LATCos - Could these be a Better Way to Keep our Roads in Good Condition?
Local Authority Trading Companies - or LATCos in the jargon - are not new. They are authorised under the 2003 Local Government Act.
14 Feb 2018
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News from West Hertfordshire
The Liberal Democrats have a New Leader and a New Programme
New Leader, New Party, New Programme
14 Feb 2018
Metro Line "Cancellation" is "Not the End of the Line" - Watford Mayor and Herfordshire Leader Rally to Defend MXL
Recently was announced that Mayor of London Sadiq Khan had refused an offer of £73 million of funding from the government to start the Metropolitan Line Extension rail project (MLX). But now the Liberal Democrat Mayor of Watford, Dorothy Thornhill, has weighed in, saying this will not be "the end of the line" for the scheme.
3 Feb 2018
Sportspace: is this democracy?
The Conservative Cabinet of Dacorum Borough Council is pushing ahead with a decision to dump its own leisure experts and ignore its own sports policy, without first developing a strategy for the future of Dacorum's Leisure facilities.
26 Jan 2018
Hertfordshire Waste Partnership Still Making Progress
The responsibility for waste is split between the district and borough councils - which are responsible for collecting household waste - and the county council - which is reponsible for setting up Household Waste Recycling Centres (HWRCs) and for disposing of all the waste arising within the county. Hertfordshire County Council must devise a Waste Disposal Strategy and this must account for commercial waste as well as all municipal waste. The Hertfordshire Waste Partnership is a consortium between all the districts and boroughs in the county and the the county council itself. This shares costs, refunds savings and explores and assesses new methods of waste disposal. It also uses the economies of scale that result from a county-wide co-ordination in order to negotiate competitive contracts for waste disposal that save money for all of Hertfordshire's council tax payers.
8 Jan 2018
NHS figures show winter crisis is worsening
The latest figures show that the NHS's winter crisis is worsening very fast.
5 Jan 2018
The Future is being Tested, Right Now - Zero-Emission Trains!
To be fair there are several different approaches to making short-distance suburban rail services quieter, greener, less polluting and more efficient. Most involve batteries or fuel cells and relatively short routes. However, this is one which caught my eye recently.
4 Jan 2018
London Mayor Khan wants to Control More Suburban Rail Services - "So why not the Metro Line Extension?" ask Herts Lib Dems
Last year London Mayor Sadiq Khan set out a business case for more suburban rail services to be transferred to Transport for London (TfL).
3 Jan 2018
Two Symbolic Anniversaries for two Top Learned Societies for Chemistry
2017 saw the 175th anniversary of the founding of the Chemistry Society in 1841. A few years later, in 1847, in recognition of the importance of this field of study and the quality of its proceedings, it received its Royal Charter.
2 Jan 2018
"More Mismanagement by the Tory Government!", say Lib Dems as Govia Thameslink still not back on Track
As with so many other things, this Brexit-obsessed Tory government has taken its eye off the ball when it comes to running the railways.
31 Dec 2017
25 Years of Quantum Care - Successful Not-for-Profit Delivery of Care Services across Hertfordshire
2017 marks the Silver Anniversary' of the founding of Quantum Care - a not-for-profit social enterprise delivering care mainly to elderly people and mainly in premises owned by Hertfordshire County Council. Quantum Care is an important and valued contractor delivering care to over 2,000 people at 23 homes across Hertfordshire as well as at three other homes in Bedfordshire and Essex.
29 Dec 2017
Hemel's Sammy Barry heard in the House of Lords
Youth Support Worker and Lib Dem activist Sammy Barry found a way to make waves in Parliament when a conversation with a visiting event-speaker led to a mention in the House of Lords and a call from the BBC...
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2 Dec 2017