Opposition Liberal Democrat Councillors have hit out over Hertfordshire County Council's policies on providing electric vehicle charge points as "totally lacking vision and unambitious".
Hertfordshire County Council has failed to deliver improvements of over £250m to residents over the last 4 years
Tory-run Hertfordshire County Council has missed the opportunity of a significant cut to their carbon emissions. The authority has announced that although it is changing the fuel used by its fire engines and other fire service vehicles it is not to switching them to electric power.
Last Wednesday night it finally became much easier to see what Dacorum is doing and how local decision-making works. After some years of campaigning by Lib Dems, Dacorum took a step into the open by streaming "Full Council", 15th September 2021, live on YouTube. The two-hour evening meeting saw brief verbal reports from the Deputy Leader of the Council and six Cabinet Portfolios, each followed by 10 minutes of questioning, with the other 43 Councillors asking pairs of "question and follow-up" to the Cabinet. Then came the main event, with a debate opened by Lib Dem Co-Deputy Leader Cllr Adrian England, centred on the forthcoming Climate Conference COP26 and a proposal that Dacorum write to Ministers, to ask that Central Govt acts urgently on workforce shortages and scaling-up of plans for insulating more homes. Conservatives supported the Motion and Cabinet Portfolio-holder for Environment Cllr Graham Barrett seconded, so, unusually, there was unanimous agreement - important given the urgency and importa
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October is Black History Month - a chance to celebrate the Black British community, acknowledge their contributions and discover their stories.
Read Ed Davey's speech to the Liberal Democrats' Autumn Conference in Brighton
Carers are not just support for their loved ones—they are the glue holding our fragile social care system together. They deserve more than token acknowledgements or empty promises.
