Appeal for St Albans foodbanks tops £2,000 in supermarket vouchers
An appeal in support of St Albans foodbanks has raised the huge sum of £2,185 in supermarket vouchers from the local community.
Newly elected MP Daisy Cooper presented the vouchers to Emma Dalton, operational manager of the St Albans and District Foodbank.
Read moreDaisy Cooper puts St Albans' timeless tradition at heart of maiden speech
St Albans' newly elected MP, Daisy Cooper, made the city's proud contribution to Britain's place in the world the centrepiece of her maiden speech in parliament.
Read moreDaisy Cooper thanks voters of St Albans for electing her as MP
Daisy Cooper thanked the voters of St Albans on her election as the new MP for St Albans, defeating the Conservative incumbent by more than 6,000 votes in the general election.
Read moreCuts to St Albans schools ‘an absolute scandal’, says Daisy Cooper
Cuts to school budgets in St Albans are ‘an absolute scandal’ equivalent to the salaries of 80 teachers, says Liberal Democrat candidate Daisy Cooper.
Next year (2020-21) St Albans schools will have seen their budgets cut by £5.6 million in real terms since 2015, once increasing pupil numbers are taken into account, according to the National Education Union.
Read moreLong A&E waiting times ‘show Tories’ dismal record on NHS’
The Tories’ dismal record on the NHS is laid bare in the latest performance figures for local hospitals, according to St Albans’ Liberal Democrat parliamentary candidate Daisy Cooper.
More than one in four patients arriving at A&E in Watford General Hospital, St Albans City Hospital and Hemel Hempstead Hospital were forced to wait longer than four hours to be treated or admitted.
Read moreDaisy Cooper pledges emergency action to stop damage to planet
Emergency action to stop irreversible damage to the planet over the next 10 years was the policy pledge championed by Daisy Cooper, the Liberal Democrat candidate for St Albans, at a general election hustings on the environment.
Rail fare rise is ‘further blow’ to St Albans commuters
The news that rail fares will rise by 2.7% in 2020 is a “further blow” for rail passengers in St Albans, according to Daisy Cooper, the Liberal Democrat parliamentary candidate in the general election.
Read morePeople’s Vote supporters back Daisy Cooper in St Albans
Peoples Vote campaigners from around the region have been out talking to voters in St Albans on behalf of the Remain-supporting Liberal Democrat candidate Daisy Cooper.
Read moreMore United endorses Daisy Cooper
Daisy Cooper has been endorsed by cross-party More United members along with 108 candidates from key marginal seats. They include Rosie Duffield (Labour), Luciana Berger (Liberal Democrat) and Paul Masterton (Conservative).
Read morePeople’s Vote 'will give Lib Dems democratic mandate to stop Brexit'
Liberal Democrats will stop Brexit if they have a democratic mandate to do so – including a People’s Vote – Daisy Cooper confirmed at a General Election hustings in St Albans cathedral.
Daisy, the Liberal Democrat parliamentary candidate, was one of five contesting the St Albans seat who answered questions put by the public.
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