12 years to Climate Crash to be recognised in Hemel Hempstead
The main item of the first Full Council since the May Local Elections will be a Motion declaring a Climate Emergency IN DACORUM.
15 Jul 2019
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UK Rail Industry Planning for Decarbonisation - a Complex Task Especially for Railfreight.
In 2018 the then Rail Minister, Jo Johnson, challenged the rail industry to reduce its carbon emissions and a recent report sets out the industry's initial response in the form of an Interim Report.
14 Jul 2019
Local Liberal Democrats Participating in European Democracy
Two of our newly elected Lib Dem East of England MEPs have been appointed to European Parliament Committees. On Wednesday, Lucy Nethsingha was elected as the Chair of the Committee on Legal Affairs for a two and a half year term. She said: "I am determined the Committee will play a key role in providing legal certainty and stability for the European Union, while advancing rights for Europe's citizens and addressing the central issues of our time, such as environmental crime."
13 Jul 2019
Lib Dems are Working Hard to Ensure One of these Candidates becomes the Next- but-One PM!
Rosemarie and Nick Hollinghurst and Patrick Fisher from West Herts Local Party attended the hustings last night for the choice of the next Liberal Democrat Leader
12 Jul 2019
Slow Progress in Developing Flood Control at Local Level - but Progress Nevertheless.
Six or seven years ago, the government passed much of the responsibility for flood mitigation onto Lead Local Flood Authorities (LLFAs) - in our case that is Hertfordshire County Council. Their role is to develop a strategy to monitor local flood risks within the county. They also draw up and maintain a record of structures, such as walls and embankments that might have a significant effeect on flood risk, recording their ownership and state of repair. This data is identified in the Hertfordshire Flood Risk Asset Register.
11 Jul 2019
Northchurch Parish Council Passes a motion on the Climate Change Emergency
On 1st July, Cllr Lara Pringle, Vice-Chair of Northchurch Parish Council proposed and Cllr Mark Somervail seconded a Motion to the Parish Council on the Climate Change Emergency . It was passed unanimously. Congratulations to Lara Pringle, Mark Somervail and Peter Holditch for getting this important motion tabled and passed unanimously. NORTHCHURCH PARISH COUNCIL - CLIMATE CHANGE MOTION 1 JULY 2019 This council recognises: The overwhelming weight of scientific evidence which establishes the risk of man-made climate change and the implications for global warming leading to rising sea levels; loss of habitat; loss of bio-diversity and the associated long-term dangers to human and all other life on the planet. AND The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPPC) Special Report on Global Warming of October 2018, which describes the harm that a 2C rise in global temperatures is likely to cause and which advises that limiting global warming to 1.5C may be possible with ambitious action from national and su
7 Jul 2019
An Easy Walk in the Country near Tring - now Easier to get to.
With better public health and improved quality of life in mind, Tring County Councillor, Nick Hollinghurst, has arranged a couple of simple improvements to the local road and footpath network between Dundale Road and Little Tring.
7 Jul 2019
Berkhamsted Town Council adopts Liberal Democrat Group's Climate Change Emergency Motion
Well done, Berkhamsted Town Council!
1 Jul 2019
Liberal Democrats. The Party for Britain. The Party for the Future.
Young Liberals @YoungLiberalsUK More . It's official.
14 Jun 2019
Rail Infrastructure Investment in East of England starting to pay off for Cambridge and Norwich.
The Liberal Democrats in Coalition worked hard to mitigate the Tories' excessive enthusiasm for what they called "austerity" - just the usual Tory cuts under another name of course.
12 Jun 2019
Lib Dems Strong in Dacorum, Strong in the East of England, and with their Partner Parties, Strong in Europe
The Liberal Democrats are strong in Dacorum, strong in the East of England and, with their partner parties in the ALDE Group, strong in Europe.
10 Jun 2019
Skilled Workers Leave as Real Wages in Eastern Europe Rise by up to 70% while UK Wages Fall
Three years is a long time in politics, and 10 years is longer still. Actually both are pretty long periods of time anyway. Ten years ago, back in the aftermath of the financial crisis - that self-inflicted near-catastrophy resulting from a lack of oversight and regulation in the US and UK - things looked good in Britain when viewed from Riga, or Plovdiv, or Craiova or from Bydgoszcz. Prompt action in the UK had saved its banks, liquidity pumped into the financial sytem had saved its economy. Britain was back on its feet, the pound gave you €1.30 and wages were anyway far more than you could earn at home. Small wonder then that energetic people trapped in rural economies with few opportunities and low wages flocked to the UK - and the British government made no attempt to use EU mechanisms to control this. With the second wave of eastern countries joining the EU, Britain did apply for a 5-year delay as it could have done ealier, to enable a controlled adjustment to take place. However, vacancies were fill
9 Jun 2019