The Labour rules governing council rent increases have been changed by the Coalition to give local councillors a bigger say. The Conservatives are proposing an inflation busting 8.3% increase, whilst the Liberal Democratgroup are fighting to freeze the council house rents.Lib Dem Cllr Allan Witherick, who will be voting for the freeze, said “The old Labour […]

From today you can apply online for Nursery places for children born between 1 September 2008 and 31 August 2009 for Nursery schools and classes. Nursery Applications Apply online from:     Monday 20th February 2012 Closing date:            Sunday 1st April 2012 Allocation date:         Monday 30th April 2012 Accept your place by: Sunday 6th May 2012 […]

Just a quick reminder about the Part Night Lighting display that will be at the Liberal Democrat Offices, 9 Hatfield Road in St Albans today from 10am to 1pm as well as online. Already our local County Councillor Allan Witherick has secured some changes locally including lights on Old Harpenden Road, the site of a […]

Things change a lot between political parties and individuals. Sometimes you believe, sometimes you need a little bit more, and sometimes you feel like you’re losing your faith. It doesn’t matter which party you belong to.  It happens. This is a link to the Labour parties Bloggers list and an interesting article- why? Because it […]

As part of the Conservative-run County Council’s efforts to reduce expenditure, they have implemented a policy of ‘part night lighting’. They are rolling out a one-size-fits-all approach which will see the lights go out at midnight in most areas. Currently the only exceptions to this are where the lights have been kept on for safety […]

Digital TV switch over is the biggest change in television since the introduction of colour. Analogue television will be switched off across in our area in April 2012 and if residents don’t have digital TV by the time of switch over, they will lose their TV channels. Many people’s equipment is already compatible and will just […]

Attempts to prevent 12 staff from being made redundant to save just £41,000 were scuppered this week after the Conservatives voted  to get rid of the Schools Library Service. During the debate on the cabinet decision at a scrutiny meeting on Wednesday 25th January, the Liberal Democrat group highlighted that the closure of the service […]

“Feelin’ Good Week” is there to celebrate good mental health and emotional well being of children and young people in Hertfordshire. Too often people don’t talk about the issues that concern them when it makes a difference, “Feelin’ Good Week” is coming up soon, are you going to do anything about it? It is important […]

Young people aged 16-19 will be given the opportunity to get involved in volunteering opportunities in their area thanks to a grant from a local county councillor. Councillor Allan Witherick (St Albans North Division), is supporting the Council for Voluntary Service (CVS) in St Albans from his 2011/12 allocation by providing £500 from his locality budget […]

You may have noticed a change towards the end of last year with a new colour-coded map providing simple, clear and understandable information for both new and existing bus passengers. The map, which has been produced by the Network St Albans partnership, covers the city’s ‘Pinks’ bus network and uses colour-coded routes to help bus […]