Brentwood High Street closure discriminated against disabled people
Disabled people have been forced to walk an extra 250m after a “glib” decision to ban disabled drivers from Brentwood
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Parking machines to be removed at park and ride services in Chelmsford
Parking machines are set to be removed in December at Essex park and ride car parks to save expenditure. Essex
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Infrastructure board agrees to allow delay in Chelmsford Beaulieu Park funding
Money to help build a railway station in Chelmsford will not be spent until 2025, after it was agreed it
Read moreRegistrars left with no income in furlough complaint
Essex County Council has been accused of treating registrars in a “disgraceful way” after they have been left with no
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Contact tracing call centre to tackle coronavirus in Essex
A contact tracing service is to be set up in Essex led by officials from Essex County Council (ECC) and
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County Council to set up panel to drive local war on coronavirus
Essex County Council (ECC) is to set up an outbreak control board to help drive testing, contact tracing and local
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Councils facing huge budget deficit
Essex County Council faces a huge budget deficit as a result of coronavirus unless the government provides more support. An
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Judge derides waste company over Basildon facility plans and awards County Council £10million in compensation
A waste company’s factory plans were based on “little more than calculations on the back of the proverbial fag pack”,
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County council aims to offload Travellers sites
Essex County Council (ECC) wants to sell off its Travellers sites as it faces bills of work costing an estimated
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Domestic abuse scheme to be rolled out to Essex schools
A 40 per cent increase in the number of protection notices against domestic abuse perpetrators has shown Essex Police work
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