Liberal Democrat party members in Watford Constituency have chosen Dorothy Thornhill (the elected Mayor of Watford) as the Lib Dem Parliamentary Candidate for 2015. Party members had a choice of candidates between Cllr Rabi Martins, Hugh Annand and Dorothy.
At Labour's Conference Ed Miliband said nothing to prove Labour is capable of running the economy again. This was not a speech from a Prime Minister in waiting.
At Labour's Autumn Conference closing speech, Labour leader Ed Miliband announced plans to put an extra £2.5bn into the NHS should he get elected next May.
The latest unemployment figures from the ONS have been released showing a fall by 146,000, lowering the total unemployment count to 2.02 million.
Liberal Democrats are one step closer to enshrining the UK aid target in law after winning a crucial vote in the House of Commons today.
After Scotland decided to remain in the UK, Liberal Democrats are now working for a stronger Scotland within the UK.
The Liberal Democrat manifesto will include plans for five new laws to protect the environment, it has been announced.
Conservative Education Secretary Nicky Morgan has refused to rule out the idea of allowing schools to make a profit should the Conservatives win next year's election. A policy that Liberal Democrats in Government are prepared to oppose every step of the way.
Nick Clegg has announced that the Government is going to more than double the speed of building the Coastal Path, bringing completion of the project forward by ten years from 2030 to 2020.
A Digital Bill of Rights to protect people's privacy and give them more control over their data online would be introduced as part of a Liberal Democrat manifesto for the next election.
At a recent meeting on 8 July 2014, Councillors were informed of plans to outsource the work of the County's Countryside Management Services (CMS). During the last financial year, CMS delivered £1.6m of work for Hertfordshire, supported by £400,000 of County-Council funding and £200,000 of District and Borough Council funding.
Further to our coverage on this site of the draft Lib Dem 2015 Manifesto proposal of 13 August to review Police Stop and Search methods, it appears the Lib Dems are not the only ones who feel a review is needed.
