But Pitsea councillor Craig Rimmer said: “The youth zone needs £4million of council investment, that money needs to be spread across the town. “If Onside want to pay for the whole scheme, then we are happy to go ahead. Concerns have always been raised about the accessibility getting into the town centre from elsewhere.
The inside of the youth zone “We don’t want all these tower blocks built. We will do all we can do stop them. We would rather terraced developments.” The Tory leadership has also been thrown into doubt. The Echo understands a meeting was held last night to determine the new leader of the council.
But Pitsea councillor Craig Rimmer said: “The youth zone needs £4million of council investment, that money needs to be spread across the town. “If Onside want to pay for the whole scheme, then we are happy to go ahead. Concerns have always been raised about the accessibility getting into the town centre from elsewhere.
The inside of the youth zone “We don’t want all these tower blocks built. We will do all we can do stop them. We would rather terraced developments.” The Tory leadership has also been thrown into doubt. The Echo understands a meeting was held last night to determine the new leader of the council.
Election highlights: the results and controversies you may have missed
We all know we finally have a female combined authority mayor and that Andy Burnham and Andy Street retained their mayoral roles – but you may have missed some of the details of last Thursday s polls.
Here’s the LGC ‘best of the rest’, featuring some of the other highlights brought to you by our live election blog.
Tories take Southampton
The Conservatives gained seven seats to hold 25 of Southampton City Council’s 48 seats, with Labour on 23.
Conservatives make inroads in Rotherham
The Tories came from nowhere – they had no seats before – to become a serious rival to Labour in the South Yorkshire metropolitan borough. The new chamber has 20 Conservatives and 32 Labour councillors.
Basildon is blue again after the Labour party was ousted in a dramatic turn at the polls which saw the leader of the town step down. The Tories have taken back control of the council as they won four seats from the Labour party, with outgoing council leader Gavin Callaghan fearing the result would have “lasting consequences”. Senior Conservatives admitted national politics may have provided councillors with a huge boost, sending a huge thank you to Prime Minister Boris Johnson for helping to secure votes. Following the count, Craig Rimmer, councillor for Pitsea South East, announced he is set to push to become Tory leader of Basildon.
Basildon Council s Labour leader Gavin Callaghan says he ll be standing down as party leader as early election results suggest the Tories are set to take hold of the authority. In the first round of today s election results the Conservatives have taken three seats - Pitsea South East, St Martin s and Vange. Announcing his resignation as Basildon Labour Party leader on Facebook Mr Callaghan said: I would like to thank the residents of Pitsea North West who re-elected me for a third consecutive time. I promise to carry on working hard for you and your families. However, the overall results are a bitter blow for Basildon and it means I will no longer be the Leader of our Council.