Gloucestershire County Council will still have to find more than £10m this year to balance the books
Plans to build a new M5 junction to the south of Tewkesbury have been scrapped.
Michael Rees says he objected to the direction the party had taken since his election last year.
Seven councils were to be merged into one in Gloucestershire but the government has paused its national plans over legal queries.
A county council is proposing to reduce speed limits on roads where safety is a concern.
Gloucestershire is one of 14 areas where local government reorganisation has been put on hold.
Gloucestershire County Council is urging families to ask for help keeping children in classrooms.
The road, which was due to reopen at the end of August, will stay closed until next year, says a council.
The plans will see overnight fire crews relocated from Cheltenham to Cinderford.
