2nd February 2023
Surrey County Council proposes 2023/24 budget
Surrey County Council is planning to restrict a rise in Council Tax to 2.99% in the current budget plans for 2023/24. The council’s Cabinet agreed the draft budget today outlining … READ MORE
NEWS TRANSPORT AND ENVIRONMENT
Gladiator light-man on demand bus
It’s not every day you meet an Emmy award winner on a bus in rural Surrey. And it’s not every day the said Emmy award winner would be driving that … READ MORE
Green-belters belted up and beltless
Epsom and Ewell Borough Council’s (EEBC) Licensing and Planning Policy Committee voted unanimously yesterday (30 January) to publish its Draft Local Plan for public consultation, after the chairman rebuffed claims … READ MORE
Epsom’s Titanic Ties
Epsom and Ewell Times’ History Detectorist purchased this miniature brass bible box from The Princess Alice charity shop in Epsom 2 years ago in the belief it was a piece … READ MORE
Sutton & Epsom Receive an Oxford Education
Oxford Harlequins 67 – Sutton & Epsom 20. Saturday 28th January. Our local rugby team travelled to Oxfordshire to play the Oxford Harlequins. In the reverse fixture at Rugby Lane … READ MORE
Micro-homes for a macro-problem?
Epsom and Ewell Borough Council is planning to purchase movable micro homes for families needing temporary accommodation in the borough. In a report to the Strategy & Resource Committee on … READ MORE
COUNCIL NEWS TRANSPORT AND ENVIRONMENT
Surrey Council stretches Epsom & Ewell Council resources
At Thursday 26th January meeting of the Strategy and Resources Committee of Epsom and Ewell Borough Council eagle-eyed financial expert Cllr David Gulland (Lib Dem, College Ward) spotted a loss … READ MORE
Pay rises for Epsom and Ewell Borough Council
At Epsom and Ewell’s Strategy and Resources committee meeting on 26th January, councillors discussed rates of pay in the forthcoming year – for staff, for the Chief Executive and for … READ MORE
Surrey doctors to go on strike?
Royal Surrey hospital trust bosses are beginning to plan for three days of junior doctor strikes which could have a “significant impact” on services. A national ballot is currently taking … READ MORE
‘It felt like mum was a prisoner’ in Surrey Hospital
A woman said she felt like her mum was “a prisoner” when she couldn’t take her home from a Surrey hospital.The daughter, who we are choosing not to name, said … READ MORE
COUNCIL TRANSPORT AND ENVIRONMENT
Grants to save energy…. time running out
Surrey residents have just three weeks left to apply for a grant to help make their home warmer and more energy efficient, ahead of applications closing on Friday 17 February … READ MORE
The Surrey levels mean no level funding?
The allocation of levelling up funding from central government was announced last week, with more than 100 projects given a share of £2.1billion. But no funding was given to Surrey’s … READ MORE
Remembering the victims of genocide
Epsom & Ewell Borough Council will carry out a number of activities to mark Holocaust Memorial Day on Friday 27 January. Holocaust Memorial Day is a time to remember the … READ MORE
COUNCIL OPINIONS TRANSPORT AND ENVIRONMENT
Local Parking (enforcement) Wars
An opinion piece from Cllr Eber Kington: This week SCC announced a seven-year contract worth £96.5 million, with private company Marston Holdings Ltd, for parking and traffic enforcement. In April, … READ MORE