http://swsurreylibdems.org.uk/newsarchive.php Recent News Stories from South West Surrey Liberal Democrats en-GB South West Surrey Liberal Democrats http://swsurreylibdems.org.uk/ Prater Raines Ltd http://www.praterraines.co.uk/ (c) 2010 South West Surrey Liberal Democrats 2010-03-11T15:08+00:00 United Kingdom http://swsurreylibdems.org.uk/news/000219/mike_simpson_supports_greening_godalming.html Mike visited Greening Godalming at Godalming Borough Hall at met with businesses and charities dedicated to helping individuals deal with their carbon emissions. 2010-03-07T00:00+00:00 http://swsurreylibdems.org.uk/news/000218/mike_simpson_speaks_out_at_waverley_against_key_site.html Mike Simpson, Godalming's Liberal Democrat Prospective MP, spoke against the proposed Key Site development at the recent Waverley Council planning meeting. 2010-03-01T00:00+00:00 http://swsurreylibdems.org.uk/news/000216/mike_simpson_helps_people_tackle_debt.html Mike Simpson discussed the debt problems faced by people in South West Surrey with Lorely Clark of Christians Against Poverty (CAP) who provide free debt counselling. Over 9,300 new debt problems are dealt with by the CAB each day. Mike said: "Our Liberal Democrat Priorities include fairer taxes, sustainable jobs and fair and clean politics. As part of this awareness I have been distributing details of debt helplines in my latest Focus newsletter. 2010-02-12T00:00+00:00 http://swsurreylibdems.org.uk/news/000217/mike_simpson_believes_county_council_budget_damaging.html Mike Simpson is concerned regarding vital service cuts voted for by the Conservative administration at County Hall today 2010-02-10T11:00+00:00 http://swsurreylibdems.org.uk/news/000215/mike_meets_haslemere_group_hope_for_justice.html Mike Simpson recently met with the Haslemere 'Hope for Justice' group to discuss action to address the scandal of human trafficking, as well as Fair Trade. Mike Simpson said "The more I learn about the tragedy of human trafficking the more I am shocked at the scale of it. I was inspired to meet the Hope for Justice group in Haslemere and see people of all generations working to raise awareness of the issue. The all party parliamentary group on human trafficking have contacted me and I will be doing all I can to support the campaigners based in Haslemere." 2010-02-09T00:00+00:00 http://swsurreylibdems.org.uk/news/000214/mike_discusses_the_economy_and_banking_crises_with_vince_cable_in_milford.html Mike Simpson writes, "The newspapers are full of stories about the massive government debt, the banking crisis, student and household debt. There's a terrible personal cost and the next government could easily make it a lot worse. It does not have to be like this. Vince Cable and the Liberal Democrats have consistently got the analysis right over the economy. 2010-02-07T00:00+00:00 http://swsurreylibdems.org.uk/news/000213/mike_campaigns_against_key_site_development_in_godalming.html Mike Simpson, Godalming's Liberal Democrat Prospective Parliamentary Candidate submitted the following objection to Waverley: 2010-02-06T00:00+00:00 http://swsurreylibdems.org.uk/news/000212/mike_simpson_tv_launched_with_godalming_key_site_residents.html Mike Simpson has launched his Youtube channel by asking Godalming residents to comment on the new Key Site Plans. Mike said "Instead of me commenting at length, I feel it is important to give the people of Godalming a say in local issues. That's why I have been interviewing and getting local reactions to these important plans" 2009-08-13T00:00+01:00 http://swsurreylibdems.org.uk/news/000211/government_capping_means_less_police_on_the_beat_mike_simpson.html Mike Simpson, The Liberal Democrats new Parliamentary candidate for South West Surrey believes that the government's decision to cap the Surrey Police Authority (SPA) will benefit no-one. If it goes ahead, the decision, which is subject to the approval of Parliament and which the Authority is proposing to challenge by means of a judicial review, will mean that the Authority will have to return £1.6m to council taxpayers but will incur further costs of £1.2m in so doing. 2009-05-20T10:00+01:00 http://swsurreylibdems.org.uk/news/000210/lib_dem_parliamentary_candidate_mike_simpson_challenges_jeremy_hunt_to_come_clean_over_expenses.html Mike Simpson, the Liberal Democrat's new Parliamentary candidate for South West Surrey has called on the Conservative MP to explain why he has claimed over £37,000 in his first 3 years as an MP for 'the cost of staying away from his main home', rather than commute to London from Farnham. 2009-05-18T12:00+01:00 http://swsurreylibdems.org.uk/news/000209/mike_simpson_comments_on_mps_expenses.html I aspire to be the M.P. for South West Surrey, but the torrent of shocking news about M.P.'s expenses makes me wonder how few people will even turn out to vote at the next General Election. The number of people using the phrase, 'You're all as bad as each other' is likely to rocket and who can blame people for thinking that? 2009-05-13T00:00+01:00 http://swsurreylibdems.org.uk/news/000208/no_reward_for_failure_urges_new_lib_dem_parliamentary_candidate_mike_simpson.html Mike Simpson, The Liberal Democrats new Parliamentary candidate for South West Surrey is urging voters not to reward the failure of Conservative-run Surrey County Council. Surrey is one of only four Councils to be awarded just one star by the Audit Commission for its performance in 2008. That puts it in the bottom 3% of all Councils in the Country, alongside Haringey. 2009-05-11T00:00+01:00 http://swsurreylibdems.org.uk/news/000207/tory_administration_gags_debate_on_failures_at_county_hall.html Surrey Lib Dems at County Hall today were denied the opportunity to debate the failures of the Conservative Administration and the millions of Council Taxpayers' money wasted. 2009-04-28T00:00+01:00 http://swsurreylibdems.org.uk/news/000206/surrey__worst_council_in_england__its_official.html Surrey County Council is one of only four councils in the country which has a ONE STAR RATING. Conservative-run Surrey joins Haringey and Doncaster who have both been in the national news due to the dreadful state of their Children Services. Three out of five areas covered in a recent Ofsted report on Surrey's services were described as inadequate - the worst possible rank. 2009-04-25T00:00+01:00 http://swsurreylibdems.org.uk/news/000205/tories_refuse_to_back_down_on_legal_action_against_1_star_rating.html Administration has 'lost touch with reality' say Lib Dems. 2009-03-25T00:00+00:00