For more than a decade, the majority of the county’s street lights have been switched off between 1am and 5am, after being dimmed from 9pm. Within two weeks, Labour councillors called for the roll-out to be paused – only to find out the change had already been implemented. Now they are calling for a ‘full’ review of the county’s street lighting policy – suggesting that so-called ‘part night lighting’ can pose safety risks for students and shift workers and is “not entirely fit for purpose”. In a “minimal” number of areas, he said street lights had been returned to full night lighting based on police evidence of night time crime or disorder. Labour councillors have also raised concerns that the latest changes have been undertaken without review, consultation or scrutiny.