The new managing director for Guildford Borough Council, subject to full council approval, is to be James Whiteman, the current deputy managing director and director for the environment at the…
January 27, 2017 / 1 Comment / Read MoreBy Martin Giles Does the result of the by-election in Richmond, only 20 miles away from Guildford, hold any lessons for our local political parties? It is all too easy…
December 5, 2016 / 24 Comments / Read MoreVoters in Guildford’ Stoke ward will be electing a new councillor to represent them in Thursday’s (May 5) by-election, caused by the resignation of Conservative William Chesterfield, due to “work…
May 3, 2016 / 5 Comments / Read MoreBy Ben Paton The machinery of government at all levels now works sedulously with developers to work around age-old constraints on housebuilding. One argument is that the end justifies the…
January 22, 2016 / 7 Comments / Read MoreThe sudden departure of the leader of Guildford Borough Council caught many by surprise and it can be directly linked to recent Guildford Dragon NEWS’ stories that he had kept…
October 22, 2015 / 1 Comment / Read MoreBy Martin Giles Surely the election of Jeremy Corbyn as leader of the Labour party is of little importance to Guildford? We are widely regarded as one of the truest,…
September 15, 2015 / 9 Comments / Read MoreFrom Cllr Susan Parker (Send Ward), leader of the Guildford Greenbelt Group and a director of Local Democracy Ltd. Did the people signing Monika Juneja’s petition know what they were doing? Adan…
June 7, 2015 / 21 Comments / Read MorePoints to Ponder is a column taking a slightly different look at items in Guildford’s news. Featuring stories that may not hit the main headlines, but will nevertheless get you thinking…
January 21, 2015 / 2 Comments / Read MoreGuildford’s Liberal Democrats are calling for speed cameras to be installed on the A3 in light of ‘a sustained period of accidents and traffic congestion’ locally. The move, made by the Lib…
December 28, 2014 / 15 Comments / Read MoreThe finalised nomination list for the Lovelace by-election was published this morning (September 1) by Guildford Borough Council (GBC). As expected there are four candidates, one each for the Conservative,…
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