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R4U has asked the Department for Education to investigate ECC for a breach of its statutory duty to provide school transport. Over the summer ECC forced through adverse changes to school …read more →
It seems that Essex County Council’s refusal to provide some students transport to secondary schools is a breach of their statutory duty: The Department for Education statutory school transport guidance …read more →
ECC are completely ignoring catchment areas Essex County Council used to provide free school transport for students going to their catchment school (in education speak, for those in the ‘priority …read more →
After bringing attention to the unaffordable price hike to school transport, we were contacted by another resident, Colin Smith from Saffron Walden who asked us to share his story and take up …read more →
How do Gnomies? Been a bit quiet on the gnome front, sorry about that. Hip replacement this Spring and what with all the potholes I go clambering in and out …read more →
Conservative prospective ECC candidate John Moran was recently writing in praise of the Conservative controlled Essex County Council saying their services are ‘superior’. The UDC Scrutiny Committee however take …read more →
The following is ECC Cllr John Lodge’s letter to the papers last week: Dear Sir, I refer to a most interesting recent press letter from Stephen Daly in which …read more →
Newport railway bridge is struck about three times a year and near misses, which cause very similar disruption and damage, as the big trucks can’t reverse out, are happening about …read more →
R4U is seeking residents’ candidates for the 2017 Essex County Council Elections. Even though the Essex County Council elections are a year away, the local independent party, Residents for Uttlesford, …read more →
I wanted to provide an update to residents about the major utility works that will shortly close the B1052 at Sparrows End Hill for 9 days. Frankly I have been as …read more →