THE Essex Chronicle revealed today that chief executive of Essex County Council, and former Brentwood Chief Exective, knew about some of Lord Hanningfield's excessive credit card spending during his time as leader of the authority.
Brentwood Councillors were shocked to uncover the fact that Brentwood is ninth on the list of footpath resurfacing since 2010. Whilst Braintree has had over 33,000 metres of resurfacing, Brentwood has had just over 4,000 and trails Uttlesford, Harlow and Epping. Ranking City/Borough/District Council Number of metres of resurfacing 1 Braintree 33,020 2 Chelmsford 23,313 3 Colchester 15,850 4 Basildon 14,791 5 Tendring 10,500 6 Epping 8,800 7 Harlow 8,480 8 Uttlesford 7,435 9 Brentwood 4,120 10 Castle Point 3,685 11 Rochford 3,080 12 Maldon 2,350 Commenting on these figures Lib Dem County Councillor for the Brentwood South Division David Kendall said: "These shocking figures show once again how Tory controlled Essex County Council is short changing the residents of Brentwood. "We have footpaths across the Borough that are in urgent need of resurfacing to make them safe but the County keep saying they don't have the money to do them. 74% of council tax that Brentwood residents pay goes to the County Council and
County Cllr David Kendall did his bit to help snow stranded communities by delivering salt and grit bags for use during the snow and ice.
In an interview with the Essex Enquirer today, new Shenfield Councillor Liz Cohen gives her reaction to her election in the traditionally Tory safe seat:
Liz Cohen won yesterday's by election in Shenfield with a resounding victory over the Conservatives who, until May 2012, had held all three borough seats since 1896.
