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AS we approach May s election, control of Colchester Council is teetering on a knife-edge. The town hall is controlled by a coalition of Labour and the Lib Dems, who together hold 24 seats. There are 51 seats in the borough, meaning the coalition is technically a minority administration. The Highwoods Independents were part of what was then called the rainbow alliance , but 18 months ago they packed their bags. Support is now on a vote by vote basis, meaning there are some crunch votes on contentious issues. The Conservative Group are the largest group on the council, holding 21 seats. In May they need to secure an additional five, as well as hold all of their existing ones, to hold an overall majority.
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4:29 PM December 23, 2020
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4:55 PM December 23, 2020
Colchester Borough Council leader Mark Cory released a joint statement with other group leaders saying the move to Tier 4 was necessary
- Credit: COLCHESTER BOROUGH COUNCIL
Moving to Tier 4 will have significant impact on people in Essex - but community leaders say: There is no doubt in our minds that we are all being asked to do the right thing.
Even though most of Essex has already been moved to Tier 4, Tendring, Colchester and Uttlesford remained in Tier 2 at the last government review while cases rates were still low.
However, the situation has changed rapidly, with current data showing rates in Colchester are currently at 257.3 per 100,000, Tendring at 227.8 and Uttlesford at 314.3.