Sewage dumping in Hertfordshire reaches 11,328 hours in 2023 New figures analysing sewage dumped in Council areas have revealed that sewage was dumped into waterways in the County of Hertfordshire for 11,328 hours in 2023.
Conservative MPs, including Bim Afolami (Hitchin & Harpenden), Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead) and Gagan Mohindra (South West Hertfordshire) have voted in favour of weakening the water regulator’s ability to take enforcement action on water companies.
Markyate Overflow Reaches Almost 1,000 Hours of Pumping Sewage Into Chalk Stream, River Ver
160 patients waited over 24 hours to be admitted to hospital at A&E in West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust last year
Police in Hertfordshire are taking an average of nine hours and 28 minutes to respond to burglary calls, damning new figures uncovered by the Liberal Democrats have revealed.
New figures released by the Environment Agency have shown that Thames Water discharged sewage into waterways for a staggering 196,414 hours last year, a 163% increase on 2022.
The freedom for residents to use recycling centres will be protected - after Lib Dems scrapped disastrous Tory plans to reduce opening hours, and force users to pre-book visits.
Lib Dems are now leading Hertfordshire County Council, for the first time in its 136-year history.
Hertfordshire motorists could face years of further pothole misery, after Tory council leaders renewed a maintenance contract blamed for the appalling state of the county’s roads.
The international stage has been shaken by a series of reckless and illegal actions from Donald Trump’s White House. Liberal Democrat members have passed a new motion to bolster our national defence and strengthen our alliances with reliable partners.
For too long, tech giants have treated children as data to be mined, using addictive algorithms and harmful content to keep them scrolling. While some are calling for blanket bans, we know these are impractical and risk isolating vulnerable groups.
If the answer to “Is our nuclear deterrent working?” depends on what Donald Trump had for breakfast, then the answer is no, it’s not. And our deterrent is not truly independent.