Councillors Healthy Thriving Communities Local Issues News
11 December 2024 / 12 December 2024 by pressteam
Green Party Councillor Sarah Hopewell, East Herts District Council Executive Member for Wellbeing, provides an update on Fanshawe Pool in Ware. Following the recent Facebook post from MP Josh Dean about the possibility of Exceptional Circumstances funding (from the Department for Education), we know people might have had raised hopes about the future of Fanshawe. […]
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26 November 2024 / 26 November 2024 by pressteam
Cllr Ben Crystall, Leader of East Herts District Council, reacts to a report in The Sunday Times that district councils in Hertfordshire could be abolished in the biggest reform of local government in over 50 years. “We all want efficient, cost-effective and properly democratic local government. But the truth is size really does matter, and […]
Councillors Local Issues News
15 November 2024 / 27 November 2024 by pressteam
Green Party Councillor Sarah Hopewell, East Herts District Council Executive Member for Wellbeing, talks about the huge financial challenges facing East Herts District Council and how tough choices will have to be made. Nationally, many councils are financially stretched, with one in five expected to declare effective bankruptcy over the next three years. All councils […]
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6 November 2024 / 26 November 2024 by pressteam
“Despite Labour’s promises, the budget failed to deliver the significant change that the country is crying out for.” That’s according to Green Party Councillor Carl Brittain, who is Executive Member for Financial Sustainability at East Herts District Council. “The refusal to end the two-child benefit cap or reverse the Winter Fuel Payment cut will mean […]
25 October 2024 / 26 November 2024 by pressteam
Green Party Councillor Sarah Hopewell, East Herts District Council Executive Member for Wellbeing, explains why there’s a funding crisis affecting two swimming pools at Fanshawe and Leventhorpe Schools. I am deeply saddened by the pending closure of two gym and swimming facilities in East Herts, and I know there are lots of questions as to […]
