"The Tory Government is favouring its chums in the electricity supply industry by pushing the costs of private market failure onto household's electricity bills" claims a local Lib Dem Councillor.
The Cabinet of Hertfordshire's County Council has decided to end its contracts for the provision of Housing Related Support in schemes established to help single homeless persons. . HCC's funding will cease at the end of March 2017 unless the providers of housing for the single homeless accept a 15% cut in support payments . The providers affected are Hightown, Aldwyck, Kilcullen and Nightingale and their schemes mainly cater for mentally ill persons. However HCC has decided that support for the single homeless is not a core activity. . Hemel Hempstead Liberal Democrat Councillor, Ron Tindall, tabled a motion to Council calling for the decision on these cuts to be reversed. . Sadly the majority Conservative Group voted for the cuts to proceed, so Ron's motion was lost and the cuts will now be put into effect. . At a time when we should be increasing support for the mentally ill, HCC has decided to cut support instead.
There is to be a Dacorum Council by-election in Adeyfield West, Hemel Hempstead on 29th September.
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".
Nick Clegg has said that all 16-21 year olds in England will get a 66% discount on bus travel.
You would think that Dacorum Borough Council could successfully carry through a nice, popular, simple little project like erecting some commerative street signs. When the fours signs, each on a tasteful dark green background, were erected everyone was pleased - especially Cllr Christopher Townsend who had asked for signs in the first place. Yes, they had different backgrounds, but most people thought that was intentional and that it was a way to make the commemeration more prominent and noticeable.