
Supporting each other to stop violence against women and girls
My column from the Watford Observer 24th March 2023
My column from the Watford Observer 24th March 2023
The 2023 UK Vitality Index has ranked Watford third out of the UK’s 100 largest urban areas, marking it out as an outstanding place to live and do business.
Mayor Peter Taylor and Watford‘s Liberal Democrat councillors have prioritised protecting local services and helping people through the cost of living emergency in this year’s ‘council budget.
Liberal Democrat Mayor of Watford Peter Taylor has expressed wild disbelief at Labour Councillors for trying to amend a motion on the Ultra Low Emission Zone to pass the cost of a scrappage scheme on to Watford residents.
The Liberal Democrat group on Watford Borough Council have submitted motions on the NHS and ULEZ extension to be debated at full council on 31st January. These will be heard before the debate on the Council’s budget for 2023/4 which needs to be passed at the meeting.
Watford Borough Council has learned that they have been unsuccessful for the second time in securing £16m in additional funding from the government’s Levelling Up Fund.