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Coming Down the Legislative Track - More Power for the Inner Clique in the Johnson Regime Cabinet.

A BILL TO Make provision about the Dissolution and Calling of Parliament, including provision for the Repeal of the Fixed-term Parliaments Act 2011; and for connected purposes. BE IT ENACTED by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:- 1 Repeal of the Fixed-term Parliaments Act 2011 The Fixed-term Parliaments Act 2011 is repealed . 2 Revival of Prerogative Powers to dissolve Parliament and to call a new Parliament (1) The powers relating to the dissolution of Parliament and the calling of a new Parliament that were exercisable by virtue of Her Majesty's Prerogative immediately before the commencement of the Fixed-term Parliaments Act 2011 are exercisable again, as if the Fixed-term Parliaments Act 2011 had never been enacted. (2) For the purposes of subsection (1), the powers relating to the calling of a new Parliament include powers to

Hertfordshire County Council Unanimous in its Concern regarding Aviation and Shipping Carbon Dioxide Emissions

In the light of proposals to expand Luton Airport, Hertfordshire County Council, after discussions and debate, unanimously agreed an appropriate motion to limit CO2 emissions originally proposed by Liberal Democrat Cllr John Hale, and seconded by his colleague, Cllr Steve Jarvis.

Triple Success for Liberal Democrats in Dacorum as 2 Borough Council Seats and a Berkhamsted Town Council Seat are Easily Held.

TRIPLE SUCCESS FOR LIB DEMS IN DACORUM IN THREE LOCAL BY-ELECTIONS ON FEBRUARY 3rd BERKHAMSTED WEST (Dacorum BC) Liberal Democrat (Anne Foster): 924 [64.1%, +13.9%] Conservative: 318 [22.1%, -5.6%] Green: 130 [9.0%, -5.8%] Labour: 69 [4.8%,-2.5%] Liberal Democrat HOLD BOXMOOR (DACORUM BC) Liberal Democrat (Dhyani Seema): 1319 [60.5%, +18.3%] Conservative: 599 [27.5%, -4.3%] Labour: 171 [7.8%, -6.3%] Green: 92 [4.2%,-7.8%] Liberal Democrat HOLD.

Building for the Future involves Caring for Children and Young People. The UK has been failing Families and Young People for Decades

"The Child is Father to the Man", expressed by Wordsworth in 1802 must have been a commonplace thought even earlier than that, despite "breeding" having long been almost universally held as the dominant factor in the development of young people and in fixing patterns of behaviour throughout their subsequent years. But Wordsworth certainly popularised this thought, which speaks so uccinctly to the importance of early experience in setting trends for adolescent and post-adolescent development and behaviour.

Bringing back the buzz to Boxmoor - Simy wins by-election

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