Ashridge Beechwoods, Local Plan delayed, new build planning frozen
ASHRIDGE BEECHWOODS: CONSERVATIVES' FAILURES COME BACK TO BITE THEM, AS LOCAL PLAN DELAYED AND NEW-BUILD PLANNING APPLICATIONS FROZEN
14 Mar 2022
Harpenden & Berkhamsted Liberal Democrats
serving Tring, Berkhamsted, Harpenden & Villages
Conservative plans for Electric Vehicles in Dacorum "stuck on charge"
Fast? Rapid? Ultra Rapid? Try "Slow".
11 Mar 2022
Liberal Democrat Budget Motion defeated by only two votes at Council Meeting
In a charged Council session sitting until 10.30pm, Dacorum debated the 2022/23 budget, Luton Airport expansion and some revealing questions and answers with the Cabinet.
25 Feb 2022
Bringing back the buzz to Boxmoor - Simy wins by-election
Not long after midnight on Friday 4th the new councillor for Boxmoor was elected. Simy was suprised by her majority over the...
5 Feb 2022
BOXMOOR TRAFFIC STRATEGY LAUNCHED
Since April 2021 Boxmoor's councillors supported by 23 local volunteers have spent over 100 hours surveying and analysing traffic flows at notorious rat runs and busy roads across Boxmoor. "We needed to understand the scale and nuances of a problem before we can discuss solutions." says Adrian England, County Councillor for Boxmoor. Key findings so far are that: - traffic on Lockers Park Lane increases by 6.5 times on a school day - 89% of eastbound rush hour traffic on St Johns Rd is through traffic - at peak times pedestrians have to cope with a car every five seconds on Fishery Road This collected data and analysis is to help support lobbying and inform decision-making. As a result of the data collected, Boxmoor Councillors have found the funding for a pedestrian crossing on Fishery Road and Herts County Council are undertaking a feasibility study. Dacorum Borough Councillor William Allen explains "this is only a start - our surveying will continue to more areas and this will help us to chip away at the pr
31 Jan 2022
Liberal Democrats Select Local Businesswoman and Community Activist as Candidate for Boxmoor Bye-Election
THERE IS A DACORUM COUNCIL BYE-ELECTION IN BOXMOOR, ON THURSDAY, 3RD FEBRUARY, 2022 Cllr William Allen, also a DBC councillor for Boxmoor - a 3-councillor ward - says, "Our colleague Liz Uttley has been a wonderful hardworking councillor, but a career move within the family meant a change of scene.
9 Jan 2022
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