Liberal Democrats Demand Renewed Answers Over Highway Fraud Allegations
In a shock move, the Liberal Democrat Group on Hertfordshire County Council has demanded urgent answers to allegations of fraud made by a whistle blower.
8 Mar 2013
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Hertfordshire’s Highway Contractor Ringway Under Fire Again from Angry Councillors
Ringway, Hertfordshire County Council's new highways contractor, has again come under fire from angry county councillors.
7 Mar 2013
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
Liberal Democrat Minister Announces NHS Bill Re-Draft
The Government will amend controversial regulations governing tendering for NHS services following widespread concerns about the role of competition, MPs were told.
6 Mar 2013
Moor End Road - County Council to Try Again
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.
5 Mar 2013
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
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
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