Rayleigh Town Council is pleased to announce the official opening of the re-located
'Rayleigh Market' in Rayleigh Town Centre (taxi lagoon) , on Wednesday 4th January 2012
at 10 am. The market will be opened by the Chairman of Rayleigh Town Council, Cllr Mrs
Peggy Corbett, accompanied by the Right Honourable Mark Francois MP, Rayleigh Town
Councillors and other local dignitaries.
The Town Council wishes to express its gratitude for the support it has received from Essex
County Council and Rochford District Council, in arranging the smooth transition to the new
location.
The Town Council also wishes to acknowledge the support it has received from Mr Trevor
Day, and the other market traders, and taxi drivers located in Rayleigh High Street, for the
way they have worked together to ensure the success of the market.
Last but not least the council thanks the people of Rayleigh who supported the idea of the
proposed move, and the support that they have already given to the relocated market.

Last Tuesday night (June 7) there was an extraordinary meeting of Rochford District Council to discuss car parking in the District. Following the meeting, Rochford District Council’s Portfolio Holder for Planning and Transportation, Councillor Keith Hudson, said: “One of the most important decisions the Council took last night was to reduce its minimum parking fee from 60 to 40 pence. This is to help our residents and visitors in these times of austerity, especially those who just want a short stay in our car parks to pick up a prescription or buy a loaf of bread or newspaper.

David Cameron said that there was still room for negotiation over pension reforms, but he insisted that unions “need to know that we will be very firm and very resolute in our approach”.
“Of course there’s negotiation over the details and we’ve had very constructive conversations with the unions. No one wants to have a confrontation, no one wants to see strikes, I certainly don’t want to see that happen.

Derrick Stansby, Councillor and Chairman of Rochford District Council, passed away on the morning of Friday 15th April, he was 79 years of age.

His passing was peaceful, having suffered a short illness prior to his death.

He was a friend to all who knew him. a quite man in nature but truly passionate about his politics and his music, jazz especially.

Localism & Hullbridge in particular. Aside from addressing the immediate financial difficulties a complete change in the way our county is governed is taking place which will in turn devolve more power to our community.

Rayleigh North is the Essex County Constituency comprising of Lodge; Central; Trinity; Downhall & Rawreth Wards. We have combined this new look InTouch so we can give a broader picture to our constituents throughout the year with more publications.  

The past few months have been a real rollercoaster. Being responsible for Education across the county I was really pleased with the efforts that youngsters put in to achieve a huge improvement in GCSE results in Essex, compared to other parts of the country. Too often people criticise education in this country accusing it of becoming “dumbed down”. But anyone who is a parent will know how hard our young people are working to achieve those results.

Thank you so much to all who came down to support the First Tuesday Group stall at the incredibly successful Rayleigh Christmas Lights switch on. It was a very successful event and hopefully see the new members of Conservative Futures at our next meet on Tuesday 11th January 2011.

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