The Chief Constable of Essex, Jim Barker-McCardle, has so far failed to respond to my request to increase the role of police community support officers (PCSO). I wrote to Mr McCardle by email on January 29th and again on February 10th asking that PCSOs be allowed to book people who park illegally in Stansted. I think […]

Geoffrey Sell and I, with others from the parish & district councils, are meeting with Tesco and Co-op management on Monday morning to get their support for revised parking arrangements on Cambridge Road. This morning Geoffrey received another complaint about cars parking two-abreast on the pavement and blocking the way for pedestrians. I raised concern at […]

Public anger at elites who continue to line their pockets from the public purse whilst more and more ordinary people are genuinely finding it harder to make end meet has exposed something seriously rotten in our country. Not all in our democracy is bad. There are good examples of local people getting involved in shaping […]