Harpenden & Berkhamsted
Lib Dems celebrate big wins locally
7th December by-elections, TWO gains for the Liberal Democrats
8 Dec 2023
Harpenden & Berkhamsted Liberal Democrats
serving Tring, Berkhamsted, Harpenden & Villages
Victoria Collins
Local MPs vote down sewage sickness compensation scheme
Victoria Collins & Local Liberal Democrats have slammed the local Tory MPs for voting against a compensation scheme for swimmers who get sick from sewage. Even though 1,924 people got sick due to suspected sewage pollution last year.
8 Dec 2023
Dacorum
Hemel Health Hub ?
Could a new Hemel Heath Hub serving Hemel, Berkhamsted and surrounding villages be on its way?
3 Dec 2023
Victoria Collins
Autumn Statement: Government allowing local health services to crumble
Lib Dem Parliamentary candidate for Harpenden & Berkhamsted accuses the Government of being ‘content with local health services crumbling’ after Wednesday’s Autumn Statement failed to provide additional funding for local health services.
22 Nov 2023
Sammy 4 Hemel
Homelessness isn't a lifestyle choice
Sammy Barry-Mears calls for Rishi Sunak to sack Suella Braverman over her comment that homelessness is a lifestyle choice
8 Nov 2023
Sammy 4 Hemel
Sammy Barry-Mears for Hemel
Local councillor Sammy Barry-Mears has been selected to be the prospective parliamentary candidate for the Liberal Democrats in Hemel Hempstead.
7 Nov 2023
Hertfordshire News
Hertfordshire County
Hertfordshire Lib Dems scrap Tory plans to slash recycling access.
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.
12 Jun 2025
Hertfordshire County
Liberal Democrats take control of Hertfordshire County Council
Lib Dems are now leading Hertfordshire County Council, for the first time in its 136-year history.
22 May 2025
Hertfordshire County
Conservatives condemn Hertfordshire to seven more years of pothole hell
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.
19 Mar 2025
UK Lib Dem news
International Affairs
Trump and the Wider World
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.
CM
by Calum Miller
15 Mar 2026
Children & Families
A digital world fit for the next generation
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.
VC
15 Mar 2026
Defence
Britain’s nuclear deterrent depends on Trump. It’s time to change that
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.
ED
14 Mar 2026