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.
The Government will amend controversial regulations governing tendering for NHS services following widespread concerns about the role of competition, MPs were told.
Now that the new Highways contracting arrangements for Hertfordshire are underway, the County Council is to try again with the Moor End Road Bus Lane in Hemel Hempstead.
Right across the county this winter, the Liberal Democrats have been fighting the Conservatives to try to get new salt bins and support residents with self help.
On Wednesday 30 January at Watford Borough Council's meeting, the Liberal Democrat Elected Mayor of Watford, Dorothy Thornhill, proposed a council tax freeze for 2013/14, which the Council agreed.
Cllrs Nick and Rosemarie Hollinghurst from Tring were able to steal a day out of their busy schedules to do their bit in the recent Eastleigh By Election.
Liberal Democrat County Councillors are shocked and disturbed to learn that Chief Executive Andrew White has stepped down from his £123,000 role having previously held the the top job at the county's now defunct Police Authority.
MIKE THORNTON, LIBERAL DEMOCRATS - 13,342 - ELECTED
The red line on the graph shows the Average Tax on Personal Income under Labour for 2009/10 at different Personal Income levels from £10,000 going up to £2,000,000.
Figures released by the County Council in January 2013 have revealed that there are just 1200 pre-school places across the entire county, despite a target requirement of 4000 by September 2014. Failure to recruit organisations to provide the places has already lead to the criteria having to be amended. This Tory failure is letting down parents trying to get back to work.
Despite hearing reports of progress in keeping the books balanced, councillors at Hertfordshire County Council's Health Scrutiny Committee on 7th February, 2013 felt that they had not received an adequate explanation in the recent sudden deterioration in ambulance response times.
Liberal Democrats have questioned the judgment of Conservative David Lloyd, the Hertfordshire Police and Crime Commissioner, following the resignation of his recently appointed Deputy, Rachel Frosh.
