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"Twenty's Plenty!" say Hertfordshire Liberal Democrats

16 Liberal Democrat County Councillors have all signed a petition to the Overview and Scrutiny Committee requesting a review of Twenty mph Speed Limits policy to be carried out. The Committee has agreed this should be done as part of a wider review of Speed Policy generally and the county's Highways and Transport Panel will be looking at the wider issues first. The Committee will then consider if the policies and procedures for implementing 20mph speed limits in Hertfordshire need simplifying or modifying.

1 Apr 2013
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Herts Highways at Fault AGAIN - this Time with Faulty Link to the Highway Fault System!

Words failed County Councillor Nick Hollinghurst when he received the following e-mail. So he reproduced it as sent to him unchanged, typo and all. He has, however, to placate the angry Executive Member of Highways, Cllr Stuart Pile, now removed the name and contact details of the Head of Customer Services (which the officer himself published in the county's e-mail apology).

16 Mar 2013
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Herts County Council Admit Yet MORE Highways Backlogs and Problems

Over 500 local people in Hertfordshire are waiting to hear about their dropped kerb crossover applications, because Herts County Council decided to stop processing applications in the run-up to the new Highways contract from the 1st October. Since then Ringway, the new contractor, has not done the work either.

13 Mar 2013
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Special Educational Needs Not Being Properly Addressed

Liberal Democrat Councillor Mark Watkin, Opposition Spokesperson for Education, challenged Hertfordshire County Council's Executive Member for Education, Conservative Councillor Frances Button, to explain how services will address the needs of specific groups who cannot cope with schools, such as high achieving children with autism. She failed to do so. Instead she repeated the standard response that they could either attend a Moderate Learning Difficulty school; or have home help; or attend a mainstream school - none of which will adequately meet the needs of many of these children.

10 Mar 2013
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Lister Surgicentre - "Bring it Back inside the NHS"

Liberal Democrat County Councillor for Tring & the Villages, Nick Hollinghurst has called for the Secretary of State for Health, the Rt Hon Jeremy Hunt, to act on today's announcement of a damning report from the Quality Care Commission (CQC). This has severely criticised the management of the Lister Surgicentre in Stevenage by Clinicenta, whose parent company is the engineering and construction giant Carillion plc.

6 Mar 2013
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