News - Hertsmere Labour Party

MP called to distance himself from local Conservatives

There are calls for Hertsmere MP, Oliver Dowden, to distance himself from the Elstree Film Studios expenses scandal raging at Hertsmere Borough Council, where auditors identified ‘significant issues’ around conflict of interest; misuse of expenses; and breaches of the 2006 Companies Act by Conservative councillors. A letter from Hertsmere Labour…

Report slamming Tory expenses charged to Elstree Studios is finally published

The Audit report slamming Tory Councillors for charging their expenses to the Council-owned Elstree Studios has finally been published. The auditors said there were ‘significant issues’ around conflict of interest, misuse of expenses, and transparency disclosures over Council-owned Elstree Studios. Conservative Council Leader Cllr Morris Bright, Cllr Paul Morris and…

Labour launches education programme on antisemitism and bigotry

Following criticism that the Labour Party has not being doing enough to eradicate antisemitism, it is launching a new education programme to help members and supporters confront bigotry. Over the next few months it will be producing education materials on specific forms of racism and bigotry, starting with antisemitism. Said…

Hertsmere Labour Call for Heroes Welcome for Service Personnel at Hertsmere’s Leisure Facilities

As Hertsmere Borough Council raise the flag to mark the onset of Armed Forces Day, Hertsmere Labour Group Leader, Cllr Jeremy Newmark, has called for the Borough to offer free leisure facilities to all veterans and serving personnel. He said: “Having spoken to veterans I’m aware that outside of today…

Councillors tackle Potters Bar street crime

Following a meeting with Hertfordshire Police and senior Hertsmere Borough Council officers in relation to a serious violent incident in the grounds of the Potters Bar’s Furzefield Centre, Inspector Bilsdon has assured Cllrs Myers & Gray that Police believe this to have been an isolated incident which is not connected…

Councillors demand urgent meetings following stabbing

Labour councillors Chris Myers and Christian Gray have asked for urgent meetings with the police and Hertsmere Borough Council following the stabbing of a 14 year old boy in Potters Bar. The boy, who was stabbed near Furzefield Leisure Centre, remains in a stable condition after being taken to Barnet…

Hertsmere Labour AGM 2019

SUMMARY OF KEY DECISIONS AT HERTSMERE LABOUR PARTY AGM Meeting held 30 May 2019 Results of Elections to Executive Posts CLP Chair (and statutory Deputy Treasurer): Dr Dan Ozarow Vice Chair (Membership and Information): Christopher Myers Vice Chair (General): Ann Harrison CLP Secretary: Initially a jobshare between Caroline Pitrakou & Cllr Jeremy…

Time for Tory Council to stop hoarding CIL funds and use them to benefit local people

Whilst Hertsmere Borough Council proudly announce that a developer who failed to pay the Community Infrastructure Levy on his Bushey Heath development has paid up on the eve of a court hearing, they still sit on millions of CiL money. The funds, which are levied on planning applications, are meant…

Hertsmere Fails Local Residents on Reviva

Elstree residents were left fuming after a change of use application on the controversial Reviva composting site was narrowly approved at the Hertsmere Planning Committee. Driving the approval to change the site to storage from recycling was Tory Shenley Councillor Anthony Spencer who clearly did not understand that planning conditions…

Reaction to May 2019 Local Election Results from Hertsmere Labour

Statement from Hertsmere Labour Leader Cllr Jeremy Newmark on May 2019 Local Government Election Results in the Borough: “I am delighted to be leading an enlarged opposition in the Hertsmere Chamber. We will continue to fight for better infrastructure, more investment in public services and provision of genuinely affordable homes…