In a blatant act of revenge, Lord Hanningfield and the Conservative administration group at Essex County Council have today (5 August) voted to cut off the only opposition group's one full time support staff in a bid to gag the opposition.
Brentwood West Lib Dem duo Cllr Karen Chilvers and Chair Nigel Clarke have committed to do 75% of their shopping at Brentwood's Independent Traders during the High Street improvement works and are urging local residents to do the same.
A bold Liberal Democrat bid to get some free parking in Brentwood's town centre car parks whilst the High Street improvements are completed was rejected out of hand by the Conservatives at a stormy Policy Panel meeting on Wednesday night (29/7/09).
The fight to help local traders in Brentwood address the parking problems they are facing during the High Street improvements heated up this week with the Liberal Democrat Leader Cllr David Kendall claiming new Tory plans on parking lacked ambition and didn't go far enough.
After years of campaigning by local councillors, the Brentwood Bus & Rail Users Association and local residents, the southern part of Brentwood is finally getting a much needed Sunday and Bank Holiday bus service. The decision was made by Cllr Norman Hume the Cabinet member for Highways at Essex County Council on Monday.
The ruling Conservative group at Essex County Council has dramatically split over its controversial decision to pump £50m of taxpayers' money into Santander bank. At a public meeting yesterday (28 July) some of the Tories voted to continue with a decision to extend the period of the bank's lending period, whilst part of the group voted to stop the decision.
