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Report Reveals Top-Level Concerns Over Mental Health Services in Health Trust
By Rebecca Curley local democracy reporter Concerns about accountability and a “breakdown of trust” at top level within the NHS Trust that provides mental health services in Surrey were identified…
Surrey Heath Petition Demands Probe of Council CEO’s £46,000 Pay Rise
By Rebecca Curley local democracy reporter Residents in Guildford’s neighbouring borough Surrey Heath deserve a “robust, open and transparent” inquiry into a £46,000 pay rise for the council’s chief executive…
Riff Raff Diary – August 2019
Riverbank tales from the local St Catherine’s lengthsman and weir keeper By Robert Craig The dry weather over recent weeks has meant that I’ve only had the one adjustment to…
Letter: What Is Going On In Guildford’s Planning Committee?
From Susan Parker leader of the Guildford Greenbelt Group In response to: The Dragon Says: Who Cares What the Residents Think? With regard to the recent GBC Planning Committee (August…
Letter: Planning Decisions Are Always Constrained by Planning Law
From Liz Hogger Lib Dem borough councillor for Effingham In response to: The Dragon Says: Who Cares What the Residents Think? It is understandable when residents are upset by planning…
Dragon Interview: Bill Stokoe, Guildford Vision Group
John Rigg resigned after seven years’ at the helm of the Guildford Vision Group when he was elected as a Residents for Guildford & Villages councillor for Holy Trinity at…
Police Horses Help Tackle Rural Crime
By Rebecca Curley local democracy reporter Crime-fighting horses have recorded a successful few months snaring people breaking the law and committing traffic offences. Over £2,000 in fines have been handed…
Letter: There Is No Democracy in Guildford’s Planning Process
From Tim Anderson R4GV councillor for Clandon & Horsley Is there democracy at Guildford Borough Council? On the evidence of what happened at the Planning Committee meeting on Wednesday (August…
Letter: Our Local Election Result Highlights a Conundrum for Tories
From Gordon Bridger hon alderman and former Mayor of Guildford Many of your readers, not regular readers of The Economist, will be interested to know that on page 23 of…
The Dragon Says: Who Cares What the Residents Think?
A Twitter complaint that democracy is dead in Guildford Borough from the former Conservative leader Paul Spooner found an echo in the council’s public gallery at Millmead last week. Cllr…
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Next stop, Debt Chasm! (See: We Should All Be Outraged About the Failure to Deal with Legacy Debt)
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