Spelthorne: following their spectacular U-turn, to suddenly oppose the Charlton Incinerator on the run up to the 2011 local elections have again shown that it was a totally hollow cosmetic gesture. Already they have broken their word to residents telling them they would oppose the divergence of a foot path needed to make the scheme happen, but writing to Surrey saying they had 'No Objection'
Surrey Tories have shown just how little they care about their electorate by voting themselves increases that amount to £214,000 per year. While everyone else is being told about the need for austerity, the leader and deputy leader have pushed through 60% increases in their own salaries.
Thousands of businesses will go bust in a matter of months taking hundreds of thousands of jobs with them We will plunge into a recession worse than Greece Within two 2 years thousands more businesses will go under Job losses running into the millions as businesses slash their workforces in an effort to survive. This is NOT a Lib Dem analysis but the dire warning of the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) as to what would happen if Britain was to come out of Europe. The South East would lose an estimated 400,000 jobs we would be the worst hit part of the the country.
Spelthorne Liberal Democrats are delighted to have selected Rosie Shimell as their Prospective Parliamentary Candidate in the run up to the 2015 General Election. Rosie was the clear winner when Local Liberal Democrats met to decide the issue a fortnight before Christmas.
Conservatives have launched their most serious attack on the Green Belt for a decade. They want to review all the Green Belt in Spelthorne to see how much can be sold out to developers. Sunbury is at the top of their hit list.
