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Opinion: Guildford Does Need a Town Council
By Gavin Morgan founder of the Guildford History Forum Most of us in the town centre will by now have received a booklet about a proposal to set up a…
Opinion: The Shocking £20m+ Cost of Cancelling the Guildford Park Road Development
By Philip Brooker Conservative leader of the opposition at Guildford Borough Council Last weekend’s excellent article in the Guildford Dragon by Alistair Smith of the Guildford Society, Guildford Deserves Better…
Comment: Should We and Can We Protect the Identity of Teenage Murder Suspects?
By Martin Giles Do you know who has been charged with the murder of a 15-year-old boy, Luis Guembes, in Stoke Park two weeks ago? Do you know which local…
Opinion: Guildford Deserves Better in Guildford Park Road
By Alistair Smith chair of The Guildford Society The Guildford Society has lodged a formal objection to the proposed housing development at the Guildford Park Road car park, as we…
Opinion: Attendance Is Only One Measure of Councillor Performance
By Catherine Houston Lib Dem borough councillor for Shalford See: Borough Council Attendance Rates Decline Measuring councillor “performance” purely by attendance at statutory committee meetings is a blunt instrument and…
Opinion: Cranleigh Deserves a New Leisure Centre – But Costs and Timescales Are Spiralling
By Jane Austin leader of Waverley Council’s Conservative Group and chair of the Overview and Scrutiny Committee The £4.9 million cost increases and delays for Cranleigh Leisure Centre are astounding –…
Opinion: We Should Pay Councillors Properly
By Brian Creese Labour party activist It is not difficult to find people ready to let us know that we pay “them” too much, “them” being councillors, MPs, ministers, etc.…
Opinion: Insights – What Now For Local Government? Part 2 The Challenges
By Bernard Quoroll former local authority CEO In yesterday’s article I considered further the ramifications of the Local Government Reorganisation. See: What Now for Local Government Reorganisation? The Devil Is…
Opinion: What Now for Local Government Reorganisation? Part 1 The Devil Is in the Detail…..
By Bernard Quoroll former local authority CEO In earlier opinion pieces, I pointed out why this Government was making such a poor fist of local government reorganisation in Surrey and…
Opinion: Is the Death of the Collaborative ‘Compass’ Group at Waverley the End of an Era?
By Jane Austin leader of Waverley Council’s Conservative Group A quiet but significant shift has taken place in our local political landscape. Green councillor Steve William’s recent resignation from Waverley’s…
I'm living well for nothing at all! (See: No Trifling Matter: Magpie Trapped in Godalming Sainsbury’s)
Next stop, Debt Chasm! (See: We Should All Be Outraged About the Failure to Deal with Legacy Debt)
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