At today's Full Council meeting the Liberal Democrats at Essex County Council demanded that the Government widens the public consultation across Essex on the proposed replacement Nuclear Power Station at Bradwell.
I am one of the members of the Council's Economic Development & Environment Policy and Scrutiny Committee who are currently looking at all the options available to Essex residents for our future Renewable Energy needs. One of these options is nuclear power.
At a Full Council meeting of Essex County Council today there was unanimous support for a Liberal Democrat motion requesting that all county councillors should make the safeguarding of vulnerable children the highest priority.
Your Liberal Democrat councillors report back on December's full council meeting, held on 9th December 2009.
Cllr David Kendall has made a speech at December's full council meeting following the dire financial situation where the Tory-controlled council's accounts have not been signed off, £633K of taxpayers money has been misplaced and the council received a "1" rating for the use of resources.
A shocking report from the Audit Commission and other bodies puts Brentwood Borough Council as the lowest rated district or borough council in Essex and amongst the twelve worst in the country.
