Guest Blog: 'UKIP leader abandons Green Belt Review and her promise to reduce housing numbers!' by Cllr Andy Barnes (Con, Laindon Park)

“Since becoming a councillor in 2008, I have attended scores, if not hundreds, of council and committee meetings. Last night’s meeting of Basildon Council’s Infrastructure, Growth & Development Committee must rank as the strangest. The big news out of Basildon Council is the removal of the minority Conservative administration back in May 2017 and its…