Don’t Balance the Books on the Backs of Carers
Surrey County Council’s decision to scrap funded respite breaks for unpaid carers and replace them with a one-off £300 voucher has left families across Waverley devastated.
Surrey County Council’s decision to scrap funded respite breaks for unpaid carers and replace them with a one-off £300 voucher has left families across Waverley devastated.
Lib Dem-led Waverley Borough Council has set its final budget ahead of local government reorganisation. For the sixth year running there are no cuts to services, it's a 2-year balanced budget, and there is no bad debt.
Asked by many to intervene and help negotiate a settlement - Leader of Godalming Town Council and Waverley Borough Council, Paul Follows, and his officers worked with both Clocktower Cars and local independent taxi drivers to come to a resolution.
For far too long, the state of our roads in Waverley and across Surrey has been an embarrassment. Potholes, crumbling surfaces and short-term repairs that simply don’t last have become the norm.
Waverley Liberal Democrats are proud to be delivering 97 new council houses this year across the borough — homes that are not just affordable, but built to high energy-efficiency standards to cut bills and help tackle the climate emergency.
Lib Dem-led Waverley propose to keep parking FREE on Sundays next financial year, despite considerable pressures on council budgets. Waverley car parks will remain the only ones in Surrey to offer free Sunday parking in town centres for 2026/7.
Lib Dem-led Waverley Borough Council has stepped up a planned community asset transfer programme to ensure that these are protected from the being sold off to pay the debts of the West Surrey Unitary Authority being created by Local Government Reform.
Lib Dem-led Waverley Borough Council’s parking figures for November brought good news for Farnham’s retailers and hospitality outlets.
For months, local Tories have been telling residents that Waverley Borough Council could choose to cancel Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) charges, even where homeowners or their agents failed to follow the mandatory steps in national legislation.
Lib Dem-led Waverley Borough Council is, once again, teaming up with Hoppa to offer free bus journeys across the borough in the run-up to Christmas. This initiative aims to make it easier for residents to shop local and support our high streets.
Local Lib Dems have successfully campaigned to secure Ewhurst Infant School's long-term future, as SCC agree that it can transition from an Infant School to a full Primary School.
Huge congratulations to Robert Marshall on being elected Councillor for Farncombe & Catteshall on Godalming Town Council!