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A Kingston View: Funding Social Care Should Not Be A Political Football
What happens in our county council, in County Hall at Kingston, has a direct impact on us just as much as decisions taken in the borough council as the recent…
Effingham Eye: Blooming on the Vine
Our occasional column on the life and times of Guildford Borough’s easternmost village… By Chris Dick Blooming on the vine that is Effingham is what I consider to be one…
Opinion: Brexit? – Prepare Yourself for the Ride of Your Life
Nils Christiansen, a Conservative borough councillor for Holy Trinity, wrote a series of opinion pieces in the run up to the referendum last year. Here he warns of what he…
Opinion: When is A Pothole Big Enough? – Surrey’s ‘Matrix’ Madness
By Tony Edwards We might hope that the recent, sad death of a cyclist who was thrown from his bike after hitting a pothole on a Surrey Road might focus…
Ash Aspect: More Homes for Ash Will Have an Environmental Cost
By David Reading So the battle has finally been lost. After many years of campaigning by Ash residents, Guildford borough councillors have given their approval for 400 homes to be…
A Kingston View: The County Council Needs Fairer Funding To Carry Out Its Responsibilities
What happens in our county council, in County Hall at Kingston, has a direct impact on us just as much as decisions taken in the borough council as the recent…
Opinion: What Does the Housing White Paper Mean for Guildford?
By Martin Giles “Feeble beyond belief,” is the Labour description of the housing White Paper presented by Communities Secretary Sajid Javid last week. Labour MPs feel it will not do…
Opinion: The GVG Plan – It Is Time For Councillors To Properly Engage With Us
By Bill Stokoe Director of Guildford Vision Group It’s a shame that some councillors have so quickly taken agin our proposals as presented at the public meeting last week. We…
The Dragon Says: What Value A Vote – If We Don’t Know What We Are Voting For?
“The best weapon of a dictatorship is secrecy, but the best weapon of a democracy should be the weapon of openness.” So said Niels Bohr, the Danish physicist who helped…
Opinion: Is the Council’s New Spending and Borrowing Strategy the Right One?
Council finances produce few headlines until things go wrong. Here in Guildford financial management has been one of the borough council’s strengths, supported by council officers regarded as very able…
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