Shenfield councillors help school crossing at Tabors Corner
With the roadworks making walking to school difficult, Shenfield councillors Barry Aspinell, Graeme Clark and Liz Cohen are out...
With the roadworks making walking to school difficult, Shenfield councillors Barry Aspinell, Graeme Clark and Liz Cohen are out...
Cllr Philip Mynott offers a view on a disgraceful night of politics in Brentwood:
Cllr Karen Chilvers: "I was scrutinising in the name of Brentwood residents and you are failing them" ...
The announcement that there is going to be a consultation on Youth Service Provision across Essex by Tory controlled Essex County Council after all the major cutbacks in youth services in recent years is a cause for serious concern says Lib Dem County Councillor David Kendall. Cllr Kendall, who sits as a member on the Brentwood Youth Partnership, is only to aware of the serious cuts that our local youth service has had to endure over the last few years and is fearful that this consultation could lead to the end of a properly funded youth service as we know it. He said "The Tories want to push the main responsibility for providing youth services across Essex onto volunteers with fewer and fewer youth officers employed in a supporting role. I consider this move to be a recipe for disaster as I believe volunteers will always need the proper back up and support of experienced youth workers if they are going to try and fill the void left by skilled professionals with many years of service. "I would urge any reside
Cllr David Kendall at a pothole in Brentwood ...
All animals are equal but some are more equal than others ...
Women’s rights around the world are under attack, with authoritarianism on the rise and deep cuts to UK aid undermining decades of progress. Defending women's rights must be a top priority and the UK must act boldly.
Two years of brutal civil war have turned Sudan into one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises, with over 30 million people in urgent need of aid. Our new policy calls for UK leadership to end the conflict - standing with the Sudanese people.
Space is no longer science fiction – it underpins our economy, security, and daily lives. Our new policy will renew the National Space Strategy, support UK spaceports and hubs, and designate space as a strategic industry.