Liberal Democrats say, "Our Planet is Priceless, Carbon is Not!"
The climate crisis is an incoming storm. We must act now to undo the damage already done to our planet.
30 Sep 2021
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Dacorum Live and Direct - on YouTube
Last Wednesday night it finally became much easier to see what Dacorum is doing and how local decision-making works. After some years of campaigning by Lib Dems, Dacorum took a step into the open by streaming "Full Council", 15th September 2021, live on YouTube. The two-hour evening meeting saw brief verbal reports from the Deputy Leader of the Council and six Cabinet Portfolios, each followed by 10 minutes of questioning, with the other 43 Councillors asking pairs of "question and follow-up" to the Cabinet. Then came the main event, with a debate opened by Lib Dem Co-Deputy Leader Cllr Adrian England, centred on the forthcoming Climate Conference COP26 and a proposal that Dacorum write to Ministers, to ask that Central Govt acts urgently on workforce shortages and scaling-up of plans for insulating more homes. Conservatives supported the Motion and Cabinet Portfolio-holder for Environment Cllr Graham Barrett seconded, so, unusually, there was unanimous agreement - important given the urgency and importa
16 Sep 2021
What IS "Liberal Democrat" locally?
WHAT IS "LIBERAL DEMOCRAT"?
25 Aug 2021
Listening Delivering - Liberal Democrats
Liberal Democrats - it's in the "L" and the "D"
25 Aug 2021
How Hemel is organised into Wards and Divisions (but just one parish)
How Hemel is organised
25 Aug 2021
A quick guide to how you get represented on different issues, locally
Who makes the decisions around here? Where and by who do I get represented?
25 Aug 2021
Lib Dems welcome Cabinet decision to defer Plan Publication and will maintain pressure to re-run Public Consultation
Following the recent committee meeting in which Lib Dems pushed for a delay of Reg 19, DBC Cabinet has voted to defer Regulation 19*. Cllr Sheron Wilkie (Lib Dem, Tring Central) welcomed the decision, saying: "The indications are that a substantive amount of work is going to take place now, and it may take another two years to complete a report. In contrast to what we have been hearing up until now, there seems at last to be some recognition among the Conservatives that another Regulation 18** consultation is likely to be needed, which the Lib Dems have been pushing for."
DLDPO
1 Aug 2021
Dacorum greenbelt defended by Lib Dems, but public excluded by Tory leaders, local & national
Dacorum Lib Dems secure prudent delay to progress of controversial Local Plan, and more scrutiny, but Conservatives block efforts to consider another public consultation
HHLDPO
21 Jul 2021
The Tory Double Whammy - first their Environment Bill will remove protection from Green Spaces, then their Planning Bill will open the country of to Developers.
"The Conservatives are failing to protect nature", Sarah Olney MP The Liberal Democrats HAVE proposed changes to the Environment Bill to protect green spaces and wildlife.
19 Jul 2021
"Dacorum Borough and Herts County BOTH need to work together to Solve the Blocked Drain Problem," says Lib Dem Councillor.
"Dacorum Borough and Herts County both need to work together to solve blocked drain problems," says Lib Dem Councillor, Nick Hollinghurst who represents Tring West & Rural on DBC.
11 Jul 2021
"Unpaid carers mustn’t be ignored any longer!" says Ed Davey, Leader of the Liberal Democrats
"The other day, I spent some time meeting with a wonderful group of unpaid carers", Ed Davey - Leader of the Liberal Democrats, Jun 11, 2021
9 Jul 2021
"Don't Stop Reporting Highways Faults!", says local Liberal Democrat Borough Councillor
As a former Herts county councillor, Nick Hollinghurst, was interested in the recent report on potholes in the Hemel Hempstead Gazette - a never ending problem it seems.
8 Jul 2021