Benefits system lets down Southend’s disabled as hundred of refusals are overturned, says councillor
New figures show disabled people in Southend are struggling to get the help they need with hundreds of benefits refusals
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Councillors told ‘Southend deserves a better class of politics’ as Seaway row continues
A councillor has told rivals that residents deserve ‘a better class of politics’ after revealing cancelling a leisure complex on
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Delays to Fossetts Farm Stadium a result of Southend Utd finances, claims councillor
Southend United’s finances could be to blame for a near-three-year delay to planning permission for a major new stadium complex,
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Southend councillor calls for review of gender-neutral pledge
An independent councillor is calling for Southend’s council leaders to rethink a promise to use ‘gender-neutral’ language over fears it
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Human rights group renews attack on Southend Council over PSPO plans
A leading human rights group has branded a policy that will allow fines to handed out to the homeless “cruel”
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Southend councillor speaks of ‘scandal’ as residents left with unpaid bills by property management company
The leader of Southend Council has promised to write to the secretary of state after it was revealed that a
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Labour councillors call on Southend Council to ban ‘gendered language’ and references to people’s marital status
TWO Labour councillors have called on Southend Council’s staff to adopt gender-neutral language and be banned from referencing people’s marital
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Southend Labour councillors call for action to challenge violence against women
TWO Southend Labour councillors want all councillors and civil servants to take a pledge that they will ‘never commit, excuse
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Southend councillor calls for expanded HMO plan to be rejected
A councillor is urging Southend Council to reject plans to increase the number of bedsits in a property over fears
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