May 19
With the General Election now approaching, let us introduce Nicky Shepard, the LibDem candidate for this constituency. Nicky has a strong background as a community campaigner, fighting for the rights of the people of Abbey in Cambridge. In the 2017 County Council elections, she ran the most successful Liberal Democrat campaign in Abbey Division in its …
May 05
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
Apr 11
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 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
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 …
Jan 25
Hugh Parker is the Liberal Democrat candidate for the County Council elections in May this year for the new division of Royston East and Ermine. This covers that part of Royston to the east of the Old North Road, Kneesworth Street and the London Road, and the villages of Barkway, Barley, Nuthampstead and Reed. Born …
Jul 21
Joe Jordan, LibDem parliamentary candidate for this constituency in the recent general election, wrote an open letter to the people of Royston: Firstly, I would like to thank you all for taking part in this year’s General and Local Elections: 70% of you in North East Hertfordshire took the time to listen, make a decision …
Sign our petition calling for county council to provide free school meals
Steve Jarvis
You can sign out petition calling for Herts County Council to provide free school meals if the government will not at www.hertslibdems.org.uk/FreeSchoolMeals
Back the national campaign for government funded free meals in holiday periods. www.libdems.org.uk/meals
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It is an absolute travesty for children to go hungry, on any day of the year. Back our campaign.COUNTY MUST STEP IN WITH FREE SCHOOL MEALS FOR THOSE THAT NEED THEM
Comment from the Leader of Lib Dem group on Herts County County, Stephen Giles-Medhurst.
"On Tuesday at a Full County Council meeting the Conservatives refused to back a motion from the Lib Dems calling the government to support the call from Marcus Rashford to provide free school meals to those in receipt during school holidays until next Easter.
As you know later in the week the government equally voted this down for England (Wales and Scotland are providing it!). Now some education authorities, like Essex, Staffordshire, even Kensington and Chelsea are stepping in to do just that. The Lib Dem county education spokesperson Mark Watkin sent an open letter (email!) to the Tory education boss demanding that Herts County Council do the same. We have yet to hear back. But we cannot wait, so this afternoon as Leader of the opposition on the county council, along with my Lib Dem colleagues, I have formally requisitioned a special county council meeting to agree that the county council step up,as they did in the summer, and put in place a system to provide much needed food for children in need. With millions spent on "Eat out to help out" where is the support for those children who could go hungry. The county council has millions in reserves and whilst it may have missed the boat for half term there are other school holidays and it must not be a Christmas scourge. I know Watford Council is already working with various local businesses and charities to help where it can but the county council is the education authority and has the resources and information to reach every child in need."
We hope the government will rethink this dreadful refusal to help and that our North Herts MP who voted down giving children in need support thinks again. Why not email him with your views?
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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.
