Secret meetings between south Essex council leaders cost taxpayers £1.2million
Meetings held in secret over how to reshape south Essex have cost taxpayers more than £1.2million, it has been revealed.
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Government appears to reject ‘secret’ combined authority plan in setback for council leaders
The Government has told councils across south Essex that a plan to completely transform the way the region is governed
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South Essex council bosses accused of holding ‘clandestine’ meetings
A partnership of council leaders across south Essex may have been holding “clandestine and undercover” meetings to plan a new
Read more Anger over secrecy behind plans to create a combined authority for South Essex
A councillor declared Southend is “not Russia or China” during a heated debate over why plans to completely transform the
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MPs accuse council leaders of keeping them in the dark over combined authority plan
Operating south Essex councils with a directly elected mayor would be a “white elephant” say MPs, who claim council leaders
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Rift emerges within Southend Council over combined authority plan
Council leaders in Southend have been left divided over a plan to create a combined authority that would cover all
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Councils map out their vision for the future of South Essex
Hospitals, schools, high-speed internet, a customs free zone and passenger river services that connect Southend to Tilbury are some of
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