Liberal Democrat County Councillors have welcomed plans for a Hertfordshire tree strategy that could see more than a million additional trees in the county but called for big changes in the way the council deals with existing roadside trees. The tree "establishing" plans were discussed at a meeting of Herts County Council's Environment Panel on 10^th June.

Liberal Democrats have gained five seats on Herts County Council. 1 of those in Hemel Hempstead, and another in Berkhamsted

Hemel Hempstead Town (Apsley, Boxmoor & Town Centre) was gained by Adrian England. Hemel Hempstead St Paul's (Highfield, West Adeyfield & Old Town) was held by Ron Tindall both wards were heavily contested but at the end of the day, local people can see the hard work that Adrian and Ron currently do and will continue to do for them.

You can vote TODAY until 10pm

This election is the first to take place under covid regulations, and there are a few new rules that you need to be aware of:

• Bring YOUR OWN PEN to the polling station
• Bring a FACE MASK to the polling station
• If you need a lift to the polling station Community Action Dacorum can help, call them on 01442 212888
• If you have yet to post your postal vote, you can take it along to any polling station in Dacorum
• Most political parties won't have people outside polling stations, you can tell us when you have voted here instead libdems.org.uk/voted
• A list of Lib Dem candidates can be found here
• The Lib Dem Manifesto for County Council & Police Commissioner are here

Dacorum Borough Council Conservatives have belatedly seen the light on the proposed development in the Local Plan they put out for consultation over the Winter. The Lib Dems (the opposition in Dacorum Council) tried several times to persuade them to reconsider this consultation, but all those motions were voted down. However it appears that now (days before another election) is the time they have chosen to announce they are doing what Lib Dems, Residents Associations, local groups and thousands of individual residents, have been demanding for months. Many of us may well wonder about the reckless waste of time, effort and taxpayers money, when the problems were clear from the outset.