Shelter Closure Will Hit the Most Vulnerable Hardest
County Councillor Ron Tindall (Hemel Hempstead St Pauls) has today called for action from Herts County Council following the news that Shelter Hertfordshire is to close.
17 Feb 2013
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Liberal Democrats: Cutting Your Taxes by £600 a Year
Commenting on the rise in the personal allowances against Income Tax announced in the Autumn Budget Statement, Liberal Democrat Treasury Spokesperson, Stephen Williams said:
22 Dec 2012
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How to contact the New Police & Crime Commissioner.
27 Dec 2012
Children with Free School Meals are Being Let Down in Hertfordshire schools In Spite of the Pupil Premium
A recent report to the Education and Skills Cabinet Panel on the Standards and Quality in Hertfordshire Schools shows that at Key Stages 2 and 4 children with free schools meals are achieving far lower results than their fellow pupils. The figures are damning. At key stage 2 , 24% fewer children with free school meals made the expected progress in English and Mathematics, 7% worse than the national average and significantly worse when compared with similar authorities. At Key stage 4 it's the same story. Only one third of pupils with free school meals achieved the expected progress from Key Stage 2 to 4, 11% worse than the national average. Last year Hertfordshire Schools received £16 million pounds of additional Pupil Premium funding specifically to improve the education of disadvantaged children.
12 Feb 2013
Herts County Council Spins Out of Control
Hertfordshire Council's hugely expensive and inappropriate "Spin Machine" has spun out of control again. Leader of the Opposition on Hertfordshire County Council, Councillor Stephen Giles-Medhurst has made further complaints, this time regarding press releases issued by the Council that are inaccurate and misleading.
16 Jan 2013
Dacorum Tories Force a Flawed and Unpopular Parking Scheme on Berkhamsted
Despite a Liberal Democrat challenge the Conservatives voted as a block to brush aside reasoned argument from Cllrs Nick Hollinghurst (DBC) and Garrick Stevens (Berkhamsted Town Council). The concerns and protests of residents and business were also disregarded. Just as in the case of the Moor End Road Bus Lane we were treated to the spectacle of Conservative councillors insisting they know best and everyone else is wrong. It was a foolish and expensive strategy in Moor End - will it be similarly disasterous in Berkhamsted?
13 May 2012