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Local Elections + Crew & Nantwich
It wasn't a good night for the Labour Party, both locally and nationally. Here we lost Ian Feeney's Brookmeadow seat and nationally we lost over 300 councillors (or over 400 on Sky's calculations). The Crewe & Nantwich byelection was another terrible result. Although many have criticised the way the Labour Party handled the campaign, and it's true that Edward Timpson was .... more here
Campaign Page
In the local elections on Thursday 1st May you will be able to select Councillors to govern your local Borough Council. Hertsmere Council currently spends over £70 million of tax payers money every year. This is your money and you could take this opportunity to say how this money should be spent. Your local Council has been run by .... more here
Support your local Labour Councillor [April 26th 2008]
From the Blogosphere
We should spend a minute to support our Councillors and candidates for next weeks Local Elections.
Across the country Labour Councillors and candidates are up for election - they may be defending their record in charge, or exposing the inefficiencies of Tory or Lib Dem (or possibly ConDem) councils.
I know that people like to use any election as an attempt to bash the parties on national issues, but up and .... more here
u-turn by Conservative Council
Families will now not be charged for events during a Town Festival event after pressure from Labour Councillors forced a Council U-Turn.
Conservative Councillors had previously proposed a charge for residents using rides on Families Day during the Town Festival.
Following a meeting of the Elstree & Borehamwood Town Council it was finally agreed that there would now be no charges for rides and activities .... more here
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