Fiona White

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First day of the new term

by fionawhite on 7 May, 2013

Today was the first day of the new 4-year term at Surrey County Council.  All members were invited up to County Hall to receive the packs giving us the statistics of our divisions, other paperwork and to sign our declarations of office. Once that was over we gathered in the Ashcombe Suite to listen to […]

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Proud to have been re-elected

by fionawhite on 5 May, 2013

I am proud to have been re-elected to represent the county council division of Guildford West which includes Ashenden Estate, Park Barn, Westborough and parts of Stoughton up as far as Rydes Hill.  The division also takes in the University of Surrey including the student residences and the Royal Surrey County Hospital.  The election period […]

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Surrey Conservatives vote to raise council tax

by fionawhite on 12 February, 2013

As I feared when I wrote at the end of January, the Conservatives at Surrey County Council have voted to increase council tax by 1.99% for the year starting April 2013.  This is despite the fact that they could have used the money offered by the government to keep council tax down and used some […]

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Surrey Conservatives raid taxpayers pockets again!!!

by fionawhite on 29 January, 2013

         For the second year running, the Conservatives at Surrey County Council want to refuse the government’s help which would mean no increase in council tax and instead impose another cost on hardworking residents.  In the current financial climate, people are having enough trouble getting their household budgets to balance.   Having to pay more […]

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Patchy road repairs

by fionawhite on 10 January, 2013

When I was at a meeting of the Park Barn & Westborough Community Association on Tuesday evening one of the Association members who lives on Cabell Road raised a query about the work which is being done at the moment.  I would like to clear up any misunderstandings.  The patchy work which is being done […]

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The latest Ofsted report found that Surrey County Council’s services for looked after children are only Adequate which means they only meet the minimum standards.  On behalf of the Liberal Democrat group on the council, I proposed that the council should set a target to improve that rating to good as soon as possible and […]

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Cabell Road – again

by fionawhite on 22 October, 2012

Surrey Highways are just sending out letters to residents of Cabell Road to tell them that the work will start on 29th October and is planned to go on until 30th November.  It is likely that the road will have to be closed at times during the works although the council will try to keep […]

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Community Infrastructure Fund

by fionawhite on 19 October, 2012

I spent the morning with three other county councillors and some officers discussing how to decide which of some really good applications for funding from Surrey County Council we would recommend to the council leader.  We had over a hundred applications – far more than we could fund.  We have asked for more information on […]

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Family Fun Day

by fionawhite on 14 October, 2012

A bouncy castle, a barbecue, live music and a chance to vote on bids for TravelSmart money to be spent in Westborough Ward.  That was how we spent Saturday afternoon at the Park Barn Centre.  The afternoon started with the barbecue being fired up by Wayne McShane, the Chairman of Park Barn & Westborough Community […]

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Cabell Road – update

by fionawhite on 9 August, 2012

This morning I met with the Surrey Highways officer who has been working with the contractors on the scheme to improve Cabell Road.  He walked the area of the road with me and explained that they are planning to do the work on a “crack and seat” basis, which means basically cracking the existing concrete […]

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