A NEW chairman and vice-chairman has been appointed to lead Essex County Council. The authority announced at the full council meeting that councillor Ray Gooding would be taking over from ...

Assessments of children for special educational needs and disabilities (Send) by a county council "continues to be a challenge given the high volume", a new report has said. Fewer than one in four ...

Switching street lights back on all night could cost a town £480,000 over four years, a council has said. Basildon Council is expected to give the green light to spend the money at a meeting on ...

Despite visiting countless towns and villages as part of his Essex County Council funded two-month walk, James has said the natural beauty and strong community he found on Canvey stood out among ...

Former Castle Point councillor Beverley Egan, who still sits on Essex County Council, sat on the cabinet and is listed in the minutes as having attended the June 2012 meeting.

Discussing his new documentary, Oliver claimed Essex county council did not want to "spend the money” on young people having the learning difficulty. “I’m disgusted by my county of Essex ...

It would focus on the future structure of local government in the county and how it aligned with other services, including the NHS and fire service. When she became leader in May 2023, Councillor ...

New Castle County Council President Monique Williams-Johns on May 27 called a proposal to remake her position into an appointed one – rather than one elected by voters – a “power grab. ...

A woman has received £250,000 from Essex County Council after suffering serious injuries when part of a ceiling collapsed on her and then later narrowly missed being hurt when a second section gave ...

New "standardised" rules around flags flown outside Suffolk County Council's offices will not include the Pride flag. As of May, the authority, which is based at Endeavour House in Ipswich ...

A social media influencer has described Essex as "like 100 different counties in one" after walking 400km (249 miles) to help boost local pride. James Lawrence - known to his followers as Man ...

Lakeshore council has agreed to restrict where commercial greenhouse development can be located. Greenhouses are a "concern," the mayor says.