National Liftshare Initiative
Hertfordshire County Council is encouraging drivers to think about the benefits of sharing their journeys to work as part of last week's National Liftshare initiative (7 - 11 October).
18 Oct 2013
News
Back in the NHS – Surgical Unit and Eye Clinic To Come Back Home to the Lister Hospital, Stevenage!
Following pressure from local Liberal Democrats, local MP Stephen McPartland and concerned clinicians, the privately run Surgicentre, which provided planned surgery (like knee and hip replacements) and ophthalmology to local NHS patients, is now to be run by the E&N Herts NHS Trust.
15 Oct 2013
Herts County Council - Road Repairs to A4251 and A4125 Watford, Rickmansworth, Berkhamsted, Tring and Northchurch
Road repairs are to take place on several stretches of the A4251 and the A4125 between 16 September 2013 and 16 March 2014. These will require road closures and waiting restrictions when the signs are in place.
14 Oct 2013
Liberal Democrat Moves in Europe Will End the "British Blame Game"
The UK Government is notorious in taking reasonable EU directives and adapting them for application here in ways that are over-complex and far too strict. This behaviour undermines the credibility and acceptability of important regulations, most famously Health and Safety measures. It's great fun to blame "Brussels" of course - and insurance salesmen have a field day selling more and more imaginative policies - but it can mean workplace safety is not taken seriously and contributes to the UK's poor level of labour productivity.
4 Oct 2013
There IS Such A Thing as a Free Lunch!
A major new policy was announced at the Autumn LibDem Conference in Glasgow last month.
3 Oct 2013
How UKIP Managed To Lose 45% Of Their MEPs
By Giles Goodall | LibDem Voice
30 Sep 2013