Sports & Leisure Upgrade
Dorking and Leatherhead Sports / Leisure Centres now have new management, under a 15 year contract to the leisure centre operator GLL (trading as “Better”).
MV
3 Feb 2024
Chris Coghlan
Lib Dem MP for Dorking & Horley
Tories sacrifice Green Belt
Mole Valley’s Local Plan is now set to go ahead, with 99.3% of our Green Belt saved by the Liberal Democrats, and benefits for affordable homes and biodiversity. Your Lib Dem-led Council wanted to remove all Green Belt land from the emerging Local Plan.
MV
3 Feb 2024
A24 Speed Cameras latest
The contract for average speed cameras has now gone out to tender, and installation on the A24 between North Holmwood and Beare Green to address speeding is expected during the 2024-25 financial year.
MV
3 Feb 2024
Dorking Halls are being re-furbished
The Council is undertaking a significant, planned refurbishment of the Dorking Halls to take place over the next two years.
MV
1 Feb 2024
Chris Coghlan on BBC Radio Surrey
Chris Coghlan, Lib Dem parliamentary candidate, was interviewed on BBC Radio Surrey about his campaign to get the Royal Mail to provide their basic postal service to local residents.
MV
24 Jan 2024
High Quality Social Care
Everyone deserves high-quality social care if they need it. But social care services in this country are in crisis. Hundreds of thousands of people in England are waiting for care.
6 Jan 2024
News from Chris Coghlan MP
Chris Coghlan
Chris Coghlan Welcomes halt to Horse Hill Drilling
Chris praises work of local campaigners in holding UKOG to account.
29 Oct 2024
Chris Coghlan
Chris Coghlan on LBC talking about SEND
Last night Chris was on Ian Dale’s LBC show talking about the national crisis in special needs provision and what a better special needs education system might look like.
9 Oct 2024
Chris Coghlan
Update on the repair works in Dorking's West Street
Chris Coghlan MP for Dorking & Horley interviewed September 20th on BBC Radio Surrey about the ongoing works in Dorking's West Street.
20 Sep 2024
Chris Coghlan
Sinkhole in Dorking's West Street
Chris Coghlan, MP for Dorking & Horley, and Hazel Watson, County Councillor, visited the site of the sinkhole in Dorking’s West Street, and are keeping up the pressure on Thames Water to fix the issue.
5 Sep 2024
National Lib Dem News
Carers
A Fair Deal for Family Carers
Carers are not just support for their loved ones—they are the glue holding our fragile social care system together. They deserve more than token acknowledgements or empty promises.
LD
17 Sep 2024
Environment
The Clean Water Authority
Liberal Democrats believe that everyone has the right to enjoy clean, safe water and unpolluted rivers, lakes, and coastlines. We are committed to ending the national sewage scandal and holding water companies accountable for their environmental impact.
LD
17 Sep 2024
Carers
Reversing the cuts to Bereavement Support Payments
Liberal Democrats have passed new policy to stand up for bereaved families and kinship carers, so more young people can grow up in a loving, stable home.
16 Sep 2024