Lib Dem Councillors and Activists from across Hertfordshire have written to the Vice Chancellor of the University of Hertfordshire asking for clarification regarding its position on rent expections for on-campus accommodation at the University. Lib Dem Hertford Rural candidate Daniel Newton says:

'It is essential that students are supported at this worrying time. We want to work with the University to make sure they are not paying the price for services they cannot access.'

From Andrew Melville, Jerry Evans, and Paul Richards - Lib Dem borough councillors for Bushey North

For nearly three years, we've been battling to put a stop to the problems at Bushey Hall Farm, where the owners are using the site to run an industrial tarmac business without planning permission.

Their lorries and machines create huge amounts of noise and disturbance on a daily basis - often from as early as 5.00am. This has blighted our neighbourhood and caused misery for hundreds of North Bushey residents.

For more than three years, Bushey Lib Dems and local campaigners have fought to put a stop to the problems at Bushey Hall Farm, in Bushey Mill Lane, where the owners are running an industrial tarmac business without planning permission. Their lorries and machines create huge amounts of noise and disturbance, which blight the neighbourhood and cause misery for residents on daily basis.

Despite opposition from the Liberal Democrats, Conservatives at Herts county council have voted to approve a flawed Speed Management Strategy which will make it harder to introduce 20mph zones and means that Hertfordshire has fallen behind other authorities in the widespread introduction of 20mph limits.

The Conservatives' 'uninspired' proposals in the County's newly adopted 'Sustainable Hertfordshire Action Plan' have been slammed by the Liberal Democrats after the Conservatives rejected their immediate 10 point action plan

As a result, it is claimed the county is unlikely to meet the council's target of zero carbon emissions by 2030.

Lib Dem County councillor Steve Jarvis, who proposed a 10 point set of proposals to cut carbon emissions said: "We need bold and immediate steps not woolly words. We have an immediate plan to tackle the problems if we take control of the County Council in May"

Amongst the proposals rejected by the Conservatives were:

Funding for school children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) will need to be cut if
the Government fails to address a multi-million-pound gap in funding for the most vulnerable, warns
Daisy Cooper, the MP for St Albans.

In her own county, according to figures supplied by Hertfordshire Schools Forum, the deficit is forecast to rise to
£11 million in 2022-3 and to £19.8 million in 2023-4 for children with 'High Needs'.

Herts County Council's Highways Panel has voted in favour of a new speed management strategy that will make it harder to introduce new 20mph speed limits.

At the moment, to introduce a 20mph limit without humps or similar traffic calming, the existing speeds must be 25mph or below in at least 90% of the roads covered. The new strategy changes this to require existing speeds below 24mph in every single road. It also introduces a policy of removing new 20mph limits if speeds remain too high after they have been installed for a year.

An Extraordinary meeting of Herts County Council held this morning (Tuesday 17th November) agreed to provide support to vulnerable families and children receiving free school meals through the school holidays up to the end of the Summer half-term next year. In so doing, the Council recognised the growing seriousness of child poverty in society.