The full Watford Borough Council meeting was held at the Town Hall, Rickmansworth Road from 7.30pm last night.

All members were present to discuss the issues put forward by members of the council and various councillors.

Cllr Bashir kicked off the discussion by asking what the current plans for the Metropolitan Line extension were.

The plans to extend the tube line to Watford Junction from the current station in Cassiobury Park Avenue, via Watford High Street Station and with the addition of two new stations have stalled since the London Mayoral Elections last year.

TfL took over the plan from Hertfordshire County Council in 2015 providing £49 million funding, but in December 2016, the plans were left out of the Mayor of London’s travel agenda.

It was conspicuously absent from Mayor of Watford Dorothy Thornhill's report, which was presented to the meeting.

Cllr Thornhill said: “The reason it is not mentioned is because there is nothing to say.”

She cited the political challenges between the Mayor of London Sadiq Khan and Secretary of State for Transport Chris Grayling about TfL taking over local railways.

Cllr Rabbi Martins was appointed as committee and scrutiny officer to the West Herts Scrutiny Committee.

All members were unanimous in their support of the report from the Neighbourhood Forum, and to continue the council tax reduction scheme.

On a national level it was proposed that the victims of disasters in Manchester and London should be given tax breaks to deal in the wake of recent events.

Though this does not directly affect people in Watford, the council were proud to continue their existing scheme reducing council tax on a means-tested system.

Again the council were united under the motion put forward by Lib Dem councillor for Nascot Mark Hofman who proposed that the decision to close Nascot Lawn be challenged.

The respite centre for disabled children with high medical need is facing closure at the end of October and the council agreed that they would challenge this.

However, there was less unity when discussing the impact of Uber cars on taxi drivers in Watford.

The motion proposed by Labour Cllr Ahsan Khan for Callowland to regulate and prosecute Uber drivers who are parking illegally and plying for trade in order to protect licenced taxi drivers in the borough.

This garnered support from many Watford taxi drivers, who attended the meeting to voice their opinion.

The Liberal Democrats argued that they are already writing a full report on the impact, regulating target areas and would not write to Uber to plead they leave Watford and so ultimately rejected the motion.

Disgruntled drivers shouted “you should be Mayor of Uber” and councillors continued to speak over each other for the duration of the debate.

Chairman of Watford Council Jagtar Dhindsa said: "On both sides that behaviour is promoted from the floor.

"Please colleagues, do not interrupt, both sides are doing it. You have your right to say, but please put your light on, then make your point.

"Please allow other councillors to make their points whether you agree or not, you can put your points in a debate."

Two motions regarding planning and building regulations were also proposed, but decisions on these were suspended for a specific planning committee.

Cllr Nigel Bell wanted to start a discussion about whether high rise buildings should be considered in the wake of the recent tragedy at Grenfel Tower.

Chairman of development management committee Cll Peter Jeffree echoed the Mayor’s sentiments in expressing condolences for all victims of the tower blaze and stressed the importance of helping people to remain calm.