News - Mid Suffolk Liberal Democrats

Slow Progress in Developing Flood Control at Local Level - but Progress Nevertheless.

Six or seven years ago, the government passed much of the responsibility for flood mitigation onto Lead Local Flood Authorities (LLFAs) - in our case that is Hertfordshire County Council. Their role is to develop a strategy to monitor local flood risks within the county. They also draw up and maintain a record of structures, such as walls and embankments that might have a significant effeect on flood risk, recording their ownership and state of repair. This data is identified in the Hertfordshire Flood Risk Asset Register.

11 Jul 2019

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Liberal Democrats welcome an Extension of Sustainable Transport as East-West Rail Decide on the Route through Cambourne as their Preference for the Central Section

East-West Rail announced at the end of January 2020 that, following on from an extensive consultation, which included the views of Hertfordshire County Council, the company had decided on Option E as their Preferred Route. This is the route through Cambourne.

18 Feb 2020

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North Hertfordshire Liberal Democrat group photo

Liberal Democrat Plans for a Fairer, Greener and Healthier Hertfordshire Vetoed by the Conservatives

Liberal Democrat plans for free school meals for vulnerable children, investment in roads and footways, action on flooding, tree planting and mental health support in schools have all been voted down by the Conservatives at Hertfordshire County Council.

27 Feb 2021

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Pupils and parents are being failed by SEND support crisis

Responding to the publication last month (23/10/19) of the Education Select Committee's report on children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND), Liberal Democrat Parliamentary Candidate for South West Herts, Sally Symington, said: "Children with SEND have borne the brunt of the schools funding crisis. Teaching assistants and other support staff have been sacked. Meanwhile, parents struggle to get the support their child needs as schools, healthcare providers and local councils squabble over who should pay. "The Conservatives have left local councils floundering. Councils cannot provide support on time and are unable to to create the new specialist school places that some children with the most complex needs require. "Liberal Democrats demand better for our children. We will give councils thousands of pounds a year extra for every child with the most complex needs, so they can deliver the support children deserve on time and we will create a new National SEND strategy, stopping councils from

12 Nov 2019

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"Relentless Push for Development is Destroying Rural Dacorum", claim Liberal Democrat Opposition Councillors

Why does the Housing Secretary think a zoning system from the Wild West will work in "England's green and pleasant land?" Or anywhere else in the UK come to mention it! And to make matters worse local planning authorities - in our case Dacorum Borough Council - appear to be completely in thrall to the Housing Secretary?

21 Feb 2021

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Hertfordshire County Council Elections - Tring and Berkhamsted Division Results

BERKHAMSTED COUNTY COUNCIL DIVISION

8 May 2021

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