Pictured outside 22 Gloucester Road, a large detached property owned by the Council, Councillor Bamford, Liberal Democrat Spokesperson for Housing said “Keeping this house for our own homeless is a no brainer!” Liberal Democrats are campaigning to see 22 Gloucester Road used for a period of five years for emergency housing. Formerly used as a […]

At Budget Council, the Conservative Leader of the Council, Councillor Kevin Davis, took particular exception to a request from the Liberal Democrat Opposition to be allowed to hold a special public Scrutiny Panel to look at the currently £4 million budget spend for Kingston Futures. During the Budget Council debate, Councillor John Ayles, Liberal Democrat […]

Tempers were frayed in the Council Chamber at Budget Council last night as the Conservative Administration forced through £12.5 million budget cuts for the year ahead. Councillor Liz Green, Leader of the Liberal Democrat Group, said, “It just goes to show you can’t trust the Tories! They have broken their 2014 promise to freeze Council […]

Kingston Council will set their budget for 2016/17 tonight. The Conservative’s have proposed many cuts to services as well as a council tax increase of 2%. The Liberal Democrat’s will present an amendment to address some of these shortcomings. We believe that their budget cuts to some vital services are not only unnecessarily, but short-sighted. […]

Just fifteen days before the Tory Administration is expected to put up Council Tax by 2%, the Leader of the Council, Councillor Kevin Davis is booked to attend MIPIM – the world’s international property market conference. The confirmed bill for the Leader to attend the shindig and meet developers is £4,014. Appalled that the conference […]

Today I have had my new blue lidded wheelie bin delivered. I am fortunate that we have space at the side of our house to store it. We know that many do not have space. I’ve sorted my week’s recycling into the new categories. As the pictures show 2 nearly full green boxes with plastics, […]

Kingston Council is currently consulting on closing 4 of the current 8 youth centres across the borough. The centres for that are likely to close are: The Devon Way Youth Centre in Chessington/Hook. It is home to five regular groups including disabled children groups. It also has a brand new sensory room (opened only a couple […]

Are Kingston town centre and Tolworth about to change dramatically? The next 3 months will see decisions on 4 major planning applications that if permitted with change the nature of Kingston forever. Eden Walk regeneration Former Government Offices – Hook Rise South (King George’s Gate) Old Post Office Tolworth Tower This evening (12th January) will see […]

Kingston Council launched a consultation on their proposed air quality action plan in late 2015, but local Liberal Democrats say that the plan is not ambitious enough. Despite the pressing need to improve air quality in the borough, the action plan is very weak. It aims to ‘prevent, wherever possible, a deterioration in the levels of […]

Kingston’s history centre is now open in the basement of the Guildhall in Kingston. The collection holds archives of local newspapers, old maps, books and photographs about how Kingston (including Surbiton, Tolworth, Chessington and New Malden) has changed over the years. To find out more visit the RBK website.