Councillors have called for an investigation into whether the council should have done more sooner about the Save A Paw ...

An Essex council is facing a rising issue of councillor conduct after a "significant number" of complaints were lodged ...

A meeting heard that there was a 'concentration' of the businesses already and said it would not rent more of its shop spaces ...

The council has set up a GoFundMe to support those affected ...

Basildon Borough Council has unveiled plans for £250,000 for the three political assistants, but opposition councillors have said they want the money to be spent on providing more services for taxpaye ...

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Three councils in Essex have written to the government to request to cancel their elections due to be held on 7 May. Conservative-led Harlow Council, Labour-led Basildon Borough Council and Labour-led ...

One councillor raises concerns that those on the lowest incomes make the most taxi journeys. Basildon Borough Council wants to build a four-lane pool at the Eversley Leisure Centre in Pitsea. Planning ...

Government inspectors say they have found "very serious failings" in the way a council in Essex operates its social housing. The Regulator of Social Housing (RSH) gave Basildon Borough Council a C4 ...

Families say it's 'much-needed' investment in sports facilities by the local council ...

Hashi Mohamed raises concerns after a council is overruled by the government on a tower block plan. While the party held on to six councils, it lost control of one it had led for almost 20 years. The ...