National Liftshare Initiative
Hertfordshire County Council is encouraging drivers to think about the benefits of sharing their journeys to work as part of last week's National Liftshare initiative (7 - 11 October).
18 Oct 2013
News
News from West Hertfordshire
Back in the NHS – Surgical Unit and Eye Clinic To Come Back Home to the Lister Hospital, Stevenage!
Following pressure from local Liberal Democrats, local MP Stephen McPartland and concerned clinicians, the privately run Surgicentre, which provided planned surgery (like knee and hip replacements) and ophthalmology to local NHS patients, is now to be run by the E&N Herts NHS Trust.
15 Oct 2013
Herts County Council - Road Repairs to A4251 and A4125 Watford, Rickmansworth, Berkhamsted, Tring and Northchurch
Road repairs are to take place on several stretches of the A4251 and the A4125 between 16 September 2013 and 16 March 2014. These will require road closures and waiting restrictions when the signs are in place.
14 Oct 2013
Liberal Democrat Moves in Europe Will End the "British Blame Game"
The UK Government is notorious in taking reasonable EU directives and adapting them for application here in ways that are over-complex and far too strict. This behaviour undermines the credibility and acceptability of important regulations, most famously Health and Safety measures. It's great fun to blame "Brussels" of course - and insurance salesmen have a field day selling more and more imaginative policies - but it can mean workplace safety is not taken seriously and contributes to the UK's poor level of labour productivity.
4 Oct 2013
There IS Such A Thing as a Free Lunch!
A major new policy was announced at the Autumn LibDem Conference in Glasgow last month.
3 Oct 2013
How UKIP Managed To Lose 45% Of Their MEPs
By Giles Goodall | LibDem Voice
30 Sep 2013
Conservatives Slammed for Pre-Judging Part Night Lighting Policy
Liberal Democrat opposition councillors on Herts County Council have hit out at the Conservatives for pre-judging a full review of the council's controversial street light policy.
29 Sep 2013
Liberal Democrats Secure Billions of EU Research Funding for Small Businesses
MEPs voted today to approve the EU's new science programme, Horizon 2020, which will invest almost £60bn in research and innovation over the next seven years.
28 Sep 2013
Labour risk the lights going out
Commenting on Ed Miliband's proposal for a 20-month freeze in energy bills, Liberal Democrat Energy and Climate Change Secretary Ed Davey said:
27 Sep 2013
Jo Swinson on Payday Lenders
Speaking to the Scottish Liberal Democrat autumn conference in Glasgow on 14 September, Liberal Democrat MP and Minister of State for Business and Consumer Affairs Jo Swinson set out how she was taking steps to build a stronger economy and a fairer society by tackling unscrupulous payday lenders.
26 Sep 2013
Hertfordshire Tories Fail Troubled Families
National figures announced by the Coalition Government have brought welcome news on the large number of "Troubled Families" being turned around by councils across the country, but reveal an exceptionally poor performance by Conservative controlled Hertfordshire County Council.
16 Sep 2013
East West Rail Link and Oxford to Marylebone Fast Track gets Green Light
Reproduced from Rail Technology Magazine of 6th September.
12 Sep 2013