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LET’S TALK ‘WICKFORD’
HUNDREDS of local residents took up the offer of a chat with the council during September, as a series of ‘Let’s Talk’ events visited the borough’s three main towns. The events in Billericay, Wickford and Basildon were run to enable councillors and senior officers to talk to the community about what matters to them and to find out whether residents agree with the council’s ambition to create opportunity for local people. This pledge is being turned into reality by five key promises which are forming the basis of everything the council now does. The Let’s Talk events were used to promote these promises to the community and ask local people if they think they are the right priorities. Cllr Tony Ball said the events had gone well and a second round of events was being considered. “The job of a council is to do the best for its local area and people. “But local government can no longer do everything - our philosophy is a hand up, not a hand out and that is what creating opportunity is all about. “We had some excellent feedback on the days from local people and it seems that we have got the five promises right, but we will be doing some further analysis of the surveys to see what else we may need to consider. Continues on page 7
(Top photo: Cllr Phill Turner talking to resident, Bottom photo: Council leader Tony Ball with resident at the Let’s Talk event in Wickford
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