Businessman Mark Moran, who is campaigning against the zone, claimed the council was "out of control".
Miliband, who said people who raised concerns about immigration were not prejudiced, delivered his conciliatory message to Ukip voters in the marginal seat of Thurrock in Essex after Nigel Farage's party captured five council seats, depriving Labour of control of the council.
For all his talk of localism von Pickles is taking the power to strip councils of their control over planning decisions if they don't do what he wants, protested Biggles.
The plans are likely to be fiercely rejected by Labour, which argues that taking thousands of schools out of council control means that accountability and oversight falls on to Whitehall alone.
The government's education plans will be fiercely opposed by Labour, which argues that taking thousands of schools out of council control undermines democratic accountability for the education system.
Stephenie Tait, 29, from the city, died when she was hit by the out-of-control council vehicle on 22 December.
School funding, of course, is already out of council control for academies, and increasingly for non-academies.
She did float the idea of allowing grant-maintained schools – which could opt out of council control – to become selective, much to the chagrin of her then Education Secretary, Kenneth Baker.
Earlier this week, The Northerner reported that four small-town markets face moving out of council control in the Wakefield district and that two of the sites could be sold and the markets relocated.
Free Schools are aimed to be set up by groups of parents, businesses or charities in England and operate outside of council control, with their own pay structures and own curriculum.
