I posted the following text on 38 Degrees as part of the demonstration of condemnation of the massacre in Paris and to show solidarity with the people of Paris and of France in the face of this latest attack upon humanity.
At last Tuesday's Hertfordshire Council meeting, Nick Hollinghurst, County Councillor for Tring and the Villages, hit out at the Tory Government's inconsistencies on public spending and the economy. The Hertfordshire Tories had announced further budget cuts and once again trotted out Geoge Osborne's excuse that - now 7 years after the banking crash - the UK's economic situation was still so bad that further spending cuts were both urgent and unavoidable.
The Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, Amber Rudd, has given a speech on the Government's new energy policy. It involves cutting back further on renewables and increasing nuclear and gas. Decarbonisation has been down-graded in terms of priority.
Peers have backed calls to give 16 and 17 year olds the right to take part in the UK's EU referendum. The House of Lords voted to amend the European Referendum Bill - which paves the way for a poll by the end of 2017 - to extend the franchise, by 293 to 211.
Next Wednesday, the Conservatives, in the person of Chancellor George Osbourn, will deliver the results of his Comprehensive Spending Review now without the benefit of Lib Dem leavening. Liberal Democrat leader Tim Farron has delivered his first economic speech as Leader and sets out the Liberal Democrat priorities ahead of the Comprehensive Spending Review.
A package of safety improvements for Footpath 41 where it crosses Station Road and London Road by Tesco is being worked up.