SURREY COUNTY COUNCIL LEADER DAVID HODGE SINKING UNDER THE WEIGHT OF HIS CBE: – ‘CUTTING BACK EVERYTHING’ – AWARDED IN THE NEW YEARS HONOURS 2017. THIS INCLUDES; CLOSURES OF SCHOOLS; RECYCLING CENTRES; LIBRARIES; CHILDREN’S CENTRES; MAKING LOTS OF UNWISE INVESTMENTS; GIVING THE OUTGOING C.E.O. A SECRET £100,000 BONUS – BEFORE HE LEFT; AWARDING HIMSELF A 42% INCREASE IN 2013 WHICH SAW THE BLOCK RESIGNATION OF THE COUNCIL’S REMUNERATION PANEL; TURNING OFF THE COUNTY’S LIGHTS; CLOSING CARE HOMES, INCLUDING ONE IN FARNHAM AND CRANLEIGH; WE COULD GO ON, BUT WE WON’T BECAUSE IT COULD GET WORSE FOLLOWING HIS RESIGNATION- TONIGHT TUESDAY  13TH NOVEMBER.