Council
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A12 cancelled
A12 widening scrapped as £1.6bn of Essex road projects axed by government
Essex County Council's highways chief says more than £1.6 billion of road projects have been scrapped or deferred by the government, including the long-awaited A12 widening.
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Road repairs
Reform councillor’s road repair boast meets Brightlingsea pushback
A Reform UK county councillor's boast about soaring road repairs has been met with scepticism in Brightlingsea, where FOI data suggests pothole backlogs remain stubbornly high.
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Operation Vanguard
Let’s be clear: Webster walks into Vanguard firestorm
A Facebook post by Brightlingsea town councillor Mark Webster defending Operation Vanguard drew 152 comments in a week — and exposed a community split that no amount of "visible reassurance" can paper over.