Residents retain control of Uttlesford District Council and Saffron Walden Town Council

Residents retain control of Uttlesford District Council and Saffron Walden Town Council

Residents for Uttlesford (R4U), the local party of north-west Essex towns and villages, has announced that it is delighted that ...
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R4U delighted as major refurbishment of playground nears completion at Anglo-American Playing Fields

R4U delighted as major refurbishment of playground nears completion at Anglo-American Playing Fields

R4U-led Saffron Walden Town Council (SWTC) is finishing the refurbishment of the playground at the Anglo-American Playing Fields and that ...
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R4U announces Town Council candidates to continue delivering for Great Dunmow and Saffron Walden

R4U announces Town Council candidates to continue delivering for Great Dunmow and Saffron Walden

Residents for Uttlesford (R4U) has announced its largest number of town council candidates for Great Dunmow (GDTC) and Saffron Walden ...
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Greatest number of Residents candidates standing for May elections to keep Uttlesford free of Westminster politics

Greatest number of Residents candidates standing for May elections to keep Uttlesford free of Westminster politics

Residents for Uttlesford (R4U), the local party of north-west Essex towns and villages, has announced its greatest number candidates for ...
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Long-running flooding issue for residents solved near Audley End Station

Long-running flooding issue for residents solved near Audley End Station

Residents for Uttlesford (R4U) is delighted that its latest drains project, to solve the regular flooding on the B1383 / ...
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R4U councillors continue their pothole campaign against Essex County Council’s “managed decline” of our roads

R4U councillors continue their pothole campaign against Essex County Council’s “managed decline” of our roads

Residents for Uttlesford (R4U) is continuing to campaign against Essex County Council’s “managed decline” of Uttlesford roads as potholes get ...
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ECC new Book-to-Bin system 'not being properly evidenced' as Herts CC seeks to ban Uttlesford residents in return

ECC new Book-to-Bin system ‘not being properly evidenced’ as Herts CC seeks to ban Uttlesford residents in return

The trial of the new pre-booking system which Essex County Council (ECC) has introduced at all of its recycling centres ...
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Conservatives caught lying in election leaflets leads to demands for Tory chairman to step down

Conservatives caught lying in election leaflets leads to demands for Tory chairman to step down

There are demands that the chairman of the Saffron Walden Conservative Constituency Association step down after ‘deliberate untruths’ are exposed ...
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Survey results: 99% of residents oppose Essex County Council ‘Book-to-Bin’ system

Survey results: 99% of residents oppose Essex County Council ‘Book-to-Bin’ system

Residents for Uttlesford (R4U) has now published sent Essex County Council (ECC) the results of its survey into ECC’s proposals ...
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Don’t lose your right to vote - Take action now

Don’t lose your right to vote – Take action now

APPROVED FORMS OF PHOTO ID NOW REQUIRED TO VOTE What is the Issue? New Government rules have been brought in ...
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Survey: Should ECC require booking to use their Waste Recycling Centres?

Survey: Should ECC require booking to use their Waste Recycling Centres?

Essex County Council has announced that they will introduce a new booking system at all of their Household Waste Recycling ...
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Residents alarmed at Essex County Council’s new booking system to use Waste Recycling Centres

Residents alarmed at Essex County Council’s new booking system to use Waste Recycling Centres

Residents for Uttlesford (R4U) has joined with local residents to express their alarm at ECC’s new requirement that will force ...
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R4U supports new major business park on the M11 road/rail corridor at Stansted Airport, bringing 1,000s of new jobs

R4U supports new major business park on the M11 road/rail corridor at Stansted Airport, bringing 1,000s of new jobs

The planning approval by Uttlesford District Council of a large new brown-field business park, closely connected to rail, the M11 ...
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Residents asks Essex County Council to fix the "shocking state" of Uttlesford roads

Residents asks Essex County Council to fix the “shocking state” of Uttlesford roads

Residents for Uttlesford (R4U) has written to Essex Highways to represent local residents’ concerns at the shocking state of our ...
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Concerned about road safety as Essex County Council cuts highways maintenance funding

Concerned about road safety as Essex County Council cuts highways maintenance funding

Residents for Uttlesford (R4U) opposes Essex County Council’s axing of the Highway Rangers service as part of a new round ...
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R4U opposes Greater Cambridge tax on residents visiting regional hospitals

R4U opposes Greater Cambridge tax on residents visiting regional hospitals

The Residents for Uttlesford (R4U) administration at Uttlesford District Council opposes the boundary of the proposed Greater Cambridge Congestion Zone ...
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Residents Administration at UDC commits a fourth year of minimal, less-than inflation council tax increase

Residents Administration at UDC commits a fourth year of minimal, less-than inflation council tax increase

Residents for Uttlesford (R4U) at UDC has announced that its administration intends to deliver a 2023 balanced budget with a ...
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R4U introduces £40k digital grant programme at UDC to boost Uttlesford businesses

R4U introduces £40k digital grant programme at UDC to boost Uttlesford businesses

The Residents for Uttlesford (R4U) administration at UDC has approved a grant programme to help local businesses reach customers online ...
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R4U at UDC introduces £300k green grant fund to support community Net-Zero programmes

R4U at UDC introduces £300k green grant fund to support community Net-Zero programmes

The Residents for Uttlesford (R4U) administration at UDC has approved a green grant scheme to enable community groups and parish ...
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Call for action after shock County Council report exposes ‘managed decline’ of Essex roads

Call for action after shock County Council report exposes ‘managed decline’ of Essex roads

R4U is deeply concerned about a new Essex scrutiny report that shows a programme of ‘managed decline’ of our roads ...
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About Residents for Uttlesford

Residents for Uttlesford (R4U) is the local independent party of north-west Essex towns and villages. The party believes in positive politics and that residents should decide on local issues, not Westminster parties.

R4U leads Uttlesford District Council (UDC). In its first election in 2015 it became the second party at UDC. In May 2019 R4U gained majority control of UDC, winning two-thirds of the seats. The ground-breaking result delivered the biggest loss by any Conservative controlled council in the UK. In 2023 the party retained control of the now award-winning local authority.

In 2021, R4U won half the Essex County Council seats in Uttlesford district.

Since 2015 R4U has also led Saffron Walden Town Council, where under its stewardship the council has rebuilt finances, invested in community assets, and won multiple awards, including the best run council in Essex. It is a minority party on Great Dunmow Town Council.

Residents for Uttlesford can be found on the web at www.residents4u.org.

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