Proposed cuts to Ruth House

The Children and Families Select Committee produced a report recently discussing ‘efficiency options’ with regards to spending by Children’s Services and Safeguarding. Outlined in the document from Surrey County Council (under Conservative control) were concerns that they were not delivering services within their ‘financial envelope’. This is political speak for ‘spending too much money and [...]

Rail users Survey

A big Thank You to the local Lib Dem team who were at Woking station on Friday 18 February distributing my rail survey to early morning travellers. The survey asked passengers about how often they travel by train, how they get to the station and their experience at the station and on the train. We [...]

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 [...]