Major progress is being made behind the scenes with plans to build new housing and business space at a development site in the heart of St Albans.

Herts County Council's Cabinet, at its meeting on 22 October 2018, approved the proposal to reduce the hours of darkness from the existing regime of midnight to 6am to a new period from 1am to 5am and will be carried out in areas that have LED street lighting installed.

Anne Main MP appeared before the Backbench Business Committee in Parliament last week to request a debate on the ongoing Rohingya refugee crisis in Bangladesh and Myanmar.

St Albans Green Ring – a continuous 6.5 mile cycling and walking route around the City – has been officially opened.

The ring connects many of the City’s green spaces, beauty spots and heritage sites as well as schools, workplaces, leisure facilities and residential areas.

Yesterday in Parliament, St Albans MP Anne Main led a debate on school funding. Mrs Main called the debate and made the opening speech on an important issue. Anne’s speech pressed for more money to go into education ahead of the Chancellor’s budget next week.

Yesterday in Parliament Anne Main met with rail minister, Jo Johnson for an update on Thameslink services from St Albans. The St Albans MP shared the concerns of many of her constituents about the possible delays that could be caused by further planned timetable changes in December.

The new £7.75m St Albans Museum & Gallery has attracted more than 100,000 visitors since opening in June, achieving half its annual target in under four months.

Over the next four years, Hertfordshire County Council will be investing millions of pounds to improve local roads like the ones our residents live and work on.

The spectacular new St Albans Museum & Gallery has won a top design award with judges praising the project leaders’ “vision and energy”.

A new Economic Development Strategy for St Albans District has been unveiled, focused around building a flourishing local economy to deliver a broad range of high-quality jobs.