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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Thurrock Council
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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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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