Kingston Council is building a register of people who can offer housing to Syrian refugees. Self contained homes We’d like to hear from you if you have a property in the borough which is: a self contained home with its own front door (so it’s not shared) available for private letting and you’ll accept rent at local housing allowance […]

Last month saw 6 community grants awarded by Kingston Council’s Surbiton Neighbourhood committee. Italian-British Association provides Italian social, cultural and arts activities for the community. Granted £750 towards costs of running events.  Surbiton Wildlife Group aims to improve Surbiton for wildlife and people paying specific attention to public green spaces and water features. The grant […]

Kingston Council has launched a consultation on the borough’s licensing policy. The consultation is considering links with health priorities, protecting children and tackling drink related antisocial behaviour. It is important that all residents with an interest in licensing and/or nightime economy respond to the consultation. All too often, only those with concerns respond and this gives a […]

Jon Tolley, the Lib Dem candidate in the Grove ward by-election on 16th July, held on to the seat with a greatly increased majority. The by-election was caused by the sad death of Cllr Chrissie Hitchcock. We’re delighted to have Jon join the Liberal Democrats on Kingston Council. I believe he will be a great […]

On Tuesday 14th July Kingston Council will vote on a plethora of changes to it’s constitution. Usually these changes generate little public interest, but some of the changes have far reaching affects. Despite the ideas only being seen by opposition Councillors and residents a week before the vote, residents have told us they are interested. […]

Surprisingly, the committee decision to decide the controversial Old Post Office site planning application has been cancelled. The news came in late yesterday that the applicant had asked the chair to withdraw their application from that committee so they could “consider their position”, the planning application itself has NOT been withdrawn.  This follows on from a […]

Following the very sad death of Chrissie Hitchcock last month, Kingston Liberal Democrats are pleased that local resident and business man, Jon Tolley, will be their candidate in the forthcoming election. Jon runs Banquet Records, a popular and successful independent record shop in Eden Street, which he lives above.  He is also on the board […]

Conservative proposals for councillors to be sacked from office if they fall below an agreed standard through a ‘Councillor Recall’ system are due to debated at Council in July. Liberal Democrats do not think the current proposals go far enough and at the very least would like to see residents involved in setting the standards. […]

Collections of batteries from door steps across the borough were put under threat earlier this year by the Conservative Administration when they agreed to stop weekly recycling collections and introduce fortnightly collections. Now thanks to environmental pressure from the Liberal Democrat Group, it looks like doorstep collections of batteries will be saved. Batteries should always […]

Kingston Council is consulting on it’s proposal to move from awarding grants to Voluntary and Community Sector (VCS) organisations to commissioning services. Many residents rely on VCS organisations for help and advice, so ensuring these organisations not only survive but thrive is vital for some of our most vulnerable.  The work they do, the help […]