"The British people are fed up of having their expectations managed. For years, Boris Johnson has said things will get better. But things keep getting worse. So let me tell the Prime Minister: the British people expect to be led, and to be led with decency." Ed Davey
The Local Plan is so far only shelved, not cancelled or changed. As things stand, Bushey will lose 220 acres of greenbelt to make way for 2,900 new homes. The primary reason is the housing targets imposed on the borough by government - which are 40% above the national average and take no account of our greenbelt status.
Council leaders have refused to lobby for lower government house-building targets for Hertsmere borough.
Hertsmere Council leaders have been forced to ditch their draft Local Plan after residents filed a staggering 20,000 objections during the public consultation.
In a stunning about turn, Hertsmere council leaders this evening announced that they've shelved their Local Plan. Congratulations to all the residents whose hard work in generating 20,000 responses to the consultation has forced the council leadership into a climbdown.
Conservative run Hertfordshire County Council failed to fix over 50% of reported potholes in the year to May 2023.
I will keep fighting for the rights of the entire LGBT+ community, until true equality is achieved.
Liberal Democrats gained 407 councillors and control of 12 councils in England, giving us our best result in decades.
British people are struggling with eye-watering food prices and yet this Conservative Government is refusing to help. Liberal Democrats are putting forward a proper plan to make food cheaper.
This is a devastating blow to our country’s environment.
This could lead to countless missed or delayed diagnoses as people go without the care they need, creating a ticking time bomb for our NHS.
More than three in five local areas in England have seen a rise in the number of people per dentist.
Liberal Democrats are calling for a new statutory guarantee that all burglaries will be attended by police and properly investigated.
Ed Davey has smashed the ‘Blue Wall’ with a yellow tractor, as he officially launched our English local election campaign in Hertfordshire.
We love our country and want to transform it for the better. To build a liberal Britain, and spread real opportunity to every city, town and village across our great United Kingdom. To deliver the fair deal that the British people deserve.
Everybody should be able to get the high-quality care they need, when they need it. But across the country, social care services are in crisis.
The anti-refugee Braverman Bill is immoral, unworkable and incredibly costly.
Cllr Mike Ross, leader of Hull Council, addresses Spring Conference 2023.
