Hertfordshire's Lib Dem County Councillors have selected Steve Jarvis, County Councillor for Royston West & Rural, as their new leader, following the decision of Stephen Giles-Medhurst to stand down from the role after 12 years.
Liberal Democrats topped the polls across North Herts in the recent local elections with 32% of the votes and ahead of the Conservatives who got 30%. Labour came third with just 26%.
At a Full Herts County Council meeting (20th December) Hertfordshire Conservatives refused to back an opposition Liberal Democrat motion demanding fair funding to support special needs education after it was revealed that Herts County Council received £14.1m less than other County Councils.
More than 48,000 patients in our area waited more than two weeks for a GP appointment in September, new research by the Liberal Democrats has revealed. This made up 1 in 6 of all GP appointments that month, up from 1 in 10 in January.
Local Liberal Democrat councillors for Chells and Manor have been celebrating a super new children’s playground in their wards featuring something for every age group from 1 to 16. Funding for the new playground was supported by funds from councillor's Locality Budgets.
Liberal Democrat Parliamentary Candidate Sam Collins slams mini-budget: “Local homeowners have been betrayed by Truss and Kwarteng’s out of touch Conservative Government.” A typical family faces a £2,000 rise in mortgage bills following last week’s disastrous budget.
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