Count us out, says Brentwood Council leader
Brentwood Borough Council (BBC) is to formally declare it has no intention of voluntarily joining a larger council made up
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Thurrock and Basildon councils to work together on local government proposals
Basildon and Thurrock Council will consider signing a Memorandum of Understanding, confirming their intentions to work more closely when proposing
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County Council spending less on growing child obesity problem
Essex County Council is spending less and less on tackling child obesity, even as more and more children in the
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Major temporary car park could be built on green belt land in Purfleet
Up to 200 temporary parking spaces could be built on a former raceway in Purfleet to support the construction of
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Borough councils at odds over county’s wish to move to Tier 2 Covid restrictions
Essex County Council has been attacked by a leader within the county for its decision to ask to move to
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South Essex council leaders accuse county of ‘power grab’
Council bosses in Southend and Thurrock have called a plan for Essex County Council to take control of the entire
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Work to begin in less than two months on new medical centre in Corringham
Construction work is set to begin on Thurrock’s first new medical centre in November, council documents have revealed. The facility
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Councils carry out local lockdown exercise to prepare for possible second spike
Preparations are underway to tackle a potential second spike in Covid-19 infections as councils, police and health authorities took part
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Government reforms to planning laws could leave developers free to build in south Essex without including ‘affordable’ homes
A Southend councillor has accused the Government of planning an “act of vandalism” against the community by scrapping legal agreements
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Councils could be completely reshaped under plans being put together by Essex County Council
Southend and Thurrock councils could join with a number of other authorities as part of a wider plan to completely
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