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It’s Two Unitaries for Surrey – SoS Says It Is Best Option for Financial Sustainability

By Chris Caulfield local democracy reporter The end of Surrey councils as we know them is set to be confirmed with the Government ready to announce massive changes to how…

What Will the Now Decided, Local Government Reorganisation Mean to You?

By Emily Dalton local democracy reporter Big changes are coming to how local services are run in Surrey. The Government’s decision to scrap all of Surrey’s 12 councils and replace…

Officers Advise Councillors They Have No Power to Overturn Misconduct Decision

By Emily Dalton local democracy reporter Councillors have refused to revisit a highly criticised misconduct hearing into the Spelthorne Borough Council leader Joanne Sexton, even after an external review found…

Flashback: Paul Spooner Only Nomination For Tory Leader Role, So Far

Flashback looks at Dragon NEWS stories of a decade ago. Ten years ago this week the Conservatives were looking for a new leader following the sudden resignation of Stephen Mansbridge…

Letter: Will the ‘Control-freakery’ of Our National Parties Ever End?

From David Roberts In response to: Voters Should Decide How They Are To Be Governed Locally  Wise words from Mr Quoroll. I don’t think many British people realise how unusually…

Highways Bulletin: Opportunities for Surrey’s Young People

The information for this bulletin comes from Surrey County Council and is written by them. See interactive map here. Report potholes and highway issues here. Junction 10, M25 news here.…

Flames Fall in the Last Minute at Sheffield

Guildford Flames recovered from an early two goal deficit, then tied it again in the last five minutes but a Sheffield Steelers’ dagger 49 seconds from time sent Flames home…

City’s Losing Run Continues

Guildford City (0) 0, Sheerwater (0) 2 By Barry Underwood After another defeat at the Spectrum Guildford now find themselves nine points adrift of safety in the still relatively early…

Opinion: New Joint Scrutiny Committee Weakens Accountability

By Jane Austin and Philip Brooker leaders of the Conservative Group and chairs of the Overview and Scrutiny Committees at Waverley and Guildford Borough Councils The decision to merge and…

Letter: Allocation of CIL Funds Requires More Scrutiny

From Jane Austin leader of the Conservative Group at Waverley Borough Council In response to: CIL Injustice Continues at Waverley Well said Steve Dally and the victims of CIL at…