At Full Council 28th November, Dacorum Borough Council unanimously backed an amended LibDem Motion and agreed a significant proposal to combat the effects of climate change. This Motion referenced the recent IPCC report urging action on climate change and required that the new local plan currently under consideration should have within it environmental protection and sustainability considerations.
Local MP Tim Farron has sent a survey to every headteacher in his constituency asking for their thoughts on what needs to be done to change the funding system for children with special educational needs.
The recent CIPFA's annual library survey has found that spending by local authorities on public libraries fell by £30m in 2017/18 and that 127 service points were closed down this year. This is in contrast to Bedford Borough who, under Mayor Dave Hodgson's leadership, have kept all of our libraries open.
little support for May in the papers ...
Health services in Hinckley and Bosworth still face huge pressures says a local County Councillor.
Burbage Lib Dem campaigners have produced a video outlining their concerns about the proposed freight depot that will threaten Burbage Common and put massive amounts of lorries on already overstretched local roads in Hinckley, Burbage and neighbouring villages https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_g4bWRFDOWs&feature=youtu.be