Esher and Walton Prospective Parliamentary Candidate Lionel Blackman and Long Ditton Councillor Shweta Kapadia. 2010-04-20T00:00+01:00 http://esherandwaltonlibdems.org.uk/news/000062/nick_clegg_storms_first_ever_party_leaders_debate.html The polls following the first ever Party Leaders General Election debate on ITV are showing that Nick Clegg has won a convincing victory over David Cameron and Gordon Brown. The debate was the first ever Leaders debate during a UK General Election campaign, and the pollsters are giving it as a big victory for Nick Clegg and the Liberal Democrats. 2010-04-16T00:01+01:00