17 Nov 2013
Brentwood Liberal Democrats
For A Greener, Fairer, Safer Brentwood
Brentwood Borough News
17 Nov 2013
Lights go off on 10th February 2014
Brentwood Lib Dems have had confirmation that the street lights in Brentwood will swtich to part-night lighting on 10th February 2014 but the full details will not be published until 24th January 2014.
17 Nov 2013
Stand up for Young People in Brentwood
County Cllr David Kendall has this message for anyone who cares about Brentwood's young people:
17 Nov 2013
Cllr Kendall calls for light switch off delay
Lib Dem County Councillor David Kendall has called on Essex County Council to delay the introduction of "Part Night Lighting" in Brentwood to allow Councillors and local residents more time to consider key areas across the Borough where the lights should remain ON. At present "Part Night Lighting" is due to be introduced in February 2014 but the actual date in February has yet to be confirmed. David Kendall has made the call after finally being told that the maps showing where the County Council intend to keep the lights ON in Brentwood won't be available until 24th January 2014 which is potentially days before the big switch off. He said: "Councillors and residents need to know where the County Council intend to definitely keep the lights ON in Brentwood between 12am and 5am before they can give a detailed response to what is being proposed. The fact that we aren't going to get this information until the 24th January - potentailly days before the big switch off - makes a mockery of the whole consultation pro
3 Nov 2013
Lib Dem councillors slam changes to children's centres
Brentwood County Councillors David Kendall and Barry Aspinell have slammed the proposed changes Tory controlled Essex County Council plan to make to the Childrens Centres operating in the Borough and across Essex. The changes in Brentwood are as follows: The Ark Children's Centre based at Becket Keys School in Sawyers Hall Lane will be closed and it will merge with the Larchwood Gardens Children's Centre in Pilgrims Hatch. The County may continue to provide services from the outreach sites to meet local need to minimise the effects of closing the childrens centre but this still has to be decided. Cherry Tree Children's Centre in Knights Way will see it's operating hours cut from 40 hours down to 15 hours and the telephone service which was 10 hours will be stopped completely. Sunshine Children's Centre which is based in Shenfield Library will see it's operating hours cut from 40 hours down to 5 hours and the telephone service which was 10 hours will be stopped completely. David Kendall, Lib Dem County Counc
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