In a major victory for local communities, the Lyndhurst Farm housing project between Borehamwood and Shenley has received planning approval. This transformative deal will deliver 80% social and genuinely affordable housing across the project. Brokered by Cllr Nik Oakley at the Labour-led Borough Council and working with Labour controlled Elstree…

Labour’s Leader of Hertsmere Borough Council (HBC), Cllr Jeremy Newmark is pledging that Hertsmere will join the national mission to get Britain building again. Yesterday, Deputy PM Angela Rayner launched plans to fix the foundations with an overhaul of the planning system including a review of the greenbelt to identify…

Hertfordshire Community Trust has failed to hit its waiting list target – to treat patients within 18 weeks – in each month since September 2015, new figures from the House of Commons Library have shown. The NHS Constitution says that patients should wait no longer than 18 weeks from GP…