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This story in tonights Echo<\/a> is amazingly frank- Cllr Peter Webster is really angry with some of his Tory colleagues. <\/p>\n

Tory raps ‘lazy councillors’<\/strong><\/p>\n

A FORMER council leader has claimed his own colleagues are more concerned with their allowances than working for their constituents.<\/p>\n

Tory Rochford district councillor Peter Webster launched an astonishing attack on his fellow members who, he claimed, were “too lazy” to fill in a questionnaire about how the authority worked.<\/p>\n

The questionnaire was sent to all of the 39 councillors, asking for their views on the workings of the review committee during its first year of operation.<\/p>\n

However, only 22 members replied to the questions posed, even though they did not have to give their names.<\/p>\n

Mr Webster, who was the council chairman last year and previously led the controlling Tory group, told the committee: “Quite frankly, I feel this is a damning indictment on some members of the council.<\/p>\n

“It seems to me that all they are interested in is the amount of money they get at the end of each month.”<\/p>\n

Speaking after the meeting, Mr Webster said the workload on some councillors was becoming heavier and heavier, especially with the Government demanding the council takes on more responsibility.<\/p>\n

He added: “But it is a fact there are others who are doing very little, either to contribute to the working of the council or to look after the interests of their constituents.”<\/p>\n

He would not name any member but said: “They know who they are and they could easily lose their seats if there was strong opposition”.<\/p>\n

Mr Webster’s wife, Mavis, is currently the chairman of the district council and also serves as a Rayleigh county councillor.<\/p>\n

Chris Black, leader of the minority Liberal Democrat group on the council, said: “When you get a party with a massive majority on any council you will have a few who do very little, which is not fair to their constituents or to the members of the minority party.<\/p>\n

“I would add there are some Rochford district councillors who aren’t even known in their own wards.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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