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Mary Reid

Lib Dems on Surrey County Council call on Tory leader to resign over ‘sweetheart deal’

By Mary Reid | Fri 10th March 2017 - 3:30 pm

Some of you from outside the area may have missed the story that has been rumbling along about the communications and connections between the Government and Surrey County Council.

Back in January Conservative-led Surrey announced that they were planning a 15% increase on Council tax this year.  They could only implement that by holding a referendum, which they would hold on the same day as the county council elections.

Then in February, David Hodge, the Leader of Surrey County Council, stated, to some bemusement, that they would not be holding the referendum after all. All became clear when Jeremy Corbyn asked the PM whether a special deal had been done for Surrey. She replied that the matter was entirely up to the Council. Corbyn then read out leaked texts from Hodge to a civil servant in the Department of Communities and Local Government.

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Mark Pack

Four councillors, four people who should be voted out

By Mark Pack | Fri 8th June 2012 - 8:25 am

Ah councillors, bless ’em:

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Mark Pack

The strangest political interview you’ve never heard: Cllr Peter Martin

By Mark Pack | Mon 26th September 2011 - 12:25 pm

“Want to hear the most ridiculous beginning to a political interview that you’ve possibly ever heard?” So starts a clip from BBC Surrey’s breakfast show featuring an interview with Conservative Cllr Peter Martin, the person in charge of education at Surrey County Council.

You can listen to the clip here.

(Remember to listen all the way through to hear how Peter Martin takes a leaf out of Ed Miliband’s interview book.)

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