Free bus travel is a good idea; so why does it stop at 15?
Dear Editor, This August, children aged five to 15 can travel free on local buses across England. I think that’s genuinely good. It makes days out cheaper, helps children get … Read More
Category: Letters
Who pays for the homes we do not build?
Dear Editor, My family moved to Epsom five years ago for many of the same reasons cited by those defending the Green Belt: the space, the schools and the feel … Read More
Glyn Hall thanks Epsom and Ewell Borough Council
Dear Editor, Glyn Hall, originally gifted by local benefactor Margaret Glyn, has served generations as a place for education, connection and community activities. However, after more than 150 years, the … Read More
Readers bemoan Council’s feet-dragging on twinning Epsom with Bucha
Dear Editor, Very disappointed with Epsom and Ewell Council, this would have been a simple arrangement. I myself stayed in the borough of Bucha only a few weeks ago on … Read More
Whose Local Plan is it anyway?
Dear Editor, Why no review? I read with interest your article of 2 June about the recent Local Plan consultation. Mr Brown’s contention that the consultation was unconstitutional was undoubtedly … Read More
Hopes and thanks of a new Councillor in Epsom
Roy Deadman Reflects on Election and the Road Ahead Dear Editor, I am writing with a full heart and a great deal of gratitude following my election as councillor for … Read More
A motion in note or a note in motion?
Dear Editor, Thank you as always for your coverage of last night’s council meeting. You correctly report that the mayor refused to allow councillors to debate my motion on the … Read More
Unitary in name, unitary in nature?
Dear Editor Your criticisms of the silencing of the newly elected Liberal Democrats Councillors by our local MP (8th May) is well founded, and will concern residents who may well wonder … Read More
Ex-local LibDem leader explains part of her departure
Dear Editor It is indeed regrettable that our (otherwise rather good) MP, Helen Maguire, wished to control what each and every new Liberal Democrat councillor has to say, and presumably … Read More
Cllr Coley on an attempt to create another layer of local government
Dear Editor, I read the 29th March letter to the editor “Local Councillors react to hospital merger idea” with great interest. The letter mentions a decision ‘taken behind closed doors … Read More
Local Councillors react to hospital merger idea
From Councillors Eber Kington (RA) and Steven McCormick (RA) Dear Editor, Your article of 26th March exposing the plans by Epsom and St Helier University Hospital Trust to merge with St … Read More
Appeal to twin Epsom with Bucha in Ukraine
From the committees of Surrey Stands With Ukraine and the Bucha-Epsom Association to all Councillors of the Borough of Epsom and Ewell. Re: Motion to Support Twinning with Bucha, Ukraine … Read More