http://www.welwhat.prai.co.uk/newsarchive.php Recent News Stories from Welwyn Hatfield Liberal Democrats en-GB Welwyn Hatfield Liberal Democrats http://www.welwhat.prai.co.uk/ Prater Raines Ltd http://www.praterraines.co.uk/ (c) 2008 Welwyn Hatfield Liberal Democrats 2008-05-13T11:12+01:00 United Kingdom http://www.welwhat.prai.co.uk/news/000136/east_of_england_plan__more_houses_more_jobs_little_or_no_infrastructure.html Today government has released the Regional Spatial Strategy (RSS) which sets out the development plans for the next 13 years in the region. 2008-05-12T17:38+01:00 http://www.welwhat.prai.co.uk/news/000135/massive_housing_increases_planned_for_hatfield_and_st_albans_despite_massive_local_campaigns_and_petitions.html St Albans Liberal Democrat Parliamentary Candidate Sandy Walkington has condemned the Government decision to ignore local representations and blow apart the Green Belt around St Albans, announced today in the final version of the Government's 'East of England Regional Spatial Strategy'. 2008-05-12T16:09+01:00 http://www.welwhat.prai.co.uk/news/000134/lib_dem_success_in_peartree_backs_demand_for_new_pool_for_wgc.html The Lib Dems picked up two seats from Labour in last week's election, both in Peartree Ward. They put this down not just to the weakness of Gordon Brown's Labour party, but also to their consistent demands that a pool be included in the Broadwater Road development. 2008-05-06T15:14+01:00 http://www.welwhat.prai.co.uk/news/000133/liberal_democrats_gain_in_peartree_as_labour_slump_everywhere.html Liberal Democrats were celebrating taking 2 of the 3 seats in Peartree, the first time ever that Labour has not been the winning party there. Malcolm Cowan, (already a county councillor) and Louise Lotz, defeated longstanding Labour councillor Jacqui Russell and newcomer Dean Milliken. Frank Marsh, the third LibDem candidate, who lost in 2006 by just 6 votes, was once again unlucky, finishing just 10 votes short of Labour's Steve Roberts. 2008-05-02T12:34+01:00 http://www.welwhat.prai.co.uk/news/000131/post_office_letter_by_nigel_quinton.html Nigel Quinton wrote the following letter to the Welwyn Hatfield Times: 2008-04-25T10:23+01:00 http://www.welwhat.prai.co.uk/news/000130/broadwater_development_consultants_back_lib_dem_swimming_pool_idea.html Lib Dem councillors and activists were prominent at the consultation on the Broadwater Road West development at Woodhall Community Centre. They were unimpressed with what was on offer, and were not alone in their disappointment. 2008-04-25T09:46+01:00 http://www.welwhat.prai.co.uk/news/000129/vineyard_incompetence_how_the_story_broke.html In October last residents in The Vineyard and Vine Close were warned that work would start on pipe laying in order to upgrade the water network. 2008-04-23T16:29+01:00 http://www.welwhat.prai.co.uk/news/000128/herts_could_lose_out_on_100million.html Hertfordshire is faced with around 83,000 new homes being built, if the government confirms the numbers in the draft East of England plan. This will place a massive strain on the county and homebuilders will in future have to pay a tariff for each new home, to meet some of the infrastructure costs. 2008-04-02T22:38+01:00 http://www.welwhat.prai.co.uk/news/000127/road_to_peartree_nightmare_rail_bridge__action_at_last.html Network Rail have promised improvements to the rail footbridge from Hyde Way to the Howard Centre in WGC, following a campaign by Liberal Democrat county councillor for Handside and Peartree Malcolm Cowan. 2008-03-21T13:03+00:00 http://www.welwhat.prai.co.uk/news/000124/rubbish__we_want_our_money_back_says_council_leader.html PR 7128 Call to stop landfill tax digging a hole in pockets of Hertfordshire taxpayers 2008-03-13T14:46+00:00 http://www.welwhat.prai.co.uk/news/000123/pauls_blog_from_the_liverpool_conference__final_installment_from_our_parliamentary_candidate.html Says Paul: 2008-03-10T11:55+00:00 http://www.welwhat.prai.co.uk/news/000122/stop_press__liverpool_conference__blog_from_our_ppc_paul_zukowskyj.html "I'm at the conference, and as I write this I've just finished attending two 2008-03-09T10:41+00:00 http://www.welwhat.prai.co.uk/news/000121/waste_site_no_say_lib_dems_paul_and_simon.html Newly selected Parliamentary Candidate, Paul Zukowskyj, has today responded to Hertfordshire County Council's consultation, suggesting that the New Barnfield site is excluded from further consideration on the grounds that is immediately next to the Southdown Special Needs School. 2008-03-08T08:46+00:00 http://www.welwhat.prai.co.uk/news/000120/police_numbers_cut_due_to_labour_shortfall.html Liberal Democrat Hertfordshire Police Authority member Cllr Michael Colne said: 2008-02-23T16:41+00:00 http://www.welwhat.prai.co.uk/news/000119/liberal_democrats_welcome_shift_over_consultancy_costs.html Liberal Democrats at County Hall have welcomed assurances from the leadership of the county council that it is prepared to look for further savings on county council overheads. 2008-02-18T18:12+00:00