The couple moved with Brian’s parents because his father was relocated by his employer, Carreras, a cigarette manufacturer that opened a factory in the Essex town in 1959. “I didn’t like it here at ...

Basildon Council’s cabinet approved returning to ... People are paying the highest level of council tax in history, they should get a basic service, which for me is a weekly black bin collection.” ...

Labour-run Basildon Council has approved nearly 1,000 homes in the borough, some of which will be built upon former green belt land that had its designation changed. The Government is on a mission ...

They were built without planning permission and Basildon Council says they must be removed. Travellers and their supporters have said they will resist peacefully when evictions begin on Monday.

"You pay the highest rate of council tax in Basildon Council’s history and the council has not done a very good job at collecting your waste and collecting your bins." He said the council would ...

Basildon Council’s cabinet is set to meet tonight ... and get into a position to acquire something. “We have a long history of being proactive and acquiring buildings.

Basildon councillors proposed trimming back the number of local authorities in the county from 15, to five. The Labour leader at the council, Gavin Callaghan, said it was an opportunity to take ...

They were built without planning permission and Basildon Council says they must be removed. Travellers and their supporters have said they will resist peacefully when evictions begin on Monday.