Catch 22? Is it really such Wonderful News that Government Borrowing is Down?
The following Conservative government’s response was, reasonably enough, to reduce government spending, but they also – unreasonably – refrained from […]
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MP expresses local people’s frustration at ‘shambolic’ Lakes Line service during meeting with Northern
Local MP Tim Farron has told managers at the rail company Northern that passengers on the Lakes Line are choosing […]
Read more →Vince Cable Speech: A Call to Break-up the Big Tech Monopolies
Vince Cable has criticised the effective monopolies enjoyed by the likes of Google, Facebook, and Amazon – comparing their market […]
Read more →Liberal Democrats oppose County’s Plans to outsource the Library Service
At today’s meeting of the Education, Libraries and Localism Cabinet Panel. The Liberal Democrat team voted against the County’s plans […]
Read more →Hertfordshire Chamber Orchestra Delights Audience at St PeterandSt Paul Church, Tring at a Rennie Grove Benefit Concert
The Hertfordshire Chamber Orchestra is celebrating its 50th Anniversary Year and recently welcomed back Paul Barritt as their Director.
Paul conducted […]
London Mayor’s Promise of More EV Charging Points in London is Slowly Being Made Good
Last year, in August 2017, the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan announced a £4.5 million investment in electric car charging […]
Read more →European Banking Authority to Relocate from London to Paris as the UK Prepares to Withdraw from Europe.
Following the delivery of the Article 50 letter in which the UK government applied to take the UK out of […]
Read more →Parliamentary Transport Committee finds Transport Secretary Chris Grayling Lacking in Candour but Strong on Imagination
Transport Committee claims Chris Grayling ‘knew vital bi-mode tech didn’t exist’ when he scrapped three key rail electrification schemes
A damning […]
Let Down by London – Labour London Mayor, Sadiq Khan, can’t be asked about his Committment to Hertfordshire!
Nor, it appears, is he prepared to explain why he has gone back on his own aspiration to take over […]
Read more →Liberal Democrat Motion Proposing Highway Policy Changes to Introduce More Flexibility into Setting up 20mph Zones – Passed with All-Party Support
Shortly before the last Hertfordshire County Council Meeting (27th March, 2018) Nick Hollinghurst, the Liberal Democat County Councillor for Tring […]
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