Michael, Banstead
"I don't agree with it. You've got to have people who understand the local area. How do they know what they're making decisions about if they've never lived there?"
Liz, West End
"If you look at the way council meetings are run I can’t see a full unitary authority meeting of 150+ councillors ever getting anything done. The needs of the villages are different from the needs of the towns."
Sarah, Bagshot
"Accessibility of services and transparency and accountability! It's bad enough now trying to talk to who you need to at the council, let alone getting a straight, honest answer! They sit behind a call centre and fend the people off who they are being paid to serve!"
Mark, Oxted
“I shudder at the thought of one monster authority for the whole of Surrey. The concerns and needs of local residents would be swallowed up and lost. The County Council has a history of delivering poor services and struggling financially so I am not at all convinced that services would be improved if it got its hands on everything or that there would be the cost savings that are envisaged.”
Cat, Caterham
“Surrey County Council would struggle to run a bric-a-brac stall at a village fete, the only area they excel in is awarding exorbitant salaries to their executives (of which there are many). If they create a mega council then no doubt the current dullards would still be in charge, that means we could look forward to the same cock up's only on a much larger scale.”
John, West Ewell
"What has been demonstrated time and time again is that Surrey County Council's track record in delivering areas it is responsible for such as children's services, libraries and maintaining the roads has been very poor. Borough councillors add a personal touch to issues that people feel strongly about, such as planning and waste collection. If anything I would like to see more decision making being moved to a local level rather than the other way around."
Mike, Ottershaw
"Surrey CC Is currently directly responsible for delivery of few services. One is Highways and they are not even capable of efficient filling of potholes, let alone applying preventative maintenance to avoid them occurring. Apply this lack of performance to a much larger portfolio and disaster will occur."
Tara, West End
"A lot of the great things that have been achieved have been driven by our representatives with local knowledge, I wouldn't want to lose any of that"
