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Borough Council Seeking Development Partner to Relaunch Housing Scheme

By Martin Giles A scheme to develop land off Guildford Park Road, currently used as a car park, is to be relaunched by Guildford Borough Council which has announced it…

Five Observations of Council’s Morose Meeting on Woking’s Debt Problem

By Chris Caulfield local democracy reporter The first public meeting discussing Woking Borough Council’s section 114 bankruptcy took place on Tuesday night (June 20) as it began the long road…

Harassment Case Against Surrey Police Officer ‘Not Proven’

Harassment Case Against Surrey Police Officer ‘Not Proven’

By Chris Caulfield local democracy reporter A service Surrey Police officer who allegedly ‘harassed two female colleagues’ has been cleared of misconduct. The hearing’s chairperson said they had looked into…

Letter: The History of the North Street Planning Application

From: Julian Lyon In response to: North Street Developer Confirms Appeal ‘Imminent’, New Proposals to be Unveiled Cllr Brooker, the new Conservative group leader at GBC and his party colleagues…

Guildford’s MP to Vote in Favour of Accepting the Damning Report on Boris Johnson

By Martin Giles On Monday, Angela Richardson, the Conservative MP for Guildford, will be voting in favour of accepting the Parliamentary Privileges Committee’s damning report on former prime minister Boris…

Police Officer Who Allegedly Harassed Three Female Officers Will Not Be Named

Police Officer Who Allegedly Harassed Three Female Officers Will Not Be Named

By Emily Coady-Stemp local democracy reporter A serving Surrey Police officer accused of a “series of acts of harassment” against three female officers will not be named by the force…

Revealed – 11 Key Issues That Sparked Woking’s Bankruptcy

By Chris Caulfield local democracy reporter A review into how Woking Borough Council plummeted into bankruptcy has found it borrowed £160 million for purposes “outside” regulations and had “sub-optimal record…

300th Success for Joint Surrey & Sussex Police Team Targeting ‘County Lines’

A joint Surrey and Sussex Police operation targeting cross-county drug gangs has disrupted its 300th drugs line. On Wednesday, May 31, the joint police team, known as “Centurion”, which led…

Tower Block ‘Can’t Be Filled’ Due to Antisocial Behaviour

By Chris Caulfield local democracy reporter A tower block in Surrey takes twice as long for its local council to fill compared with the rest of its housing stock due…

Woking Council Was Warned in 2019 Over Debt When It Was 50% of Today’s Amount

By Chris Caulfield local democracy reporter Woking Borough Council was warned in an independent peer review that an economic downturn could prove disastrous – four years ago when its debt…