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Government sets nationalisation date for Greater Anglia train services

Government sets nationalisation date for Greater Anglia train services

Government sets nationalisation date for Greater Anglia train services

Services, timetables and station facilities are unaffected by the transition, with no changes to ticket validity or conditions of carriage.


Council’s Tory leader says Reform vote ‘skewed’ Hertfordshire election result

Council’s Tory leader says Reform vote ‘skewed’ Hertfordshire election result

Council’s Tory leader says Reform vote ‘skewed’ Hertfordshire election result

Fewer than 5,500 votes separated Liberal Democrats, Conservatives and Reform – and Tories got only 345 fewer votes than the new largest party.


Reform’s 14 Herts county councillors select their leader

Reform’s 14 Herts county councillors select their leader

Reform’s 14 Herts county councillors select their leader

Retired ex-policeman and military man Doug Bainbridge was a Stevenage borough councillor for eight years.


Double resignation blow for Labour leaves party with one Hertford town councillor

Double resignation blow for Labour leaves party with one Hertford town councillor

Double resignation blow for Labour leaves party with one Hertford town councillor

Cllr Carolyn Redfern has confirmed she remains an East Herts Council member and “a loyal member of the Labour Party”.


MP highlights Stortford’s education issues in House of Commons

MP highlights Stortford’s education issues in House of Commons

MP highlights Stortford’s education issues in House of Commons

Hertford and Stortford Labour MP Josh Dean secured a Westminster Hall debate about tackling barriers to educational opportunities in semi-rural areas.


MP hosts school heads in Parliament plus National Youth Strategy session in café

MP hosts school heads in Parliament plus National Youth Strategy session in café

MP hosts school heads in Parliament plus National Youth Strategy session in café

In his latest Indie column, Hertford and Stortford’s Josh Dean also writes on young people’s mental health, strengthening ties with Europe and VE Day.


MP urges Chancellor to choose Harlow for £3.2bn new UK Health Security Agency HQ

MP urges Chancellor to choose Harlow for £3.2bn new UK Health Security Agency HQ

MP urges Chancellor to choose Harlow for £3.2bn new UK Health Security Agency HQ

A move to Chris Vince’s constituency would create around 3,000 skilled jobs, but project to build state-of-the-art facilities hangs in the balance.


MP pays tribute to our Parkinality columnist Julie Walker in Parliament

MP pays tribute to our Parkinality columnist Julie Walker in Parliament

MP pays tribute to our Parkinality columnist Julie Walker in Parliament

Hertford & Stortford MP Josh Dean championed constituents with Parkinson’s disease and urged the Government to consider national education programme.


‘Not quite a Reform-quake, but a seismic shift in East Herts party politics’

‘Not quite a Reform-quake, but a seismic shift in East Herts party politics’

‘Not quite a Reform-quake, but a seismic shift in East Herts party politics’

The Liberal Democrats and Green Party cemented support in Bishop’s Stortford, Hertford and Ware to ramp up their influence at County Hall.


Tories and Reform win fewer than half the seats in East Herts with more than half the votes

Tories and Reform win fewer than half the seats in East Herts with more than half the votes

Tories and Reform win fewer than half the seats in East Herts with more than half the votes

Green Party and Liberal Democrats won six of the district’s 10 seats on Herts County Council with a 34.4% share of the poll – just over a third.


East Herts Greens ready to work with Lib Dems at Herts County Council

East Herts Greens ready to work with Lib Dems at Herts County Council

East Herts Greens ready to work with Lib Dems at Herts County Council

Before the May 1 election, Ben Crystall was the Green Party’s only member at County Hall – now there are five, including four from East Herts.


Buckmaster secures Sawbridgeworth for the Tories against ‘protest’ votes

Buckmaster secures Sawbridgeworth for the Tories against ‘protest’ votes

Buckmaster secures Sawbridgeworth for the Tories against ‘protest’ votes

“The old orders have changed in terms of traditional parties, but I do not know what they [Reform UK] would do without Nigel Farage.”


Investment pledge as Tory wins Stortford Rural by seven votes

Investment pledge as Tory wins Stortford Rural by seven votes

Investment pledge as Tory wins Stortford Rural by seven votes

Mark Pope’s victory, retaining the seat for the Conservatives, was a relief after the Lib Dems secured the town’s East and West divisions.


Stortford Lib Dem election winners: ‘People can see that we’re working hard and doing our best’

Stortford Lib Dem election winners: ‘People can see that we’re working hard and doing our best’

Stortford Lib Dem election winners: ‘People can see that we’re working hard and doing our best’

Miriam Swainston, the new county councillor for Stortford West, looks forward to joining forces with fellow Lib Dem Calvin Horner, who won East seat.


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