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  • Call for Tory apology for Vaf project fiasco

    TORY councillors who signed the original contract with the sacked builders of Colchester’s Visual Arts Facility are being urged to apologise for doing so. A report has detailed “appalling” errors in the construction of the art gallery, off the High

  • Taxpayers set to top up council pensions

    COLCHESTER Council is set to use £250,000 of taxpayers’ money to increase its pensions contribution as it battles against a £51million blackhole. As staff contributions do not cover the cost, the rise is roughly the equivalent of an annual 2.5 per cent