SYLVIA GILLARD ELECTED AS NEW COUNCIL SPEAKER
Councillor Sylvia Gillard has been elected as the new Speaker of Bedford Borough Council.
14 May 2012
National News
Dacorum Tories Force a Flawed and Unpopular Parking Scheme on Berkhamsted
Despite a Liberal Democrat challenge the Conservatives voted as a block to brush aside reasoned argument from Cllrs Nick Hollinghurst (DBC) and Garrick Stevens (Berkhamsted Town Council). The concerns and protests of residents and business were also disregarded. Just as in the case of the Moor End Road Bus Lane we were treated to the spectacle of Conservative councillors insisting they know best and everyone else is wrong. It was a foolish and expensive strategy in Moor End - will it be similarly disasterous in Berkhamsted?
13 May 2012
Dacorum Tories Force a Flawed and Unpopular Parking Scheme on Berkhamsted
Despite a Liberal Democrat challenge the Conservatives voted as a block to brush aside reasoned argument from Cllrs Nick Hollinghurst (DBC) and Garrick Stevens (Berkhamsted Town Council). The concerns and protests of residents and business were also disregarded. Just as in the case of the Moor End Road Bus Lane we were treated to the spectacle of Conservative councillors insisting they know best and everyone else is wrong. It was a foolish and expensive strategy in Moor End - will it be similarly disasterous in Berkhamsted?
13 May 2012
Brentwood Leader & Deputy Leader announced
Cllr David Kendall and Cllr Barry Aspinell have been re-elected as Leader and Deputy Leader of the Liberal Democrat Group on Brentwood Borough Council for a sixth consecutive term.
13 May 2012
COUNCIL NOW HAS RESPONSIBILITY FOR BUS LANE ENFORCEMENT
Bedford Borough Council took responsibility for enforcing the correct use of bus lanes in the borough from Monday 30th April.
12 May 2012
Equal Marriage Rights
President Barack Obama told ABCNews; "I've just concluded that for me personally it is important for me to go ahead and affirm that I think same sex couples should be able to get married"
12 May 2012
