Lib Dems Win Fight to Tackle Global Warming
Liberal Democrats in Government have confirmed the Government's commitment to halving UK greenhouse gases by 2025.
31 Jul 2014
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Things To Do ...Now That Summer's Here!
Explore Hemel Hempstead Old Town's Heritage While English Heritage operates the National Blue Plaque Scheme in which a blue plaque is placed on a building where an individual of national historical importance lived, Dacorum BC has developed this concept together with with Dacorum Heritage Trust volunteers by marking places of general interest in Hemel Hempstead's Old Town.
30 Jul 2014
Economy Now Bigger Than Pre-crash Levels
Liberal Democrats have cleared up Labour's economic mess with GDP now above pre-crash levels, new figures show.
29 Jul 2014
Liberal Democrat Berkhamsted Town Councillor's Bid to Bring Kingshill Safety Scheme Forward.
In a letter to the Editor of the Berkhamsted Gazette Liberal Democrat Berkhamsted Town Councillor Garrick Stevens has outlined the plans that he and fellow Town Councillor Danny Bonnett have put forward to Berkhamsted Town Council.
27 Jul 2014
The “Bedroom Tax” - Liberal Democrat Reform, Labour Hypocrisy
The Liberal Democrats will ensure that benefit claimants in social housing will no longer be penalised if their landlord cannot provide accommodation suitable to their needs. In other words, the £14 reduction in housing benefit ("bedroom tax") for an unneeded room will not apply unless the landlord can offer reasonable accommodation and the tenant refuses the offer unreasonably.
26 Jul 2014
UK Aerospace Projects to Receive £154m Boost
Liberal Democrat Leader Nick Clegg has announced a £154 million investment in research projects to keep the UK as a world leader in aerospace innovation.
24 Jul 2014
Investing in Green Energy
Ed Davey, Lib Dem Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change writes in LibDem Voice "I have published the Government's first ever Energy Investment Report.
23 Jul 2014
Tories Accused of Misleading Residents As New Figures Show Over 800,000 Bus Journeys Could Be Cut!
Hertfordshire's ruling Conservatives have been accused of misleading residents over plans to reduce bus services in the evenings and at weekends.
22 Jul 2014
Liberal Democrats to Support New Rules to Provide Greater Choice of Retirement Pensions
New rules which would provide greater choice and more innovative pensions products, are expected to be announced this week.
21 Jul 2014
Herts Liberal Democrats Demand Action on Highways Safety
Herts County Council is to review its highways faults inspection regime following pressure from the Liberal Democrat Group Leader and Deputy Leader. Lib Dem Group Leader, County Councillor (Watford: Central & Oxhey), Stephen Giles-Medhurst said "There are grave concerns regarding our Highways safety and the regime in place to ensure it. The findings in the case of Curtis v HCC, where Mr Curtis was seriously injured because the highways inspection regime failed to spot a serious pothole and fix it. This shows that the County's inspection regime is not fit for pressure and needs a review.
18 Jul 2014
HCC Conservatives: Unrepentant over Millions of Pounds of Taxpayers Money Down the Drain
At Tuesday's meeting of Hertfordshire County Council the Liberal Democrats demanded an apology for the money wasted in the New Barnfield waste fiasco.
18 Jul 2014
Herts CC - Bus Services Face £880,000 of Cuts
At Tuesday's meeting of Herts County Council, the Liberal Democrat group fought to save local bus services from swingeing cuts planned by local Conservative politicians.
17 Jul 2014