Our local NHS Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) is asking for your views on community health services. Section 11 in the questionnaire allows you to share your ideas and is an opportunity to suggest an NHS Health Hub on the Royston hospital site. The Royston Community Health organisation has suggested that this could have nurses, physios …
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Sep 23
Local Transparency page now live
On our Local Transparency page you can now find recordings of recent public meetings of Royston Town Council. We have uploaded these to allow more people to learn what occurs at council meetings and to facilitate a greater level of transparency and accountability in local government. Please let us know if you have any feedback.
Jun 16
More changes delivered by Lib Dems in Royston
Progress on parking problems Carol Stanier is meeting the District Council officers responsible for parking to press for progress on Royston’s parking review. Steve Jarvis has secured agreement for double yellow lines to be installed next year on the bend near the entrance to Layston Park. Town Council Action on Environment Royston Town Council recently …
Jun 09
Time for change at North Herts Council
Following this year’s local elections, in which Lib Dems gained five seats, no party has a majority on North Herts Council. We met with representatives from both the Conservative group and the Labour group to see what could be the best solution for the residents and businesses of North Hertfordshire over the next twelve months. …
Jun 02
Thank You!
A big thank you to local people who went out and voted in the local elections this May. Carol Stanier now joins Ruth Brown as your second Lib Dem District Councillor. Thank you also to those who voted in the European elections. Liberal Democrats topped the poll in North Herts, helping to elect Barbara Gibson …
May 19
Recording of Town Council meetings
Royston Lib Dems are pleased to announce that as from 13th May (the most recent Annual Meeting of Royston Town Council) we will be recording all public meetings of the Council and sharing these with the public on our website. We hope that this will enable more people to learn what occurs at council meetings …
May 16
Home-Start Aquathon
Royston Lib Dems are entering a team for the Royston & South Cambs Home-Start Aquathon on 19th May at Royston Leisure Centre. We will donate all the funds raised to this amazing local charity so please do give generously. Click here to visit our JustGiving page where you can donate. You can sponsor us per length …
May 03
Carol Stanier elected in Royston Heath!
Carol Stanier has been elected in Royston Heath ward by a sizeable margin. The full results are as follows: Labour Party 119 Conservative Party 538 Green Party 134 Carol Stanier – Liberal Democrats 963 The turnout was 40.34%. A number of other Liberal Democrats were elected in other wards in North Hertfordshire, including Sean Prendergast …
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Layla Moran, Liberal Democrat Foreign Affairs Spokesperson, lays out why liberals are so important to the future of our worldConservatives on Herts County Council have blocked a Liberal Democrat proposal to provide food vouchers in the summer holidays for children who get free school meals during term time.
The council is providing the vouchers in the Easter holidays and May half term but refuses to do so for the rest of the year.
The cost could easily have been covered from an extra £5.5 million of unexpected income which the council is planning to put into an “Inequalities Reserve”. Providing food for children whose parents cannot afford it seems like one of the best uses for an inequalities reserve but it seems that the Conservatives would rather keep it in the council’s bank for a rainy day.