Celebrating the 1053 potential lifesavers in North East Hertfordshire this Blood Cancer Awareness Month

Residents in North East Hertfordshire have been praised by blood cancer charity Anthony Nolan for the people in their community who are registered as stem cell donors.

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The Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, James Brokenshire MP, has announced a consultation on measures to tackle exploitative and unjustifiable practices in the leasehold sector. Full details are given in the attached letter.

North Herts MP, Sir Oliver Heald, has taken up the concerns of Ashwell residents about the withdrawal of the Ashwell Community Bus (service 202) to and from Ashwell station. The operator, Landmark Coaches, has given notice on the 202 contract with the service finishing in mid-November.

Chris Grayling's 'Dear Colleague' letter with the Terms of Reference for the review is attached.

The Glaister review into the rail chaos came out today and here is the link. Our line has suffered very badly and this confirms that there has not been proper co-ordination.

It was good to meet representatives of the Royal College of Midwives to talk about the latest annual assessment. Although this shows an increase in midwives, there is still a long way to go to recruit more.

Sir Oliver meets regularly with local farmers and strongly supports their interests. After a recent meeting with the NFU in Sandon, Oliver agreed to attend an event in Parliament to highlight the importance of British food and our farmers.

The Boundary Commission’s final proposals were published on 10 September and suggest removing villages such as Walkern and Watton-at-Stone from NE Hertfordshire constituency and placing them in Stevenage.  The Hertford Rural wards of NE Herts will be placed in Welwyn & Hatfield.  In addition,