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Daisy presses Hospitals Minister for faster re-build of Watford General Hospital and for cancer services to be relocated to the site

Daisy Cooper MP has pressed the Hospitals Minister again to move the highly specialised Mount Vernon Cancer Centre to the Watford General Hospital site and bring forward the start date for the hospital’s re-build, in a 1-2-1 meeting with the Minister today (7 January). 

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Office opening hours over Christmas, and useful contacts

The office will be monitoring and replying to correspondence throughout the holiday period, and we will respond as soon as we can. The team will be available to reply to urgent casework on all working days over Christmas and New Year.

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MP announces plans to reduce energy bills and slash VAT for St Albans hospitality and attractions

Ahead of the Autumn Budget, Daisy Cooper, MP for St Albans and the Lib Dem Treasury Spokesperson, unveiled the party’s plans to slash VAT for hospitality and attractions and reduce people’s energy bills, paid for by a new windfall tax on the big banks.

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Trailblazer footballer and St Albans City FC manager recognised in Parliament

Daisy Cooper, MP for St Albans, has tabled a parliamentary motion celebrating the achievements of Frank Soo – the first football player of Asian descent to play for England and a former manager of St Albans City FC – and the Football Association’s decision to award him a posthumous England Cap. Frank Soo played for […]

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MPs slam Ofcom for letting Royal Mail off the hook, after allowing reduced second-class deliveries

Liberal Democrat MPs Daisy Cooper and Victoria Collins have slammed the postal regulator Ofcom for allowing Royal Mail to abandon second-class deliveries on a Saturday, and cut them back throughout the week. This announcement comes shortly after data showed missed delivery targets in Hertfordshire.

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12,920 Hertfordshire children at risk of losing SEND support from government changes

12,920 children in Hertfordshire who have EHCPs (Education, Health and Care plans) are at risk of losing support, as it’s rumoured that the Labour government could scrap EHCPs - a legally binding document that outlines a child or young person's special educational needs and the support they are entitled to receive.

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Minister pledges to explore Daisy’s plan to tackle porous pipes plaguing chalk streams

Daisy’s campaign to require water companies to prioritise their upgrades to porous pipes which contribute to sewage pollution in chalk streams, is one step closer, following a meeting the MP had with the Water and Flooding Minister. 

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MPs slam Royal Mail after local delivery targets missed

Liberal Democrats Daisy Cooper, MP for St Albans, and Victoria Collins, MP for Harpenden and Berkhamsted, have slammed Royal Mail as just 82.8% of first-class deliveries within AL postcodes were delivered on time, and 76.1% in HP postcodes - both well below the 93% target.

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Daisy’s response to the Spending Review

Responding to the Spending Review in Parliament today (11 June) Daisy Cooper MP for St Albans, and Treasury Spokesperson for the Liberal Democrats, said:

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Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: my update to St Albans constituents

My update to constituents who have written to me about the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill.

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