Cllr David Barnard wrote for the Offley Village Voice magazine's next issue. Check out what he had to say below.

Harpenden branch hosted Andrew Bowie, MP for West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine, at their annual Harpenden Supper. Andrew was the first of the 2017 intake to become a PPS, serving in the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport.

Hitchwood, Offa and Hoo Conservative Councillor David Barnard has been supporting a project to put up plaques in Offley and Cockenhoe ahead of the 100 year anniversary of the end of the First World War.

The County Council have recently announced an extra £29 million investment in our local roads between now and 2022. This investment will have significant benefits for the roads of Hitchin and Harpenden.

Bim greatly enjoyed going to the River Lea in Wheathampstead with the Herts & Middlesex wildlife trust. He has been working with them to help support our chalk rivers - a very rare asset of which the River Lea is a wonderful example.

Our MP Bim Afolami worked closely with local groups, including the Hitchin Forum, CleanUp Hitchin and councillors from all parties on the Big Green Hitchin Litter Pick.

The event, held on the 21st October, was a tremendous success - with over 200 volunteers turning out!

Your Hitchin Conservative team were joined by our local MP Bim Afolami in Walsworth this morning. We were delivering one of our surveys to residents to get feedback on how we can improve the local area, and it was great to chat to so many people who are passionate about improving Hitchin.

The County Council's contractor has been out in Harpenden West to undertake the cyclical cleaning of roadside surface water drainage gullies. Cleaned gullies are signified by a red paint tag.

Yesterday, more than 40 party members attended Offley branch's annual Autumn Party at Little Offley House.

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