Braintree District Council budget: Opportunity to create new woodlands wasted
Essex County Council and Braintree District Council set their budgets last week. This has been a challenging process in recent years, made more so this year due to the financial impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic. At Essex County Council (ECC) there were welcome announcements, including £1million investment in mental health support for children and the health and care workforce. After years of requests from opposition councillors, including Greens and Independents, the Conservative ECC administration has agreed to restore the funding to Local Highways Panels (LHP) that was cut some years...
Source: clactonandfrintongazette.co.uk