Thursday, 8 May 2014

Tories voice outrage over Travellers’ ‘slur’ - Essex

From the Recorder

A WAR of words has broken out between two sparring parties ahead of the council elections.

The ruling Tory administration on Basildon Council has accused its main opposition, Labour, of dirty tricks in its election leaflet for Laindon Park.

The leaflet says: “The Conservative council has announced proposals for new Travellers’ sites in Pound Lane and Church Road.

Labour has made it clear we oppose this.”

However, Tories have called the claim an “outright lie”. In 2011, Basildon Council opposed an application from travellers for a 12-caravan pitch on the site, a decision that was upheld at a planning inquiry.

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