
Liberal Democrats Demand Renewed Answers Over Highway Fraud Allegations
In a shock move, the Liberal Democrat Group on Hertfordshire County Council has demanded urgent answers to allegations of fraud made by a whistle blower.
In a shock move, the Liberal Democrat Group on Hertfordshire County Council has demanded urgent answers to allegations of fraud made by a whistle blower.
Ringway, Hertfordshire County Council's new highways contractor, has again come under fire from angry county councillors.
Liberal Democrat County Councillor for Tring & the Villages, Nick Hollinghurst has called for the Secretary of State for Health, the Rt Hon Jeremy Hunt, to act on today's announcement of a damning report from the Quality Care Commission (CQC). This has severely criticised the management of the Lister Surgicentre in Stevenage by Clinicenta, whose parent company is the engineering and construction giant Carillion plc.
The Government will amend controversial regulations governing tendering for NHS services following widespread concerns about the role of competition, MPs were told.
Now that the new Highways contracting arrangements for Hertfordshire are underway, the County Council is to try again with the Moor End Road Bus Lane in Hemel Hempstead.
Cllrs Nick and Rosemarie Hollinghurst from Tring were able to steal a day out of their busy schedules to do their bit in the recent Eastleigh By Election.