http://www.abbotslangley.com/newsarchive.php Recent News Stories from Abbots Langley Liberal Democrats en-GB Abbots Langley Liberal Democrats http://www.abbotslangley.com/ Prater Raines Ltd http://www.praterraines.co.uk/ (c) 2008 Abbots Langley Liberal Democrats 2008-05-16T11:19+01:00 United Kingdom http://www.abbotslangley.com/news/000135/lamp_post_fiasco_hits_local_roads.html Local LibDem councillors have asked the county council why so many lamp posts across the area are waiting to be reconnected by energy company EDF. 2008-04-04T17:34+01:00 http://www.abbotslangley.com/news/000134/tories_target_the_vulnerable_with_huge_rise_in_care_charges.html Local residents have hit out at Conservative-run Hertfordshire County Council, after the council announced massive increases in home care charges of up to 40% this month, hitting many of the most vulnerable members of the community. 2008-04-02T00:00+01:00 http://www.abbotslangley.com/news/000132/stephen_strikes_gold_in_byelection_triumph.html LibDem councillor Cllr Stephen Giles-Medhurst was tonight elected as a a Parish Councillor representing Leavesden ward, with an astonishing 92% of the vote. 2008-03-27T23:42+00:00 http://www.abbotslangley.com/news/000131/candidates_announced_for_local_elections.html The Liberal Democrat councillors to contest the Abbots Langley wards in this year's local elections have been announced. In the three local wards with elections this year, the current councillors are standing for re-election. They are: Abbots Langley - Cllr David Major; Langleybury - Cllr Chris Whately-Smith; Leavesden - Sue Bartrick. There are no local elections in Bedmond & Primrose Hill this year. 2008-03-27T18:49+00:00 http://www.abbotslangley.com/news/000127/safety_camera_markings_return_at_tibbs_hill_road_blackspot.html After several months of persistence from the LibDem team, the Conservative-run county council has finally agreed to repaint the safety camera markings in Tibbs Hill Road, near the junction with Jacketts Field. The markings were covered over when the road was resurfaced last September. 2008-03-27T13:34+00:00 http://www.abbotslangley.com/news/000126/tory_absence_proves_that_its_a_two_horse_race.html The absence of a Conservative candidate from this week's Leavesden by-election proves that Watford constituency is a two horse race, according to the local Liberal Democrats. 2008-03-25T13:31+00:00 http://www.abbotslangley.com/news/000125/former_labour_minister_says_claire_ward_under_doomsday_threat_from_libdems.html Former Labour Government Minister Charles Clarke has listed Watford's MP Claire Ward 21st in a 'Doomsday' list of seats that Labour will lose on a swing of just 1.5% at the next General Election. Mr Clarke lists the seat as being vulnerable to be lost to the Liberal Democrat candidate Sal Brinton. 2008-03-24T00:23+00:00 http://www.abbotslangley.com/news/000124/new_speed_signs_for_coates_way.html New angled 30/50 mph signs near the junction of Coates Way and the A405 have finally been installed. 2008-03-14T21:45+00:00 http://www.abbotslangley.com/news/000123/crackdown_on_illegal_car_sales.html After a request from Cllr Matthew Bedford, action is to be taken against those running a car sales business from residential streets and amenity greens in the village. 2008-03-12T22:25+00:00 http://www.abbotslangley.com/news/000120/abbots_langley_parents_hit_by_secondary_school_allocation.html Conservative controlled Hertfordshire County Council is boasting that this year more than 93% of children have been allocated one of their three choices of secondary schools. However the truth is quite different for local children. In Abbots Langley, only 69% of children at Abbots Langley primary school and 78% at Tanners Wood school have received a place at a school that they chose, leaving eighteen children from Abbots Langley school (the highest in Herts) and twelve from Tanners Wood to go to an unwanted school. 2008-03-08T10:17+00:00 http://www.abbotslangley.com/news/000118/three_rivers_cuts_crime__again.html Three Rivers Council's much-acclaimed Community Safety Partnership with the local police is bringing down crime across the district. The report for the nine months to December shows that total crime is down across Three Rivers by 26%. 2008-03-05T19:01+00:00 http://www.abbotslangley.com/news/000114/stephen_chosen_for_parish_council_byelection.html Well known local resident and Three Rivers councillor Stephen Giles-Medhurst has been selected to stand for the Parish Council by-election in Leavesden ward. The election will be held on Thursday 27th March 2008-02-27T20:38+00:00 http://www.abbotslangley.com/news/000116/labour_slammed_over_woodside_leisure_hypocrisy.html Leavesden LibDem councillor Stephen Giles-Medhurst has slammed the leader of the Three Rivers Labour councillors, Kerron Cross, for continuing to oppose facilities at the new Woodside leisure centre. 2008-02-27T18:58+00:00 http://www.abbotslangley.com/news/000119/county_council_forced_into_dialaride_climbdown.html After pressure from Liberal Democrat councillors and users of the services, the Conservative-run county council have been forced to postpone a proposed cut in the Dial-A-Ride service. 2008-02-23T23:23+00:00 http://www.abbotslangley.com/news/000113/tories_go_for_broke.html Commenting on the Conservatives' attempt to propose a budget for Three Rivers, Abbots Langley councillor and Deputy leader of Three Rivers Matthew Bedford said, ""The Conservatives' budget is full of holes. They have made wild assumptions about future savings, without telling people which services they will cut to achieve these savings. In order to cut Council Tax, they are slashing the council's investment programme by up to 70% in future years - this will affect especially leisure facilities like play areas. 2008-02-20T18:16+00:00