"The Judgement announced today by OFSTED that Essex County Council's rating for safeguarding children remains "inadequate" is a huge disappointment," said Cllr Theresa Higgins, Liberal Democrat spokesman at Essex County Council. "No amount of spin can disguise the fact that this is a damming judgement which is acutely embarrassing to the County Council."
Lib Dem Leader Cllr David Kendall has slammed the "open surgeries" being operated by Conservative controlled Brentwood Borough Council as a sham because they offer no voice to the opposition on the Council.
Lib Dem councillors have placed their trust in the licensing officers and responsible authorities after the licence for the Sugar Hut was reviewed and a number of key restrictions were placed on it in preparation for it's imminent re-opening. The licence was reviewed due to concerns on the issues of:
TWO rat-infested council houses are still being allocated to tenants, despite warnings from residents and councillors.
Brentwood West's two Liberal Democrat borough councillors, Karen Chilvers & Nigel Clarke, took direct action last week to tidy up an area that had become overgrown in their town centre ward.
Liberal Democrat County Cllr David Kendall and members of the Brentwood Bus & Rail Users Association took matters into their own hands in Brentwood High Street on Saturday morning when they distributed two hundred County Council Bus Pass consultation questionnaires to local bus users.
