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Letter: Report on Councils’ Collaboration Benefits Has Been Over-hyped

From Guildford Labour In response to: Reported Council Collaboration Savings Contested By Opposition Councillors The headlines do not match the findings which say that: “Ultimately, it is impossible to state…

Letter: For Democracy to Work We Need to Engage

From Jim Allen In response to: Local Government Reorganisation Is Good News Democracy is a system of government that empowers individuals to participate in the decision-making processes. However, when people…

Letter: The Junction 10 Project Is a Completely Unnecessary Waste of Money

From David Roberts In response to: Alan Titchmarsh Says Losses Caused by M25-A3 Works Are ‘Catastrophic’ for the RHS The Junction 10 project, approved by the then Transport Secretary after…

Letter: Local Government Reorganisation Is Good News

From Brian Creese Guildford Labour activist Having campaigned over many years on the merits of scrapping Surrey’s inefficient, expensive and bureaucratic two-tier (sometimes three-tier) system of local government, it is…

Letter: Why Can’t Virgin Media Repair Their Cabinets?

From Derek Payne It seems that Virgin Media are unable to repair their cabinets when they become damaged or broken, and now revert to either covering them with some sort…

Letter: This Shows Why Councils Should Not Dabble in Property Investment

Jane Austin Conservative leader of the opposition at Waverley Borough Council In response to: Windfall Grant Allows High Street Redevelopment Project to Proceed I am afraid the press release from…

Letter: Too Many Years Have Been Lost Awaiting This Decision

From John Rigg former R4GV borough councillor In response to: National Trust Announce Funding Secured, At Last, for Weir Bridge Repair Good news “at last” indeed. Hopefully, the National Trust…

Letter: Council Should Use Computer Modelling When Deciding Harm of Planning Applications

From Alistair Smith chair of the Guildford Society John Harrison in his Opinion Piece “Why Are Five-storey Blocks Allowed in An Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty?“,  summarises the reasons why…

Letter: The National Trust Needs to Speed Up

From Anthony Mallard In response to: Time for Action to Repair the Tumbling Bay Bridge and Restore the Wey Towpath Alastair Smith and S Callanan make a very fair point…

Letter: Anyone Who Thinks Local Government Reorganisation Will Save Money Is Deluded

From Peter Hyde In response to: ‘Devolution’ is Happening ‘Whether We Like It or Not’ Warns County Council Leader Genuinely local government will cease when the new devolution system is…