The Conservatives' 'uninspired' proposals in the County's newly adopted 'Sustainable Hertfordshire Action Plan' have been slammed by the Liberal Democrats after the Conservatives rejected immediate 10 point action plan

Liberal Democrat councillors, at the full Stevenage Borough Council meeting on 14 October, abstained from supporting the Council’s plans for £1.38 million more from council taxpayers to plug a funding gap in the Council’s Leisure Services management company, Stevenage Leisure Limited (SLL).

As the Opposition Spokesperson on Education (Liberal Democrats) at Herts. County Council, Mark Watkin writes an open letter to Tery Douris (Conservative Portfolio Holder at HCC):

Conservative and Labour councillors have joined forces at North Herts Council to block a Liberal Democrat plan to save the Green Belt from thousands of houses that the latest predictions say are not needed in the district.

In July the Office for National Statistics (ONS) updated their predictions cutting the expected number of new households in the district by 2031 from over 13,000 to under 7,000. Even after adding factors that might increase the number and an entirely arbitrary 10% for "market signals" the professional planners could not justify a number more than 11,600.

No child should go hungry in the UK

Free School Meals are not currently provided outside school terms here in Hertfordshire. We think they should be. 

Hertfordshire County Council’s Locality Budget scheme has funded thousands of worthwhile projects since it was launched in 2009, making a positive difference to many Hertfordshire communities.

Resident and community groups can get free salt to grit their streets from Hertfordshire County Council (HCC) as the council starts to gear up for the winter.

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