Tring Division Result in Hertfordshire County Council Elections
The result for the Tring & the Villages Hertfordshire County Council Division was announced at about 3.00 a.m. this morning.
3 May 2013
News
News from West Hertfordshire
The Croxley Rail Link Takes Another Step Forward
The Croxley Rail Link has taken another significant step towards reality. Hertfordshire County Council, which is the lead partner in this multi-agency project, has appointed Taylor Woodrow to draw up the engineering plans for the project.
15 Apr 2013
Liberal Democrat Priorities for Hertfordshire
The Liberal Democrats have launched their Manifesto for Hertfordshire, which focuses on delivering the services people want. Launching the party's manifesto, Liberal Democrat Cllr Stephen Giles-Medhurst (Central Watford and Oxhey), Leader of the Opposition on Hertfordshire County Council said:
13 Apr 2013
"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
Liberal Democrat Gain from Labour on Dacorum Borough Council
Results are just in of a sweeping Liberal Democrat gain from Labour in a Dacorum Borough Council By Election yesterday, Thursday 21st March, 2013.
22 Mar 2013
Liberal Democrats Deliver on the Fairer Tax Commitment in Their Manifesto
Liberal Democrats in Government are delivering Fairer Tax.
20 Mar 2013
Sharon Bowles MEP, EU Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee Chair, “Appalled” by Cyprus Bailout
"The Cyprus bailout deal is a disaster for EU rules and Single Market principles" - Sharon Bowles MEP.
17 Mar 2013
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
Second Setback for Helioslough Freight Interchange
The unpopular and ill-conceived Helioslough Railfreight plan has received a further setback when the County Council unanimously voted against the Eric Pickles approved plans.
14 Mar 2013
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
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
Only the Liberal Democrats seek to invest in Hertfordshire's infrastructure
At the Hertfordshire County Council meeting on 26 February, the Liberal Democrat Group offered the only alternative to the Conservative budget in Hertfordshire, with a budget that invested heavily in highway infrastructure and supported public transport, young people and the homeless.
9 Mar 2013
News from Victoria Collins MP
MPs urge residents to back local businesses in the wake of Donald Trump’s tariffs
‘Buy Hertfordshire, Back Britain’ - that’s the rallying cry from local Lib Dem MPs, Daisy Cooper, MP for St Albans, and Victoria Collins, MP for Harpenden and Berkhamsted, as they launch a campaign to support local businesses.
4 Apr 2025
Lib Dem MPs force vote to create Blue Flag Status to protect local chalk streams
Victoria Collins MP, has voted for a Liberal Democrat proposal to create a Blue Flag Status to protect chalk streams and other rivers from filthy sewage dumping.
24 Apr 2025
MP attends beacon lighting to mark 80th anniversary of VE Day
Victoria Collins, joined local residents, veterans and their families, representatives from Berkhamsted Town Council and Royal British Legion (RBL) members, to light a beacon marking the 80th anniversary of VE (Victory in Europe) Day.
8 May 2025
MP opens Berkhamsted Community Garden for 2025
This garden is a much loved space amongst the Berkhamsted community, and a product of the hard work of Open Door’s volunteer gardening team.
20 May 2025
Liberal Democrat MPs meet US Congress delegation to deepen transatlantic ties
Lib Dem MP Victoria Collins and other Liberal Democrat frontbenchers met a cross-party delegation of US Congressmembers to discuss strategic and economic issues impacting the future of transatlantic cooperation, peace and security.
21 May 2025
MP seeks guarantee of government funding for Harpenden Child Contact Centre
Victoria Collins MP for Harpenden and Berkhamsted, has written to the government urging them to resolve a delay in provision of funding to vital centres like this one.
30 May 2025