http://epsom-ewell-libdems.org.uk/newsarchive.php Recent News Stories from Epsom & Ewell Liberal Democrats en-GB Epsom & Ewell Liberal Democrats http://epsom-ewell-libdems.org.uk/ Prater Raines Ltd http://www.praterraines.co.uk/ (c) 2010 Epsom & Ewell Liberal Democrats 2010-03-21T01:26+00:00 United Kingdom http://epsom-ewell-libdems.org.uk/news/000437/stoneleigh__auriol_ra_in_battle_with_its_councillors.html With all Residents' Association councillors having voted to close public toilets at Stoneleigh and in Epsom and Ewell, Stoneleigh & Auriol RA (SARA) has taken the unusual step of running a petition against closure of the toilets in Stoneleigh, contrary to the decision already made by its own elected councillors. 2010-03-19T13:23+00:00 http://epsom-ewell-libdems.org.uk/news/000436/last_chance_to_donate_to_the_lib_dems_sport_relief_mile.html Sunday 21st March is D-Day in terms of Epsom & Ewell Lib Dems three-legged mile in aid of Sport Relief. 2010-03-19T13:07+00:00 http://epsom-ewell-libdems.org.uk/news/000425/coffee_and_croissants_with_barroso_wont_solve_tory_trouble_in_europe.html "Ken Clarke's legendary hush puppies made no sound this week as they padded their way to EU Commission President Barroso's office. The Daily Telegraph got wind of the story, but there was no further media comment, no photographic evidence and not so much as a press release to mark the Shadow Business Secretary's visit", writes Lib Dem MEP for the South East, Catherine Bearder. 2010-03-19T08:00+00:00 http://epsom-ewell-libdems.org.uk/news/000420/how_worms_can_do_recycling_for_you.html Wormeries have been around for quite a time, but most people think they need a great deal of attention and are rather messy things. 2010-03-16T16:12+00:00 http://epsom-ewell-libdems.org.uk/news/000433/leaf_collection_service_to_start_autumn_2010.html The Borough Council is to offer a leaf collection service from late September 2010. It will be open to everyone to subscribe. 2010-03-15T16:01+00:00 http://epsom-ewell-libdems.org.uk/news/000432/first_meeting_of_racing_forum.html It's taken months and months to leave the starting line, but at last the tape goes up on the Borough's Racing Forum. 2010-03-15T15:38+00:00 http://epsom-ewell-libdems.org.uk/news/000431/community_gang_goes_litter_picking.html Fed up with walking past piles of litter accumulated over decades, a group of residents living near the Mill Road railway cutting land embarked on clearance themselves. 2010-03-15T15:15+00:00 http://epsom-ewell-libdems.org.uk/news/000424/capping_internet_roaming_charges__triumph_for_mobile_internet_surfers.html South East MEP Sharon Bowles (Lib Dem), who chairs the European Parliament's powerful Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee, has welcomed a cut-off facility on Internet roaming charges. 2010-03-15T08:00+00:00 http://epsom-ewell-libdems.org.uk/news/000423/farage_behaves_like_school_bully.html With the issue of bullying featuring high on the British media's agenda, the European Parliament has also witnessed its own recent shocking bout of childish, playground name-calling by UKIP's Nigel Farage MEP. 2010-03-14T08:00+00:00 http://epsom-ewell-libdems.org.uk/news/000430/longest_serving_tory_in_europe_joins_the_liberal_democrats.html The former leader of the Conservative MEPs, Edward McMillan-Scott, the Conservatives' most senior MEP, has joined the Liberal Democrats, it was announced at the Liberal Democrats' Spring Conference in Birmingham. 2010-03-13T08:00+00:00 http://epsom-ewell-libdems.org.uk/news/000422/south_east_mep_sharon_bowles_speaks_out_on_rbs_bonuses_of_13_billion.html South East MEP Sharon Bowles (Lib Dem), who chairs the European Parliament's powerful Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee, has raised concerns about the ongoing bankers bonus culture, after the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) announced that it would hand out £1.3 billion in bonus shares to its investment bankers. 2010-03-12T21:10+00:00 http://epsom-ewell-libdems.org.uk/news/000421/repeat_the_campaign_against_plastic_bags.html Epsom & Ewell Lib Dems have asked the Daily Mail to re-launch its campaign against the use of plastic bags. 2010-03-12T11:19+00:00 http://epsom-ewell-libdems.org.uk/news/000415/recycling_notebooks_files_and_folders.html It's mostly paper, but those metal bits need some extra effort. 2010-03-09T10:10+00:00 http://epsom-ewell-libdems.org.uk/news/000419/public_meeting__generating_electricity_at_home.html Epsom & Ewell Energy Group are holding a public meeting on Wednesday 10th March (7.30pm at WS Atkins, Woodcote Grove off Ashley Road) on generating electricity at home. 2010-03-06T18:19+00:00 http://epsom-ewell-libdems.org.uk/news/000413/surrey_police_plans_for_more_bobbies_on_the_beat.html Surrey Police Authority is to hold a widespread public consultation on their plans to expand their force by about 200 new constables, paid for by cutting about 50 senior officers and relocating Police Stations to council offices and supermarkets. About 100 of the new officers would join the neighbourhood police teams of "Bobbies on the Beat". This initiative has been supported by the Lib Dem members of the Surrey Police Authority. 2010-03-06T13:00+00:00