The fire service seems to be in the minds of quite a few local people at the moment – we’ve certainly had a few people contact us about the replacement of the Rayleigh and Hadleigh fire stations by the new one in Thundersley.
Incidentally, Castle Point Labour Campaigner Julian Ware-Lane points out on his blog here that because of the first-past-the-post system that’s used for council elections, the Essex Fire Authority is now made up of 20 Conservatives , 5 Lib Dems – and no Labour.