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What now for Evening and Weekend Bus Services?

It appears that Lib Dem pressure to make the Tory administration think twice before they propose any further cuts to bus services in the County, may be bearing fruit. No further cuts have been made to bus services and Transport Consultative Groups have been set up. The Conservative administration was persuaded that the review of public transport taking place after the drastic cuts made last year should be widened to include all transport provided within Surrey, and the Task Group is soon to announce the findings.

16 Jul 2004
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What now for School Transport?

Surrey County Council did not reply to the government's recent consultation on school transport. Despite the Liberal Democrat motion to Council (see "Liberal Democrats Speak Up for School Transport" 11th June 2004) noting that a response should be given by June 25th, the matter was instead referred to the Executive and hence missed the deadline.

16 Jul 2004
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Recruitment Problems affect Youth Service

The lack of youth workers has contributed to the failure to deliver the expected services for our young people. Added to this, Connexions, a new service for young people, after a year of operations has also failed to be a visible service.

15 Jul 2004
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Students Congratulate New Councillors

The Liberal Democrat Youth and Student Party congratulated Liberal Democrat candidates on winning council seats - with special mention of Councillor Parmjit Singh Gill, who won the Labour safe seat of Leicester South. LDYS members assisted with front line campaigning and said that they were very impressed with all Councillors, especially Parmjit Singh Gill - who they felt truly cared about the area and would be a great advantage to the Local Council.

15 Jul 2004
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