Leader's Statement: High Court denies coalition’s ULEZ expansion challenge Friday, 28 July, 2023 Cllr Tim Oliver, Leader of Surrey County Council said: “ Whilst we respect today’s court decision, it is incredibly disappointing. “ This has always been about protecting Surrey residents, many of whom will now be significantly socially and financially impacted by the Mayor’s decision as they go about essential, everyday journeys, without any mitigation in place to minimise this. “ Our concerns... Local News
Halfway Point for Surrey Broadband 28th March 2014 Surrey's goal of giving everyone in the County access to superfast broadband by the end of 2014 has reached the halfway mark, meaning that the number of homes... Local News
Over 80% of Surrey's Schools Rated as 'outstanding' or 'good' 28th March 2014 Recent Ofsted inspections have shown that more than 80% of Surrey’s state schools are outstanding or good, after 313 of Surrey County Council’s primary and... Local News
New School for Surrey! 27th March 2014 A brand new secondary school for at least 900 pupils is to be built in Surrey and opened in 2017 as the county council continues its largest-ever schools... Local News
Cash boost for flood-hit Surrey roads 20th March 2014 The Government has given Surrey County Council a £5.3 million boost towards its £15 million bill to fix flood-damaged roads , the eighth-highest in England. Local News
Surrey and Croydon in joint flooding plan 18th March 2014 Surrey join forces with other local councils to ask the Department for the Environment to give £1 million from a flood relief pot to build up to four permanent... Local News
Surrey Apprentice Scheme Hits 500! 13th March 2014 Following the success of National Apprenticeship Week, Surrey County Council has announced that the 500th apprentice to be recruited through their scheme to get... Local News
Lib Dems Oppose Budget - again! 11th February 2014 For the second year in a row, Surrey's Lib Dems have voted against the spending priorities put forward in this year's budget. Local News
Leader Announces New Campaign to Combat Litter 10th December 2013 David Hodge, the Leader of Conservative-run Surrey County Council used his Leader's statement at Full Council today to announce the launch of a new campaign... Local News
Surrey County Council continues to deliver 10th December 2013 At today's meeting of the County Council, Leader David Hodge outlined the financial challenges facing the authority and confirmed recent successes of the... Local News
Business Secretary Alok Sharma: we'll tackle Coronavirus together 6th April 2020 The Business Secretary, Alok Sharma, wrote for The Sun on Sunday thanking workers and businesses for their support during the coronavirus pandemic. National News
Read the Queen's Coronavirus address in full 6th April 2020 The Queen speaks to the nation about the challenges we are facing as a country in the weeks ahead. National News
Boris Johnson invites Party leaders to come together to tackle Coronavirus 4th April 2020 Boris Johnson has written to all leaders of opposition parties to invite them to work together at this moment of national emergency. National News
Party Co-Chairman Amanda Milling responds to Labour leadership election result 4th April 2020 Amanda Milling responds to Keir Starmer's election as leader of the Labour Party. National News
The Prime Minister's letter on Coronavirus: Stay at home to protect the NHS and save lives. 30th March 2020 Read the Prime Minister’s guidance everyone should follow and the measures the government has put in place to fight Coronavirus. National News
The Government's Coronavirus support package for the self-employed 27th March 2020 The Chancellor has announced a new Self-Employed Income Support Scheme – helping many of our country’s self-employed workers. National News
