Surrey County Council Chooses New Leader
Thursday, 20 October, 2011
David Hodge was elected the new Leader of Surrey County Council and immediately announced a change to the authority's parking charge policy.
Speaking to a meeting of the Full Council following his election, Mr Hodge said the council's countywide policy for on-street parking would "end today". Instead, local committees* will now be given freedom to decide on the policy.
The county councillor for Warlingham told the meeting: "The county council's on-street parking policy has proved enormously unpopular. I believe we should be strong enough to recognise when we have got something wrong.
