Hemel Hempstead Liberal Democrats

Why not help people to help themselves with handy salt bins on hilly roads?

Right across the county this winter, the Liberal Democrats have been fighting the Conservatives to try to get new salt bins and support residents with self help.

16 Feb 2013

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Unwise G4S Plan to Outsource Police Support Work Scrapped After Liberal Democrat Pressure

Last October and November Liberal Democrats campaigned strongly against the "unwise" plan by the Conservative Police and Crime Commissioner. County Councillor Nick Hollinghurst who spoke twice at Council meetings at County Hall said "Apart from G4S's lamentable performance with Olympic Games security, we have to remember they are a large multi-national corporation. They run prisons, courts, police administration, prisoner transport and support services. It is unwise to hand over yet another part of Britain's criminal justice system to an international private business with, some say, already too great an influence in UK policing."

13 Feb 2013

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Children with Free School Meals are Being Let Down in Hertfordshire schools In Spite of the Pupil Premium

A recent report to the Education and Skills Cabinet Panel on the Standards and Quality in Hertfordshire Schools shows that at Key Stages 2 and 4 children with free schools meals are achieving far lower results than their fellow pupils. The figures are damning. At key stage 2 , 24% fewer children with free school meals made the expected progress in English and Mathematics, 7% worse than the national average and significantly worse when compared with similar authorities. At Key stage 4 it's the same story. Only one third of pupils with free school meals achieved the expected progress from Key Stage 2 to 4, 11% worse than the national average. Last year Hertfordshire Schools received £16 million pounds of additional Pupil Premium funding specifically to improve the education of disadvantaged children.

12 Feb 2013

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Liberal Democrats Freeze Watford Council Tax

On Wednesday 30 January at Watford Borough Council's meeting, the Liberal Democrat Elected Mayor of Watford, Dorothy Thornhill, proposed a council tax freeze for 2013/14, which the Council agreed.

11 Feb 2013

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Hertfordshire Councillors take Main Highway Repairs Contractor to Task over Response Failures

Senior Directors of Ringway had to answer a storm of criticism at a packed meeting in Hertfordshire's County Hall last Tuesday (5th February, 2013). With 37 councillors and council officers in attendance, the contracting company was left in no doubt about widespread dissatisfaction with their failure to deliver an adequate service since taking over most of the County's highways work on 1st Oct last year.

10 Feb 2013

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Public Health Budget Increase is Welcome After Labour Neglect

Responding to the Government's announcement on the public health funding settlement, Cllr Nick Hollinghurst, County Councillor for Tring and the Villages said: "Here in Hertfordshire our funding for Public Health will increase by 10% per annum for the next two years. This is the largest percentage increase in Britain and is appropriate for a county where the population has increased so much over the last 10 years. The extra money will help Hertfordshire tackle a number of Public Health issues including rising obesity, alcohol abuse and smoking."

8 Feb 2013

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