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Cllr Philip Mynott: A view on Wednesday's extraordinary council meeting
Cllr Philip Mynott offers a view on a disgraceful night of politics in Brentwood:
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Tories sack Scrutiny Chair Cllr Karen Chilvers for scrutinising their administration
In a sustained, vindictive and personal attack, Brentwood Conservatives finally saw the last shred of democracy out of the door of the council chamber on Wednesday night when they spent almost…
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Essex Youth Services Under Threat
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…
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The £631,000 Pothole Compensation Scandal
Essex County Council have confirmed that, over the last four years there have been 7584 claims but only 731 claims actually paid out for the same period. That means there are 6,583 angry and…
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Echoes of "Animal Farm" at Tory Brentwood
Last Friday, Brentwood's acting Conservative Leader, Cllr RogerHirst, demanded that Lib Dem Cllr Karen Chilvers be replaced as Chair of the council's Overview & Scrutiny committee. Her crime?…
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Kendall's action on danger crossroads
Following the news that there had been a serious accident at Devils Head Crossing in Warley at the weekend, County Cllr David Kendall said: "I am very concerned to hear that there has been…
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Tory threat over no confidence vote: We will FIRE Cllr Karen Chilvers for scrutinising us
"Karen was elected as chair by the whole council, including the Tories, in May of this year. Since then she has steered a working party that has made recommendations on improvements to the…
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Home to School transport: will this affect you and your child?
Conservative controlled Essex County Council are running a six week formal consultation into the discretionary elements of their home to school transport policy. The consultation ends on 28th…
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Cllr Philip Mynott leads call for scrutiny on Tory accounts fiasco
Lib Dem Cllr Philip Mynott has led the call for the Conservative's controversial annual accounts decision to be referred to the Overview & Scrutiny Committee.
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Council accounts late AND to be signed off behind closed doors
An unbelievable decision was made by the Conservatives running Brentwood last night that will see the council's accounts agreed - not by elected councillors and in public - but by one council…
