Liberal Democrats Win Eastleigh as Tories Come Third and Labour Trail in Fourth Place
MIKE THORNTON, LIBERAL DEMOCRATS - 13,342 - ELECTED
2 Mar 2013
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The Lower Paid Pay LESS Tax Under the Coalition than Under Labour and the Rich Pay MORE
The red line on the graph shows the Average Tax on Personal Income under Labour for 2009/10 at different Personal Income levels from £10,000 going up to £2,000,000.
24 Feb 2013
Hertfordshire Conservatives Failing to Provide Enough Pre-School Places
Figures released by the County Council in January 2013 have revealed that there are just 1200 pre-school places across the entire county, despite a target requirement of 4000 by September 2014. Failure to recruit organisations to provide the places has already lead to the criteria having to be amended. This Tory failure is letting down parents trying to get back to work.
23 Feb 2013
No to Helioslough say County Council Liberal Democrats
Hertfordshire Liberal Democrat County Councillors Rob Prowse (St Albans East) and Aislinn Lee (St Stephens ) position on the Rail Freight Terminal on the Old Radlett Aerodrome site has always been quite clear. They have, along with fellow Lib Dem Councillors in St Albans and local residents, strongly opposed the application for a Rail Freight Terminal on this site. Indeed local county councillor Aislinn Lee has been a leading light in helping oppose the scheme and getting the plans rejected at local level.
22 Feb 2013
East of England Ambulance Trust Promises Health Committee "It will do Better"
Despite hearing reports of progress in keeping the books balanced, councillors at Hertfordshire County Council's Health Scrutiny Committee on 7th February, 2013 felt that they had not received an adequate explanation in the recent sudden deterioration in ambulance response times.
22 Feb 2013
New Barnfield Hits New Problems
Liberal Democrat County Councillor for Handside & Peartree, Malcolm Cowan has discovered a worrying and startling fact about the implications of the call-in of the New Barnfield incinerator plan by government. The county council have no Plan B as backup if the current plan is thrown out by the inspector, and that they also plan to persist in moving Southfield school this year. If the plan is rejected, the move will have been disruptive and pointless and if approved, it could have been delayed for a year. He says 'It really does look as if the Tory Cabinet is in denial - no plan B means years more uncertainty and extra cost as landfill prices go up. Moving Southfield school this year means a real snub to the children and their parents who have already endured years of uncertainty. It is almost as if they don't believe their plan is going off the rails'.
21 Feb 2013