Held towards the end of August on a splendid summer's evening, Chorleywood Liberal Democrats gathered for a garden party at the home of Iona and John Copley in Blacketts Wood Drive to welcome new members to the local branch of West Herts Liberal Democrats.
Addressing members at the Liberal Democrat Autumn Conference, party leader Tim Farron said:
Lib Dem Party leader Tim Farron has said the Liberal Democrats are the only party for small business and enterprise.
More Liberal Democrat members than ever before attended their conference in Bournemouth last week, as leader Tim Farron leads the party's fightback.
For over 10 years Network Rail (and Railtrack before it) have been working with local authorities and industry stakeholders on a project known as F2N to improve the Felixstowe to Nuneaton railfreight route across East of England Region. This had been hampered for decades by lack of capacity, the need to reverse trains to negotiate incomplete junctions and a loading gauge which prevented the new larger transport containers from being carried. As a result, ever increasing container-carrying lorry traffic clogged up the A14. One relatively quick fix to move the larger containers by rail was by raising the clearance through the Ipswich Tunnel - but this route was a long way round for freight destined for the Midlands and the North West. It led south through North London and then onto the West Coast Mainline, reducing capacity for passenger and commuter services. With the development of the East Coast ports proceeding apace, it was decided to implement a series of rail improvement schemes to improve the capacity
Over £7m could be cut from the county council's highways budget in the next five years according to a shock announcement from the Government, reported to the county council's Highways Panel this week.
