Reform UK Chelmsford

15/09/2026

🚨 Another councillor walks away from the Chelmsford Lib Dems

Councillor Pete Davey, elected as a Liberal Democrat in Great Baddow East, has now left the Liberal Democrats and is sitting as an Independent.

This follows the very public fallout involving Jude Deakin last year.

That is now two councillors who have ended up outside the Lib Dem group, raising some fairly obvious questions about what is happening behind the scenes.

But the bigger question residents may want answered is this:

How much of taxpayers' money has the Lib Dem administration spent on Local Government Reorganisation, much of which could now prove to be wasted?

While residents expect their council to concentrate on delivering the services they actually have responsibility for, the Lib Dem administration has been spending time and money focusing on what they hoped they would be controlling two years from now.

Internal fighting, councillors leaving the group and taxpayers' money being spent on plans that may never come to fruition.

Losing control and losing money. That's the Chelmsford Lib Dems for you.

Chelmsford residents deserve better than that. Their money should be spent delivering services and fixing the problems that matter to them now.

14/09/2026

Operation Vanguard is now underway in Essex. 👊

Today marks the start of the three month trial, with security patrols now operating across Chelmsford, Braintree and Colchester town centres.

For us in Chelmsford, this is about one thing: making sure residents feel safe, reassured and confident using their town centre.

The patrols are there as a visible presence, to deter antisocial behaviour and to support the work of Essex Police where issues arise.

We said we would listen to residents and take practical action where we believe it is needed.

Now we are getting on with it. 💪🏻

Putting residents first. Putting Chelmsford first. 🇬🇧

11/09/2026

£100,000 for one road problem.

That should make every taxpayer sit up and ask questions.

LibDem run Somerset Council is already facing serious financial pressures, yet residents are seeing huge sums being discussed for basic infrastructure problems.

Here in Essex, we are taking a different approach.

In the short time Reform has been running Essex County Council, we have already been getting on with fixing roads, tackling long standing problems and making sure taxpayers see something tangible for their money.

It is not about spending money for the sake of spending it. It is about getting the basics right, prioritising properly and making every pound go further.

And this is where it gets interesting.

The Liberal Democrats in Chelmsford are very quick to call Reform “divisive”.

But if asking difficult questions about taxpayers' money is divisive, if demanding better roads is divisive, and if putting residents first is divisive, then perhaps we need a little more of that kind of “division”.

Because imagine what we could achieve in Chelmsford if we brought that same focus on value for money and getting the basics right to the City Council.

We have already shown what can be achieved at Essex County Council.

Just imagine what we could do for Chelmsford.

https://www.facebook.com/share/1LsEhwJAhe/

Near-bankrupt Somerset Council has spent more than £100,000 over the past two-and-a-half years on road closure signage rather than using the money to repair the road, Dunster Parish Council has been told.

Read more in comments below.

10/09/2026

Lib Dem Chelmsford City Council has spent time and our money supporting graffiti in our city centre and parks.

Graffiti is a gateway crime. Gateway crimes are proven to lead to further crime and damage our values.

Reform Chelmsford believes Broken Britain and Chelmsford City centre have a lot of higher priorities than spending money on graffiti.

During a cost of living crisis I would imagine people would prefer lower council tax or if not what would you prioritise instead ?

Chelmsford Community City Council

07/09/2026

With Andy Burnham having made 3 speeches on how Thatcher is to blame and how the country has "Taken a series of wrong turns in the decades since" He seems to think its was so much better before Thatcher in the 1970s!

07/09/2026

For immediate release...

A HUGE victory for us here at led in forcing government to shelve

We were the first council to take decisive legal action against Labour’s plans, who otherwise intended to dilute local democracy and wanted us (you) to spend millions on consultants, IT, redundancies and other wasteful costs.

We stood up for Essex. And Reform stood up for the country.

Reform is working for you.

Reform is working for Essex 🩵

Russell Quirk - Brentwood & Essex Councillor for Hutton

Peter Harris - Leader of Essex County Council

30/08/2026

🚨 The prison gates are open. Who’s coming out? 😳

The Government’s great solution to the prison crisis: let them out!

29/08/2026

https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/2243599/reform-uk-launches-security-task

Really pleased that Essex County Council have listened to residents concerns on safety and deployed security patrols in Chelmsford as part of operation vanguard.

This should help people feel safer.

While not a solution it is some local practical action to the uniparty and Lib Dems open border experiments.


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