Colchester Reform victory graphic marking the withdrawal of Essex Local Government Reorganisation plans

Colchester Reform Leader: Government Retreats on Essex LGR

Statement from Cllr Andrew Harding When Reform UK was swept into power in May, our colleagues at Essex County Council, led by Cllr Peter Harris, immediately issued proceedings to begin ...
Essex local government reorganisation plans withdrawn following Reform pressure

Reform Victory as Government Withdraws Essex LGR Plans

In a major development for residents across Colchester and the rest of Essex, the Government has confirmed that its decision to reorganise local government in Greater Essex has been withdrawn ...
Aerial view of the Wethersfield migrant accommodation centre in Essex

Operation Vanguard: Reform Acts to Protect Colchester

Reform-led Essex County Council has launched Operation Vanguard, introducing a new security presence across Colchester, Chelmsford and Braintree. In Colchester, the initiative responds to growing concerns about the expansion of ...
Councillor Andrew Harding with Stanway Rovers representatives presenting a cheque to Essex and Herts Air Ambulance.

Reform backs Stanway Rovers after break-in

Stanway Rovers Football Club has received an outpouring of community support following a damaging break-in at its New Farm Road clubhouse. The intruders caused extensive damage and stole membership money, ...
Cymbeline Meadows

Cymbeline Meadows

It was with real concern that the newly elected Reform UK councillors learned that plans had been brought forward under the previous Lib Dem/Labour administration to sell off part of ...

Colchester City Council ‘coalition’ doomed to fail

To avoid confronting the truth of successive years of failure at Colchester City Council, the reduced Conservatives and the flip flop Liberal Democrats have ‘agreed’ to work as a coalition ...