Hertfordshire county councillor resigns from Conservative party

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Deborah Price and Nathan Louis
County Hall in Hertford, home of Hertfordshire County Council. Credit: Jack Hill
A county councillor has resigned from the Conservative Party – to make the case for "genuine" local government reform.
Technology entrepreneur Cllr Andrew Stevenson believes Hertfordshire’s current two-tier system of local government is too bureaucratic, with too many councils and too many councillors.
He says that much of local government has become "historic theatre" with "more theatre than substance".
The Hertford councillor says his resignation from the Conservative Party will give him greater freedom to speak out as an independent councillor.
The move comes just months after leader of Hertfordshire County Council, Conservative Cllr David Williams, openly backed the idea of a single unitary council for the county.

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