Among the "highlights" are the closure of Chafford Hundred Library; Withdrawal of council funding for Community Forums; 43 jobs to go within Learning and Universal Outcomes Service and ten Social Work jobs to go.
However, whilst attendance at meetings, committees, and events are an essential part of the role, the most important part for me is the time spent listening to our residents and trying to deal with the many issues that are raised.
So, first off, James. We caught up with James at the Stanford Festival to assess how he has seen the first two months. Winning the seat, retaining power, losing power. It's been a busy time!
Eric Pickles approved Colonnade Land's application to build 299 residential units at Bata Field in East Tilbury, Thurrock, on the advice of his inspector, despite opposition from Thurrock Thames Gateway Development Corporation and Thurrock Council.
There was a range of guests, from former MP Andrew Mackinlay, who helped save the Island's reciprocal health agreement to Richard Bowers, an alligator wrestler and president of the native Indian Seminole Tribe of Florida.
With AV, they would have been even further from a majority with 25 fewer seats including Thurrock. Jackie Doyle Price's seat would have gone back to Labour while Stephen Metcalfe is only a list of 78 seats that are marked as highly vulnerable under this system of proportionality as he had less than 45% of the vote.
....young Homesteads councillor, James Halden believes that the public are more interested in whether their councillors are dealing with the issues that concern them on a day to day basis rather than the freebie and junkets laid before them.
Any criticism of the counting agents interfering was quickly shot down by Cllr Phil Anderson. He said: "The agents have a democratic right to point out inconsistencies. There were counters who had been up for a day and were struggling to count to ten."
But far too many of our cities and towns are creating ‘Clone Town Britain’. As ambassador for this campaign I agree with Essex FSB that we need to stand up as a united voice and together we will tell the Government, to Keep Trade Local.
THE Youth Cabinet is one of the shining achievements of Thurrock Council. Under the guidance of Tom Flynn, the young people have bloomed in confidence and ability. It isn't about politics although many members have gone on to launch careers in the political chamber.
“Unfortunately, some residents are using the bins for black bags and food waste and this causes problems for those dealing with and it costs the council, and therefore the council tax payer money.”
