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Overall, the authority is owed £2.9m, and £1.8m of that has been outstanding for more than a year.
Last week East Herts Council’s cabinet paused auction of the parade after a plea from Labour councillors David Jacobs and Yvonne Estop.
Josh Dean is holding engagement sessions in Bishop’s Stortford on Friday October 18, between 11am and 1pm, to canvass opinion.
Brian Percival, who stood as an Independent for Hertford and Stortford in the 2019 General Election, on Labour’s ‘toxic’ winter fuel payment policy.
The block, known to locals as Havers Parade, is one of six properties East Herts Council needs to sell to raise around £6m to balance its books.
Papers presented to cabinet meeting show chief exec’s office is set to cost £373,000 in next financial year, rising to £411,000 in 2034-35.
After Government cuts to universal winter fuel payments, Labour’s Josh Dean wants to ensure constituents are claiming all they are entitled to.
The council is also modelling an “optimistic case” where it is allowed to increase its precept by 4.98%, resulting in a band D rise of £9.72.
Indie news editor Sinead Corr interviews Josh Dean – at 24, the historic Labour MP for the previously true blue Hertford and Stortford constituency.
Chief executive Richard Cassidy and head of strategic finance and property Steven Linnett were at odds over how risks should be presented.
By the end of June – just three months into the new financial year – the council had already spent an “unprecedented” £4.6m more than expected.
Review into why Uttlesford District Council was late in reaching 2,688 postal voters concludes ‘human error and poor communication’ were to blame.
Andrew Lewin ousted former Conservative Defence Secretary Grant Shapps to win the Welwyn Hatfield seat for Labour on July 4.
Tories won Hertford and Stortford Labour MP Josh Dean’s former Hertford Town Council seat and one formerly held by the Green Party.
Richard Cassidy’s departure, effective from Sunday (Sept 15), was announced publicly just over 24 hours earlier.
Stortford’s Labour MP to hold dedicated advice surgeries for pensioners to help ensure they are getting all the money to which they are entitled.
Labour MP for North East Herts Chris Hinchliff took inspiration from political trailblazer Shirley Williams in his maiden House of Commons speech.
Next year travellers will be able to pay for journeys with their contactless card or device at 19 Greater Anglia stations, including Stortford.
Hertford and Stortford Conservatives have launched a petition for constituents to lobby Josh Dean to rebel against “this shameful decision”.
The council, which runs eight car parks in Stortford, wants to improve parking to “deliver fairer services and a healthier, greener environment”.
A YouGov survey of party members puts the MP for North West Essex in pole position to be their next leader.
