John Spademan News Today

The local elections are to be held on May 4

AS we approach Mays 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 vote...