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This is from Zac Goldsmith, Conservative Parliamentary Candidate in Richmond Park. Many residents visit Richmond Park, so I thought you might be interested.

I would like to put the record straight regarding Susan Kramer’s allegations. Needless to say, they are entirely misleading. The Conservatives are resolutely opposed to the introduction of car parking charges in Richmond Park. Visiting Richmond Park should never become a budget decision.

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This is from Zac Goldsmith, Conservative Parliamentary Candidate in Richmond Park. Many residents visit Richmond Park, so I thought you might be interested.

I would like to put the record straight regarding Susan Kramer’s allegations. Needless to say, they are entirely misleading. The Conservatives are resolutely opposed to the introduction of car parking charges in Richmond Park. Visiting Richmond Park should never become a budget decision.

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Mavis is the authority on this. I’ll get a reply from her asap.

The Metropolitan Police Authority has started publishing a monthly newsletter to councillors. We have decided to share it with you on a new page on this site. There are technical difficulties with the typesetting and photographs and graphics but we will work to overcome these.

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A bar that I’ve been meaning to write about for a while is a little gem that’s tucked behind Surbiton high street down Maple Road.

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What are “St. Andrew’s and St. Mark’s plans”? Is this the church? Is a new hall going up?

The Liberal Democrat Administration last Thursday boasted about ‘the lowest Council Tax rise this century’ in Kingston. At a time when other Councils are freezing their Council Tax (or cutting it!), dear old RBK is raising it by a further 1.9%.

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Actually the Assembly Rooms haven’t been lost. I’ve been to meetings there quite recently but it has to be hired from Surbiton High School. You’re right about Glenmore’s general availability and RBK does use it – there’s an RBK meeting there tomorrow afternoon, for instance. I take your point about Claremont Hall and the relative dearth of venues in Surbiton. I hope the polyclinic at the hospital might help in this regard and St. Andrew’s and St. Mark’s plans incorporate space for community use.

Not related to the main story, but I think it strange that our council is hosting events outside our own council’s area.

Given the loss of the Assembly rooms and latterly Claremont hall, does this point to a shortage of decent community venues in the borough for this sort of thing?
The neighbourhood workshop thing is being held at Glenmore House ( the masonic venue on The Crescent). Maybe it wasn’t available.
I suppose we have the library halls – they are a decent enough size – are they not suitable in terms of size or accessibility?