Campaigns

From April, the Lib Dems will have cut many peoples Income Tax bills by £600-a-year.

We want this to become £700-a-year in this March’s Budget.

Edward Davey MP’s campaign to rezone Surbiton station to zone 5 has now reached a critical stage.

Edward has been meeting with ministers at the Department of Transport as well as the new Chief Executive of South West Trains, Tim Shoveller and is pressing for a decision this year.

Edward Davey MP has added his support to Anti-Bullying Week, which is taking place from 19-23 November 2012.

Commenting, Local Lib Dem MP Edward said:

“People come across bullying at work, school and even at home. It often begins in schools and can do long-lasting damage to children’s self-esteem.

On Thursday 8 November Kingston and Surbiton MP Edward Davey addressed a packed public meeting, organised by the Friends of Seething Wells about why he believes that the planning application to develop the Filter Beds site in Surbiton should be refused.

Edward Davey spoke about the importance of the heritage of the site and thanked the community for the ongoing support which they have been giving to the Friends of Seething Wells.

There will be a public meeting about the Filter Beds planning application on Thursday 8th November 2012 at 8pm (refreshments from 7.30pm) at St Andrew's and St Mark's Junior School on Maple Road.  

Surbiton's MP, Edward Davey, has this week confirmed he will be opposing the proposed development of the filter beds site by the Portsmouth Road in Surbiton. He has urged local people to back the campaign being organised by the Friends of Seething Wells, a community group with alternative ideas of how this enviromentally and historically special site can be conserved.

The campaign to stop the threatened closure of Kingston Hospital’s Accident and Emergency Unit and Maternity was without doubt the biggest local campaign I have ever run.

The response from local people was fabulous, and after we stimulated visits to the Hospital during the 2010 General Election from both Nick Clegg and David Cameron, I felt the political pendulum swing to our cause.

For most of us, accessing our own cash is relatively simple. We simply insert our card into the machine, type in our PIN when prompted and select the required amount, all following the instructions on the screen. For those with visual impairments, the process is not so simple.

Making cash machines accessible

Edward Davey, MP for Kingston and Surbiton has written to local bank branches as part of a campaign with the RNIB to increase cash point accessibility for the visually impaired.

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A key Lib Dem achievement in the Coalition has been securing the future of Britain’s post office network. Business Secretary, Vince Cable, working with Postal Affairs Minister, Edward Davey, and Chief Secretary to the Treasury, Danny Alexander, secured funding of £1.34 billion for Britain’s post offices and a Government commitment that there will be no programme of post office closures under this Coalition.

Update

Sadly we have lost this campaign and Kingston Magistrates' Court will be closing. Read the comments from Cllr Derek Osbourne, Leader of Kingston Council.

Kingston’s Magistrates’ Courts are under threat – again.

Update

The Coalition Government has announced that the Healthcare for London review is to be halted. This means that Kingston Hospital has been saved from the threats that were hanging over it.

Background

Susan Kramer and I vowed to fight plans to close A&E and Maternity services at Kingston Hospital.

Update - December 2009

The campaign to expand Kingston’s primary schools had a huge boost this week when Kingston won a better-than-expected capital funding allocation of £8.2 million.

Threat to cut local police

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London’s Conservative Mayor, Boris Johnson, is set to slash local police across the capital, according to new figures that I have obtained.

London’s Conservatives wants to cut the Metropolitan Police budget by a massive £48 million.

Despite City Hall claims this would not affect frontline officers, the minutes of official meetings show Police Safer Neighbourhood Teams could lose at least 100 officers. Deputy Met Commissioner, Tim Godwin, has refused to rule out more cuts.