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Town council to hold talks with sports club over unspent grants

Town council to hold talks with sports club over unspent grants

Town council to hold talks with sports club over unspent grants

Since 2021, the authority has invited applications from clubs and other community groups for three tranches of cash totalling more than £780,000.


Tees tells MP justice system is ‘failing families’ as courts are ‘at breaking point’

Tees tells MP justice system is ‘failing families’ as courts are ‘at breaking point’

Tees tells MP justice system is ‘failing families’ as courts are ‘at breaking point’

The Bishop’s Stortford law firm told Hertford and Stortford MP Josh Dean that couples who want to separate and divorce face unacceptable delays.


Have your say on Hertfordshire County Council’s transport plans

Have your say on Hertfordshire County Council’s transport plans

Have your say on Hertfordshire County Council’s transport plans

The first phase of engagement will help shape a long-term plan to make travel across the county safer, more accessible and more sustainable.


Town council by-election victory for R4U – and Tory beats Reform

Town council by-election victory for R4U – and Tory beats Reform

Town council by-election victory for R4U – and Tory beats Reform

Reform UK trailed in last when residents of Saffron Walden’s Shire ward went to the polls to elect a new town councillor.


Local government reorganisation: Herts councils publish draft joint submission to Whitehall

Local government reorganisation: Herts councils publish draft joint submission to Whitehall

Local government reorganisation: Herts councils publish draft joint submission to Whitehall

Hertfordshire’s 11 councils have agreed a draft joint submission to the Government that proposes replacing them with one of three options.


Herts County Council leader seeks Govt go-ahead for mayoral strategic authority

Herts County Council leader seeks Govt go-ahead for mayoral strategic authority

Herts County Council leader seeks Govt go-ahead for mayoral strategic authority

Formal approach made seeking establishment of mayoral strategic authority alongside new unitary authorities, with mayoral election in May 2028.


MPs Dean, Vince and Hinchliff welcome national curriculum changes

MPs Dean, Vince and Hinchliff welcome national curriculum changes

MPs Dean, Vince and Hinchliff welcome national curriculum changes

The Government is making changes for the first time in a decade based on work over the past year by a panel of experts led by Professor Becky Francis.


Village’s MP urges Herts County Council to give school chance to survive

Village’s MP urges Herts County Council to give school chance to survive

Village’s MP urges Herts County Council to give school chance to survive

Two primary schools in MP Chris Hinchliff’s North East Herts constituency face the axe because of falling rolls.


North East Herts MP proposes community rights to combat politics of fear and division

North East Herts MP proposes community rights to combat politics of fear and division

North East Herts MP proposes community rights to combat politics of fear and division

“We must address the sense of powerlessness driving people to Farage. Labour values are about redistributing power to the majority.”


Council’s Jewish chairman receives threat, abuse and calls to resign after Palestine group prompts pension review

Council’s Jewish chairman receives threat, abuse and calls to resign after Palestine group prompts pension review

Council’s Jewish chairman receives threat, abuse and calls to resign after Palestine group prompts pension review

Herts County Council chairman Laurence Brass vows to continue amid “vicious” campaign during which his family has received “the most terrible abuse”.


Probe under way as leaked messages show council’s Tory deputy leader considered defecting to Reform

Probe under way as leaked messages show council’s Tory deputy leader considered defecting to Reform

Probe under way as leaked messages show council’s Tory deputy leader considered defecting to Reform

WhtasApp messages between Broxbourne’s Cllr Steve Wortley and Reform official were circulated in an email to the borough council’s Conservative group.


Josh Dean: ‘An education in our incredible community spirit’

Josh Dean: ‘An education in our incredible community spirit’

Josh Dean: ‘An education in our incredible community spirit’

Hertford & Stortford MP on Thorn Grove’s new library, Bishop’s Stortford Means Business, Street Pastors, Breathe Easy Group and a ministerial meeting


Campaign to make South Road safer for pedestrians and cyclists gains speed

Campaign to make South Road safer for pedestrians and cyclists gains speed

Campaign to make South Road safer for pedestrians and cyclists gains speed

Residents and councillors want to gauge public support for new pedestrian crossings and a reconfigured junction to make South Road safer.


‘Harassment and bullying’ complaint against expelled Conservative councillor dismissed

‘Harassment and bullying’ complaint against expelled Conservative councillor dismissed

‘Harassment and bullying’ complaint against expelled Conservative councillor dismissed

Ex-Hertford & Stortford Tory association chairman Cllr Alexander Curtis was expelled from his party’s group on Broxbourne Borough Council this summer.


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