Read Grant's letter to HCC's Development Control Committee below Thursday, 26 October, 2023 In conjuction with Ellenbrook Area Residents Association, Grant Shapps MP is writing to the councillors who make up the county council planning committee who'll be determining the plans for the Ellenbrook quarry on Tuesday 31st October. He is inviting local residents to co-sign the letter he'll send the committee, to demonstrate how strongly local people feel about this. You can read the letter... Local News
Lib Dems and Labour back plan to build on Green Belt 12th October 2023 At a crunch Welwyn Hatfield Council meeting last night, Lib Dem and Labour councillors agreed to build thousands of new homes across swathes of our Green Belt... Local News
Conservative councillors' project for new Welwyn Hatfield Crematorium reaches completion 21st September 2023 Brand-new Oak Hill Crematorium opened its doors recently, and Conservative councillors Fiona Thomson, Tony Kingsbury and Terry Mitchinson were on hand to... Local News
Grant Shapps MP holds Lib Dem council leader to account over bin collection strikes 19th June 2023 The local MP for Welwyn Hatfield, Grant Shapps, has written to the Lib Dem leader of Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council regarding the bin collection strike which... Local News
Conservatives vote to protect services while opposition parties battle to out-politicise each other 2nd February 2023 Last night, Welwyn Hatfield Borough Councillors voted to approve a Conservative budget which protects the most important services and keeps an unavoidable... Local News
Conservatives move to block Planning “Free-For-All” 21st December 2022 Conservative councillors last night voted to begin consulting residents across Welwyn Hatfield on their views regarding the sites included in the current draft... Local News
Conservative-led Council strikes deal to retain community bus services 29th November 2022 Conservative-led Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council has agreed a partnership with the charity Communities First to keep two community bus services afloat. The... Local News
Conservative Welwyn Hatfield Cabinet writes to Prime Minister to push for Local Plan solution 6th October 2022 The Conservative-Cabinet members of Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council has written to the new Prime Minister about Welwyn Hatfield’s Local Plan. The Local Plan is... Local News
Come to our Christmas Market 2022 20th September 2022 Get ahead of your Christmas shopping and stock up on festive treats and gifts or indulge in delicious food and drink all from our wide range of stallholders at... Local News
Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 8th September 2022 Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, the UK's longest-serving monarch, passed away peacefully at her Balmoral estate today aged 96, after 70 years on the throne... Local News
Prime Minister’s Statement on Coronavirus in full 23rd September 2020 Read the Prime Minister’s Statement as delivered on new measures to tackle the Coronavirus, delivered on 22 September 2020. National News
Here’s the Government’s new measures to tackle coronavirus 23rd September 2020 We are introducing new restrictions in England, to suppress the disease, and minimise damage to lives and livelihoods. National News
"Out of touch": 10 things everyone should know about Labour after their Conference 23rd September 2020 Read about the top 10 things everyone should know about Labour after their 2020 Conference. National News
Amanda Milling: ‘The PM still has support of Red Wall despite locking down the North’ 19th September 2020 Amanda Milling, chairwoman of the Conservative party, is wincing at the memory of being a government whip at the height of last year’s parliamentary paralysis... National News
Independent Investigation into Discrimination reaches second phase 18th September 2020 The Independent Investigation into Discrimination within the Conservative party reaches its second phase: the public call for evidence. National News
Prime Minister’s statement on protecting the Union: Speech in Full 14th September 2020 The Prime Minister sets out the case for the Internal Market Bill, which would secure free trade inside of the United Kingdom once we exit the transition period... National News
