Liz Beardwell

North Herts Council has confirmed that providing better facilities for teenagers in the district is not one of its priorities – even though residents in three of the district’s four towns say that this is the single most important thing that the Council could do to make the area a better place to live. Answering a question from Liberal Democrat Councillor Steve Jarvis the council’s policy portfolio holder told a meeting of the council that providing facilities for teenagers was not a priority and not the District Council’s responsibility despite the public’s views. She told the meeting that the County Council should be dealing with the issue.

Commenting Steve Jarvis said, “I’m afraid that this buck passing between the District Council and the County Council – both of which are run by the Conservatives – is all too common. Local people clearly think that providing more facilities for young people is important but the Council has decided that it knows best.”

 “People will wonder why, when it is already one of the most expensive councils in the area, it wastes its money on asking people’s opinions if it doesn’t intend to pay any attention to the results.” 

The District Council surveyed a representative sample of 1,000 people from across the District in July and August