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Green Party Cllr Ben Crystall suggested that ambitions for sustainability “may have fallen by the wayside” when Hertfordshire County Council set its budget for 2024-25. At the meeting, Cllr Crystall (Hertford All Saints) acknowledged the “incredibly challenging financial situation” facing the authority. But he said the council’s approach to sustainability did not go far enough. Cllr Crystall, who is also the leader of East Herts Council’s Green Party and Liberal Democrat administration, said he was “disappointed” at the lack of bids or capital programmes designed to meet the ambitions of the S…

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