SURREY CONSERVATIVES want to increase your council tax by a whopping 15%. The Financial mess they have got us into is now so bad that this is the only way they can see of preventing even more huge cuts across the board. In simple terms, we don't have enough money to pay for the services we deserve.
The Tories promised that at the very least we would have a second part time Fire Engine in Spelthorne are on the verge of breaking that promise.
Just when you think it has gone quiet on building on the green belt at Kempton Park we get the news that Redrow are not only planning to build 1,500 houses on Jockey Club land but want to purchase the whole site with a view to building 3,000 new homes.
Tory run Surrey have started to charge for some of the items we want to take to the tip. We greatly fear that the "tax" will increase fly tipping across the borough as individuals are met with huge costs for disposal of their rubbish.
A crucial bus route linking Spelthorne to St Peters Hospital (557) is on a long hit lists of cuts that bus operator Abellio is implementing at the end of the year. It will also effect several routes used by children to get to school and leaves Shepperton without any bus services at all! Other routes are being changed
While many expected the Conservatives to attack local government funding, the speed and ferocity of the cuts has left many breathless and in shock. Residents of Surrey have taken the biggest 'hit' in the country, with huge cuts to both Spelthorne and Surrey Councils.
