On Thursday, October the 19th, popular local County Councillor Susan van der Ven will speak about The Royston-Melbourn Pedestrian/Cycle Link: Cracking and Connecting the County Border at Coombes Community Centre, Burns Road, Royston, SG8 5PT, from 8pm-9:30pm. Please contact Carol on carol_stanier@hotmail.com for tickets, or see the event’s page on Eventbrite (follow that link). Separated by …
Tag: Council
Jul 25
Stop the Brown Bin Tax
Did you know that Conservative-run North Herts District Council are consulting on whether they can get away with charging residents upwards of £40 to remove garden waste for them? This service is currently covered by our council tax. Introducing an additional charge for this service could mean that people who cannot pay end up fly-tipping …
May 05
Local Election Results
Results are now coming in for the local elections yesterday, and we are very happy to note that Liberal Democrat candidate Steve Jarvis has taken the Royston West and Rural Herts County Council seat from the Conservatives. In addition, Liberal Democrat Susan van de Ven held her Melbourn seat in the Cambridgeshire County Council elections. The Royston …
Apr 21
Our Council Candidates
Apr 18
The Local Plan
Apr 11
Ruth Brown, Liberal Democrat Candidate for Heath Ward
Ruth Brown is the Liberal Democrat candidate for the Town Council in Heath Ward. Ruth has lived in Royston for nearly 30 years and her three children attended local schools. As well as serving as a parent governor at Tannery Drift First School, she has been active in local clubs and communities and is currently …
Apr 11
Carol Stanier, Liberal Democrat Candidate for Heath Ward
Carol Stanier is the Liberal Democrat candidate for the District Council in Heath Ward. Carol has lived in Royston for the past seven years and is a scientist by training, and self-employed. Her children attend local day nursery and school. Carol loves Royston but feels that the time is right for change and that the Conservatives …
Feb 03
Steve Jarvis – Liberal Democrat Candidate for Royston West and Rural
In His Own Words “Conservative-run Herts County Council is bad at maintaining our roads and pavements, has reduced bus services and does a poor job of ensuring that there are enough school places where they are needed. They have made almost no progress introducing 20 mph speed limits in villages and residential roads where local …
Latest from Facebook
We have just heard that Morrisons plan to close their Royston store on 25th October 2020. We are saddened by this decision, which we as County, District and Town Councillors, and as local campaigners, have done everything in our power to prevent. We believe this closure could adversely affect the whole town centre and in particular those people less able to travel for their shopping. Our thoughts now are with the current employees, who we hope will find new jobs quickly in the local area.
Please welcome the party’s new deputy leader Daisy Cooper, from the nearby St Albans constituency
Liberal Democrats plan to woo ‘soft conservatives’ repulsed by ‘thuggish’ Johnson Tories
independent.co.uk
New deputy leader outlines target seat plan to lift party from electoral troughEd is right, No Deal Brexit is highly irresponsible and COVID is a great challenge to the international community, the combination is madness
Liberal Democrats
"COVID and Brexit, put them together: disaster." - Ed Davey says on Politics Live today.
The NHS, our economy, and jobs across the country are already under huge amounts of pressure due to coronavirus. It would be unthinkable to add a no deal Brexit on top of that pressure.
Read this post from local Cllr on the potential closure of Morrisons and the decline of our High Streets www.facebook.com/CarolStanier4RoystonHeath/posts/1405615942974637
Replacing business rates: taxing land, not investment
libdems.org.uk
Demand Better for our communitiesCongratulations Ed DaveyIt's official: Ed Davey is the new Leader of the Liberal Democrats. Congratulations Ed!