Out and about in Woking

Yesterday I joined Ann-Marie Barker (Lib Dem candidate for Horsell West), current councillor for the ward Richard Sanderson and the team at Brewery Road car park to meet the public and chat about current and national issues. “It was great to have Rosie with us” said Ann-Marie “so many people know Rosie and others were [...]

Protect Woking Community Hospital Services

Woking Community Hospital provides a range of services valued by local people. These community services and in particular hospital beds, could be under threat from likely future cuts in public spending. The Primary Care Trust (PCT) for the area is currently projecting an £18 Million deficit. Concerns arise because of the loss or potential loss [...]

Caring for Surrey Carers

I have written to the Surrey County Council Health Scrutiny Committee requesting that NHS Surrey be approached to give details of how much of the Governments £150 million allocation for respite has been allocated to Carers in Surrey. There are close to 5 million carers in Britain. These people look after friends or relatives who [...]

Don’t trust the Conservatives with the NHS

As anyone who knows me will tell you, I am a passionate supporter of the NHS. I absolutely believe in high quality local medical facilities. The  NHS has always been incredibly complex but has been made even more so by the “people upstairs” and it is making it very difficult for even experts to know [...]

Getting young people involed in politics

I can understand why young people are alienated from the political process at the moment. Stories about MPs and expenses and the arguing that goes on across the ballot box at Prime Ministers Questions puts even some adults off of getting involved. I hope many of you will realise in time that this election does [...]

Low cost ways to help the environment

As Woking residents, we have always been proud of our efforts to be environmentally friendly in the borough. Recently, Conservatives on Woking Borough Council voted AGAINST  a Liberal Democrat proposal to commit to a further 10% reduction in emissions across the borough. This will damage our reputation as a leader amongst councils in the UK [...]

Panic Cuts will hurt Woking

‘These cuts to Surrey County Council’s services will hit Woking hard,’ said Will Forster, Liberal Democrat County Councillor for South Woking, after the meeting this Tuesday that set the budget for 2010/11. ‘Cuts to transport budgets mean there may be no money at all for road improvements that Surrey’s Woking Local Committee have already agreed [...]

A Thank you to Will Forster

I would like to thank Will Forster for his generous contribution to the Marjorie Richardson Centre. Thanks to Will, the centre will now be able to purchase new kitchen equipment that will enable them to continue to provide meals for the increasing number of people who use the shop in Woking HIgh Street. Will’s blog [...]

CLEGG: Clean Up Parliament in 100 Days by cancelling the Summer Recess

CLEGG: Clean Up Parliament in 100 Days by cancelling the Summer Recess 5.15.10pm BST (GMT +0100) Sat 30th May 2009 Nick Clegg MP with local parliamentary campaigner Rosie Sharpley Warm words and rhetoric are easy. We must seize the mood and enact a radical programme of reform within 100 days. Finally the dam has broken, and everyone is [...]