 
                
        
        Update on Lidl and Wates Way site
Following recent speculation, Brentwood North Lib Dem councillors provide an update on Lidl's plans for Wates Way site.
 
                
        
         
                
        
        Following recent speculation, Brentwood North Lib Dem councillors provide an update on Lidl's plans for Wates Way site.
 
                
        
        If you are struggling financially, pop along to our Winter Welfare event at Brentwood Town Hall on Wednesday 29 January between 10am and 3pm. There is no appointment needed, just drop in.
 
                
        
        Brentwood is the first council in Essex to fully switch to HVO, alongside its growing fleet of seven electric vans. This cleaner fuel, made entirely from certified waste materials like vegetable oils and waste fats, reduces carbon dioxide emissions by 99%
 
                
        
        Brentwood Liberal Democrat councillors attack plans for rushed local governmental reforms.
 
                
        
        Brentwood Borough Council and Rochford District Council announce that the operator for their four leisure facilities has been appointed.
 
                
        
        Several Brentwood residents have been honoured in the Kings’ New Year’s Honours List, released this week.
 
                
        
        The contaminated blood scandal is one of the gravest injustices in NHS history. We must honour victims with recognition, dignity, and compensation – and ensure no one ever suffers from such injustice again.
 
                
        
        Years of Conservative cuts have hollowed out the legal aid system, leaving millions without access to timely legal advice. Our new policy will legal aid a guaranteed right, ensure no one is left without help.
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        Millions of people are still trapped in England’s broken leasehold system. Our plan will end the leasehold rip-off, strengthen building safety, and give residents the control, fairness, and dignity they deserve in their own homes.