A quick guide to how you get represented on different issues, locally
Who makes the decisions around here? Where and by who do I get represented?
25 Aug 2021
News
PR "They won't like it up 'em, Mr Mainwaring!" "What's that, Jones?" "Voting Reform, Sir. They won't like it one little bit!"
"They won't like it up 'em, Mr Mainwaring!" "What's that, Jones?" "Voting Reform, Sir. They won't like it one little bit!"
15 Aug 2021
Responding to the Climate Emergency will require a shift from Private to Public Transport Transport.
The Climate Emergency is upon us. It'll get worse still before it gets better. The top priority for every individual & government is to work hard to slow it down & turn it around. If we don't start making some serious political and life-style changes then at best our great grandchildren will face horrible conditions - and at worst they mightn't be there at all.
8 Aug 2021
Lib Dems welcome Cabinet decision to defer Plan Publication and will maintain pressure to re-run Public Consultation
Following the recent committee meeting in which Lib Dems pushed for a delay of Reg 19, DBC Cabinet has voted to defer Regulation 19*. Cllr Sheron Wilkie (Lib Dem, Tring Central) welcomed the decision, saying: "The indications are that a substantive amount of work is going to take place now, and it may take another two years to complete a report. In contrast to what we have been hearing up until now, there seems at last to be some recognition among the Conservatives that another Regulation 18** consultation is likely to be needed, which the Lib Dems have been pushing for."
DLDPO
1 Aug 2021
Dacorum greenbelt defended by Lib Dems, but public excluded by Tory leaders, local & national
Dacorum Lib Dems secure prudent delay to progress of controversial Local Plan, and more scrutiny, but Conservatives block efforts to consider another public consultation
HHLDPO
21 Jul 2021
The Tory Double Whammy - first their Environment Bill will remove protection from Green Spaces, then their Planning Bill will open the country of to Developers.
"The Conservatives are failing to protect nature", Sarah Olney MP The Liberal Democrats HAVE proposed changes to the Environment Bill to protect green spaces and wildlife.
19 Jul 2021