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.

Can you help with the Box Wood Public Rights of Way Application?

Local Liberal Democrats in Stevenage have warned that overstretched police in Hertfordshire are struggling to combat a surge in knife crime, and are calling for additional funding for community police.

The Liberal Democrats have called on the Government to commit to a Summer Learning Fund that would support 2443* disadvantaged children across the Stevenage constituency to get ready for returning to school.

I receive frequent complaints about the very poor state of the carriageway surface of the roundabout at Fairlands Way/Verity Way, sometimes on local Facebook sites. Be assured that I have been taking this important problem up with HCC for about 2 years now.

Following on from Councillor Parker’s post a few days ago I wanted to provide a bit more information on the process of applying to have the footpaths within Box Wood recognised as public Rights of Way.

The process of designating these as footpaths is known as a Definitive Map Modification Order (DMMO). The application for a DMMO is submitted to Hertfordshire County Council who will then assess the evidence, consult with interested parties (applicants, landowners, parish and district councils) and make a decision.

Local Stevenage Liberal Democrat councillors became aware a few weeks ago of the proposed sale by auction of plots of woodland in parts of Boxwood. Like some others, we have researched the facts from both East Herts District Council (EHDC) and the Forestry Commission.

Liberal Democrats have called on Stevenage MP Stephen McPartland to back calls for a review of the no-deal Brexit impact assessments in light of the threat of the coronavirus pandemic.

In a letter addressed to the MP, Liberal Democrat spokesperson Lisa Nash for the Stevenage Constituency said: "as the Prime Minister continues to refuse to rethink his position on accepting an extension to the transition period, it is time the facts were laid bare about what this will mean for our country."

Stevenage Liberal Democrats described as “very disappointing – but not unexpected” the announcement this week by the Conservative Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, that he would not to ‘call in’ two recent, controversial planning applications for housing developments in Gresley Park and Forster Country.

Liberal Democrats are calling for an independent inquiry into deaths of care home residents from COVID-19 in Hertfordshire. The Office of National Statistics (ONS) say Hertfordshire has one of the highest care homes death tolls from Coronavirus. Hertfordshire Lib Dems have estimated that as many as 500 care home residents may have died from COVID-19 in Hertfordshire.