"The expansion of EV motoring is far too slow," claims Hertfordshire County Councillor for Tring, Nick Hollinghurst. "We need to double the number of publicly available fast and rapid chargers and roll out a thousand or more ultra-rapid EV chargers at strategic locations right across the UK network of principal roads and motorways."
European railfreight giant, DB Cargo, has recently launched two services from Valencia and Murcia to their intermodal terminal at Barking in East London. The services were put in place at short notice to transport fresh produce and medical products to the UK to maintain supplies of food and medicines during the covid-19 crisis. The new service uses the Channel Tunnel and HS1, taking 72-hours for the journey. Each train carries over a thousand tonnes of goods and removes carbon dioxide emissions equivalent to that produced by 30 HGVs.
It's been four years since the EU referendum, the UK has left the EU - and the Tories not only are not ready, but are now trying to go back on what has been agreed so far.
John Bowden - a Husband, Councillor, Community Worker a Friend and Colleague.
Work to improve the A602 between Tonwell and Watton-at-Stone began in mid-June, with roadworks all along the route. The works will:
There's a number of grid interconnectors now in construction across the Channel, the Irish and the North Seas, or being planned e.g. IFA2, France; North Sea Link, Norway; Nautilus, Belgium and Eurolink, Netherlands.
As liberals, we believe that true equality is achieved when individuals are not only free from prejudice and discrimination, but also free to fulfil their potential. So fighting for LGBTQ+ rights is not a choice Liberals make.
The Liberal Democrats' bold plan to restore UK leadership in science and innovation will drive investment, boost global collaboration, and ensure technology benefits everyone, not just the privileged few.
Reflecting on the year’s International Women’s Day theme of “accelerate action”, I am sadly reminded of how much more we still need to achieve.
