Worplesdon InTouch

The government has confirmed that there will be two unitary authorities for Surrey - West Surrey and East Surrey. Guildford is the County Town of Surrey and geographically central in West Surrey. Back our campaign to give the new West Surrey Unitary Council the centre it deserves in Surrey's iconic county town, and bring jobs, investment and growth to Guildford. Sign up at https://bit.ly/heartofsurrey

As usual, the Liberal Democrats are spreading baseless misinformation.

Surrey will have local elections to either the new unitary Councils (or to the county council if SCC is not abolished by the Government).

Of course, this Liberal MP knows this. He could have asked SCC to confirm if he wanted reassurance. But instead he chose to mislead residents by reposting something "he read in a newspaper " without checking for himself first! Very unprofessional. But as usual he will blame 'the tories", or blame Labour, or both. But the Liberals always do.

A government announcement on Local Government Reorganisation is now expected by the end of October (delayed from mid-October.) I will continue to keep residents keep informed of any ACTUAL news as and when it is known.

UPDATE
The Times/Sunday Times journalist has clarifed. But will Pinkerton and the Fib Dems publicise this? Will pigs fly!

TIMES:
"Elections for four new mayors would still go ahead next year. Surrey, which is in a unique arrangement on devolution, will also have elections in 2026.

But another leader of a DIFFERENT council said: “We are lobbying hard for elections to be delayed because we are confident we will get Reform mayors next year..."

Not a direct admission his reporting was wrong, but gone some way to clarify.