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Now Local Conservatives Want To Tax You TWICE!

It’s election time and the desperation to pull the wool over your eyes is ...

Now Local Conservatives Want To Tax You TWICE!

Rayleighs Barclays Branch Closes, but it opens another door

Rayleighs Barclays Bank branch on the High Street closes for good on 22nd March ...

Rayleighs Barclays Branch Closes, but it opens another door

There Is No Skatepark Consultation

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If you’ve been misled by the Tory propaganda printed in todays Echo

A Mystery Meeting

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A mystery meeting extraordinary full council has appeared on the District Councils

Application to install Solar PV in Conservation Area

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Ordinarily, there wouldn’t be much of a ‘to do’ with the installation

Three Tories Leave Conservative Group at Rochford District Council

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We have recently been notified that three District Conservative councillors have now

Food Waste and Green Waste Are Going Their Separate Ways in The Rochford District

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Government legislation has determined that all future food waste must be separated

Essex County Council Cuts Highways Budget In Half

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Essex County Council cuts the highways budget in half in their latest