Green light for council link-up
Brentwood and Essex councils have agreed to form an unprecedented partnership.
CNRBWN
16 Sep 2007
News
Cllr Hardy's letter on county merger
So Brentwood borough is now set to lose its identity in a virtual amalgamation with a county council which has a hundred times its budget and a hundred times more clout! This marriage of inconvenience involving the appointment of the Essex county chief executive also as chief executive of Brentwood council might bring into play conflicts of interest in which the larger partner would likely prevail. This experiment could go badly wrong.
DH
5 Sep 2007
Cllr Kendall's letter on county merger
The Conservative masters of spin are hard at work as they do their best to convince us of their latest cunning plan. One minute they are telling us what a great job Brentwood Borough Council is doing providing local services. Next minute they are announcing that the Borough Council is going into a joint partnership with Essex County Council to provide a one stop shop for local services. They follow this up with the news that we are going to have one Chief Executive running both authorities, who just happens to be the County's Chief Executive.
DK
5 Sep 2007
Brentwood Liberal Democrats call for referendum
Cllr David Kendall, leader of the Liberal Democrat group on Brentwood Borough council, has asked for the following motion to be put forward at the special council meeting on 11th September 2007:
5 Sep 2007
Lib Dems oppose county merger
Cllr David Kendall, Leader of the Lib Dem group on Brentwood Borough Council, has reacted angrily to the shock news that Brentwood is going to merge with Essex County Council and be run jointly by the County's Chief Executive Joanna Killion.
21 Aug 2007
Sandpit Lane junction - time for action
The three Liberal Democrat councillors in Pilgrims Hatch are calling on Essex County Council and Brentwood Borough Council to take urgent action to improve the Sandpit Lane junction with the Ongar Road which is one of the worst accident black spots in the Borough.
24 Jul 2007