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Labour councillor appointed to oversee parish business

Potters Bar Labour councillor, Chris Myers, is one of four temporary councillors who will be stepping in to help keep South Mimms Parish Council running after the majority of its members resigned earlier this year. As four of the parish council’s five seats were vacant following a mass walk out,…

Dowden votes for ‘developers’ charter’ that gags local residents

Local residents will be blocked from objecting to many new developments across Hertsmere after Conservative MP, Oliver Dowden, voted to pass controversial new laws in the House of Commons despite a motion on Wednesday from Shadow Communities Secretary, Mike Amesbury, to set them aside. Under the new measures developers will…

Attempts to demolish district councils ‘gerrymandering’

A plan by Conservative-controlled Hertfordshire County Council to abolish the county’s 10 district councils will demolish local democracy and create a super authority where other parties are wiped out, has been described as ‘gerrymandering’ by Labour in Hertfordshire. In a letter written by David Williams, Conservative leader of Hertfordshire County…

Tribute to Hertsmere Mayor Cynthia Barker

Cynthia Barker was the first Filipino person to become a councillor in the UK, and the Philippines became even more proud of her when she became Mayor of Hertsmere earlier this year. She grew up in San Pablo City, Laguno and was awarded a BSc in industrial engineering from Adamson…

Draft Local Plan delayed

A delay to the publication of a draft blueprint for development in Hertsmere has been agreed, with uncertainty over the ongoing impact of the coronavirus pandemic being cited. The publication of the new draft Local Plan for the borough is now earmarked for Spring 2021. The plan will be…

Labour supports £12m Elstree Studio investment

Hertsmere Labour Councillors have put their wholehearted support behind Hertsmere Borough Council’s historic decision to proceed with a £12 million investment in new sound stages and other facilities at Council owned Elstree Film Studios. And a Labour amendment for a £100,000 per year fund to support local media & cultural…

Freedom flag proudly flies for Herts Pride

Today sees the freedom flag flying proud at Hertsmere Borough Council to celebrate what should have been Herts Pride Week. Instead of being the first flag raising event – brought about by last year’s Labour motion that was prevented from debate – Covid 19 meant it needed to be…

Council joins Labour in social media boycott

Hertsmere Borough Council has joined Hertsmere Labour in a 48 hour boycott of social media following the antisemitic comments posted by rapper Wiley, after Twitter and Instagram failed to act. In a letter to Council Leader, Cllr Morris Bright, Labour Group Leader, Jeremy Newmark said: ” In response to the…

Unanimous support for black lives in the Borough

There was unanimous support for black lives in the Hertsmere Council chamber in a cross-party motion that resolved to stand together unreservedly with black people in the Borough and to continue to seek to eradicate racism, Islamophobia and Antisemitism. It further sort to establish further initiatives to ensure Hertsmere is…

Hertsmere supports LGBTQ+ relationship education despite Tory shenanigans

A labour motion supporting the introduction of Government LGBTQ+ relationship sex education into the school curriculum was passed by Hertsmere Borough Council despite 17 Tory councillors trying to kick it into the long grass by abstaining, claiming there wasn’t long enough to debate the issue. Proposed by Labour’s Cllr Chris…

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