Breaking Britain returns, this time it’s the schools
Why is so much of Britain’s infrastructure literally falling apart?
13 Sep 2023
News
Press release on the Autumn Statement.
Lib Dems condemn “chaotic and incompetent” budget
17 Nov 2022
Sewage in our Rivers
The sheer quantity of raw sewage being dumped into Britain’s rivers and coastal areas is a scandal and a disgrace.
14 Sep 2022
Imposed Housing Targets - Dacorum, St Albans and Mysterious Case of the Missing Cap
The Housing Targets Imposed by the Government, or The Mysterious Case of the Missing Cap (Easy Read Version). The Office of National Statistics is charged with estimating all sorts of things, but among them the demand in the community for more houses. Everyone knows we should be building new houses. The government thinks we should build 300,000 a year in the UK. They put that in their manifesto and they were re-elected in December 2019 with a large majority. So the government said, "The people voted for our manifesto to build 300,000 houses per year - and build them we will!" And to make that happen they took powers to force councils to build the share of the 300,000 that they, the government, wanted. So the government said to Dacorum Borough Council, "You must build 922 houses a year. There's lots of land round the edge of Hemel Hempstead and round Tring and Berkhamsted, so shut up and build! We don't care if it's Green Belt, we don't care if it's wall-to-wall houses from Westminister to Ayl
27 Nov 2020
Imposed Housing Targets - Dacorum, St Albans and Mysterious Case of the Missing Cap
The Housing Targets Imposed by the Government, or The Mysterious Case of the Missing Cap (Easy Read Version). The Office of National Statistics is charged with estimating all sorts of things, but among them the demand in the community for more houses. Everyone knows we should be building new houses. The government thinks we should build 300,000 a year in the UK. They put that in their manifesto and they were re-elected in December 2019 with a large majority. So the government said, "The people voted for our manifesto to build 300,000 houses per year - and build them we will!" And to make that happen they took powers to force councils to build the share of the 300,000 that they, the government, wanted. So the government said to Dacorum Borough Council, "You must build 922 houses a year. There's lots of land round the edge of Hemel Hempstead and round Tring and Berkhamsted, so shut up and build! We don't care if it's Green Belt, we don't care if it's wall-to-wall houses from Westminister to Ayl
27 Nov 2020
Hauliers 'petrified and terrified' as Brexit looms | Sky (2:40)
We've hidden Road hauliers 'petrified and terrified' in Dover, as Brexit looms to prevent cookies being set that you haven't...
MJ
27 Nov 2020
Councillor reveals scandal of empty homes in Bromsgrove
Leader of the Bromsgrove Lib Dems, Cllr Rob Hunter, has called for action on empty homes after it was revealed that more than 160 homes across the district are unoccupied, and some have even been redundant for more than ten years. The shocking waste of homes has come at a time when housing need is growing across the district.
27 Nov 2020
Lymm residents fear truck traffic chaos
Residents of the Lane End community at the top of Cherry Lane in Lymm are protesting against plans by Lymm Truckwash to expand its business onto Green Belt. Planning permission is being sought to increase the area used, add a fuelling facility and to operate 24 hours a day, all week long. Residents have complained about the noise, air pollution and blocked main roads from the current site and are convinced this will be made much worse by the planned expansion.
TM
27 Nov 2020
The Housing numbers for Dacorum - a mutant algorithm?
922 homes per year, over 18 years = over 16,000 homes, in Dacorum. Why so many new houses? This Local Plan has been drafted to provide for the 922 dwellings per year that national Government have said we need to enable within our boundary. This is rather more than the expected growth in this area (355 per year) because houses are not affordable here. Of course, "expected growth" isn't the whole story, because there are thousands of local people - many living in overcrowded conditions - who need properly affordable housing close to good public transport, or walkable to town or workplaces. The government algorithm uses an average home price in our area, and compares it with the average earnings in Dacorum. House prices and rents in Dacorum are certainly not *properly* affordable, but the current algorithm forces the vast majority of house building into London and its commuter areas - and that includes Dacorum. So what's this consultation? This is your opportunity to have a say about what is propo
27 Nov 2020