Meadowbank – Sale will only go ahead if Community Football is protected for the long term
How the Lib Dem administration plans to secure community football use if the sale of the freehold goes ahead
MV
31 Mar 2023
Mole Valley Liberal Democrats
News from Mole Valley Lib Dems
Voters back Lib Dems in local elections
Conservatives lose Council seats
MV
16 May 2023
More bumps in pot-holed roads - another example of Tory mismanagement
With well over half a billion potholes in Britain's roads, local LibDem Prospective Parliamentary candidate Helen Maguire says the government has demonstrated another example of their inability to properly manage the country - including its infrastructure.
20 Apr 2023
Meadowbank – Sale will only go ahead if Community Football is protected for the long term
Accepting Dorking Wanderers' offer for the freehold of the Meadowbank stadium would release funds to invest in other community facilities across Mole Valley, while ensuring Surrey FA can continue to provide community football in Dorking for the next 45 years.
31 Mar 2023
Ed Davey Targets Blue Wall
Liberal Democrat leader's visit to Mole Valley highlights scandal of sewage in the river but also hope for the NHS.
26 Feb 2023
Liberal Democrats overcome formidable financial obstacles to secure sound, sustainable Council budget
The Mole Valley District Council budget for 2023/24 was approved at a Council meeting on 21st February.
26 Feb 2023
News from Chris Coghlan MP
SEND
Chris Coghlan MP calls for the Education Secretary to directly intervene in Surrey County Council
I have written with Lib Dem MPs in Surrey to the Department for Education, stating how we have lost confidence in Surrey County Council and it's ability to deliver SEND services. We request the Secretary of State intervenes immediately.
13 Feb 2025
Working for the community
Chris Coghlan Welcomes halt to Horse Hill Drilling
Chris praises work of local campaigners in holding UKOG to account.
29 Oct 2024
SEND
Chris talks SEND crisis on LBC
Last night Chris was on Ian Dale’s LBC show talking about the national crisis in special needs provision and what a better special needs education system might look like.
9 Oct 2024
Thames Water
Update on the repair works in Dorking's West Street
Chris Coghlan MP for Dorking & Horley interviewed September 20th on BBC Radio Surrey about the ongoing works in Dorking's West Street.
20 Sep 2024
Thames Water
Sinkhole in Dorking's West Street
Chris Coghlan, MP for Dorking & Horley, and Hazel Watson, County Councillor, visited the site of the sinkhole in Dorking’s West Street, and are keeping up the pressure on Thames Water to fix the issue.
5 Sep 2024
National Lib Dem News
Home Affairs
Improving Access To Justice
Years of Conservative cuts have hollowed out the legal aid system, leaving millions without access to timely legal advice. Our new policy will legal aid a guaranteed right, ensure no one is left without help.
BM
by Ben Maguire
22 Sep 2025
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Housing
Ending Fleecehold and the Great Property Rip-Off
Millions of people are still trapped in England’s broken leasehold system. Our plan will end the leasehold rip-off, strengthen building safety, and give residents the control, fairness, and dignity they deserve in their own homes.
GA
22 Sep 2025
International Affairs
Protecting the Rights of Hong Kongers
Hong Kongers living in the UK, and across the world, face an increasingly robust and alarming campaign of transnational repression from Beijing. Our new policy will protect pro-democracy activists and ensure this intimidation has no place in the UK.
LT
22 Sep 2025