Unitarisation – what does this mean for Surrey? Tuesday, 7 January, 2025 What is it? England is one of the most centralised countries in the developed world, with many big decisions taken by the UK Parliament, rather than local leaders. Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, and London have had devolved authorities for some time, more recently followed by Manchester, West Midlands, and others. The new Labour Government want to simplify the Local Government system into... ArticlesLocal News
John raises residents' concerns with Weylands developer 15th February 2024 Last week, John Cope stopped by the Weylands development public consultation to hear from the developer and see what changes they have made to their plans for... Local News
John joins Heathside Walton to mark the official opening of the school 12th February 2024 It was great to join the team at Heathside Walton to mark the official opening of the school last week. John has spent most of his career working in education... Local News
John fights to get to the bottom of the failures and fully reopen our community centres 9th February 2024 Local community centres remain closed after Council slammed for unlawful practices. In the lead up to Christmas, when hundreds of elderly and vulnerable... Local News
We're cutting taxes for working people 6th January 2024 From today, 27 million working people will pay less tax. It’s taken tough decisions to get to a place where we can cut tax responsibly but as soon as we could... Local News
John visits Walton Charity's new premises in Walton, The Bridge 14th December 2023 Thank you to Chief Executive, Rob Mills, and the team at Walton Charity for showing John around their new premises in Walton, The Bridge. The Bridge opened in... Local News
£330,000 Safer Streets Funding for Walton 6th November 2023 Walton Town Centre and St John’s Estate in Walton are set to receive £330,000 from this Conservative Government’s Safer Streets funding – a grant for projects... Local News
John supports calls to improve animal welfare further 4th November 2023 Improving animal welfare is something John passionately believes in. It was great to meet the legendary Sir Ranulph Fiennes recently to discuss the Conservative... Local News
John welcomes £300 cost of living payment for 6,900 people in Esher and Walton 31st October 2023 Between 31 Oct ‘23 and 19 Nov ‘23, 6,900 households across the Esher and Walton constituency will have receive another £300 cost of living payment from the... Local News
John campaigns to get Fieldcommon the community hall it was promised 30th October 2023 Thanks to everyone who has completed the Ansell Hall survey (online version below) that was delivered to everyone over the weekend. I want to make sure... Local News
Conservative response to Labour's Emergency Budget 26th March 2025 Read Shadow Chancellor Mel Stride’s response to Labour’s Emergency Budget, explaining why we are in economic disarray National News
Kemi Launches our 2025 Local Elections Campaign 26th March 2025 At a speech in Buckinghamshire on March 20th Kemi Badenoch spoke about what's at stake in the local elections on May 1st National News
Kemi Launches the Policy Renewal Programme 18th March 2025 At a speech in London Kemi Badenoch launched the Policy Renewal Programme, the largest policy exercise in a generation National News
Kemi’s statement on Ukraine 3rd March 2025 Ukraine is fighting for the same freedom, democracy and sovereignty we enjoy in the UK – we must support them National News
Kemi’s speech on foreign policy 25th February 2025 Kemi's keynote speech on foreign policy National News
Kemi gives a speech at the Alliance for Responsible Citizenship Conference 18th February 2025 On Monday 17th February 2025 Kemi gave a speech outlining how important it is for the West to robustly defend its values National News
