Why not help people to help themselves with handy salt bins on hilly roads?
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.
16 Feb 2013
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News from West Hertfordshire
Liberal Democrats Freeze Watford Council Tax
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.
11 Feb 2013
A Moment of Relative Calm in the Liberal Democrats Eastleigh Election Powerhouse
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.
4 Mar 2013
Hertfordshire's Controversial Crime Commissioner Lloyd Loses Second Senior Executive in Two Weeks
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.
2 Mar 2013
Liberal Democrats Win Eastleigh as Tories Come Third and Labour Trail in Fourth Place
MIKE THORNTON, LIBERAL DEMOCRATS - 13,342 - ELECTED
2 Mar 2013
The Lower Paid Pay LESS Tax Under the Coalition than Under Labour and the Rich Pay MORE
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.
24 Feb 2013
Hertfordshire Conservatives Failing to Provide Enough Pre-School Places
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.
23 Feb 2013
East of England Ambulance Trust Promises Health Committee "It will do Better"
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.
22 Feb 2013
Herts Lib Dems Question Police Commissioner Lloyd’s Judgment over Deputy Resignation
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.
19 Feb 2013
New Barnfield Hits New Problems
Liberal Democrat County Councillor for Handside & Peartree, Malcolm Cowan has discovered a worrying and startling fact about the implications of the call-in of the New Barnfield incinerator plan by government. The county council have no Plan B as backup if the current plan is thrown out by the inspector, and that they also plan to persist in moving Southfield school this year. If the plan is rejected, the move will have been disruptive and pointless and if approved, it could have been delayed for a year. He says 'It really does look as if the Tory Cabinet is in denial - no plan B means years more uncertainty and extra cost as landfill prices go up. Moving Southfield school this year means a real snub to the children and their parents who have already endured years of uncertainty. It is almost as if they don't believe their plan is going off the rails'.
21 Feb 2013
No to Helioslough say County Council Liberal Democrats
Hertfordshire Liberal Democrat County Councillors Rob Prowse (St Albans East) and Aislinn Lee (St Stephens ) position on the Rail Freight Terminal on the Old Radlett Aerodrome site has always been quite clear. They have, along with fellow Lib Dem Councillors in St Albans and local residents, strongly opposed the application for a Rail Freight Terminal on this site. Indeed local county councillor Aislinn Lee has been a leading light in helping oppose the scheme and getting the plans rejected at local level.
22 Feb 2013
Public Health Budget Increase is Welcome After Labour Neglect
Responding to the Government's announcement on the public health funding settlement, Cllr Nick Hollinghurst, County Councillor for Tring and the Villages said: "Here in Hertfordshire our funding for Public Health will increase by 10% per annum for the next two years. This is the largest percentage increase in Britain and is appropriate for a county where the population has increased so much over the last 10 years. The extra money will help Hertfordshire tackle a number of Public Health issues including rising obesity, alcohol abuse and smoking."
8 Feb 2013