Commenting on news that Cllr Rodney Bass, cabinet member for highways and transportation has resigned from the cabinet and that Cllr Mark Cossens and Cllr Pierre Oxley have resigned from the Conservative group at county hall, with Cllr Cossens also sacked as chair of the Corporate policy development group, Liberal Democrat leader, Cllr Tom Smith-Hughes said:
Following the resignation of a Tory Councillor there was a by-election in the Pilgrims Hatch ward on Brentwood District Council. Liberal Democrat David Kendall stormed to victory picking up the seat.
PLANS to turn a solicitors' office in Epping High Street into a restaurant have been refused permission by district councillors who said the change would be detrimental to the town.
Epping Forest Liberal Democrats have contacted Essex Policing after a leaflet informing residents how to contact their local neighbourhood policing team displayed the wrong number.
The FOCUS team is in regular contact with the Buckhurst Hill neighbourhood policing team.
HIGHWAYS chiefs are being urged to repair "disgraceful" roads and pavements in parts of the district.