THE future of a £1billion regeneration scheme hangs in the balance after the withdrawal £75million funding over delays reports the Local Democracy Reporter.
LESSONS have to be learnt over how improvements to the A13 in Thurrock ended up costing double the initial estimates, a funding body that contributed millions into the problem-ridden project has heard reports the Local Democracy Reporter.
AN ADDITIONAL £5.6million will be needed to complete the long-awaited construction of a new Stanford-le-Hope station, it has been revealed reports the Local Democracy Reporter.
THE NSPCC has today welcomed the passing of the Online Safety Bill, a ground-breaking piece of legislation they say will radically change the landscape for children online.
THURROCK councillors are likely to ‘grit their teeth’ and sanction a 4 per cent pay rise, which could see top pay for a chief executive hit £206,000 a year.
THE MP for Thurrock, Jackie Doyle-Price rose on the floor of the House of Commons as part of a debate on the financial problems at Birmingham City Council.
ESSEX County Council, Southend-on-Sea City Council and Thurrock Borough Council, along with the Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner, have agreed to work toward a level 2 devolution deal – which if agreed, would involve creating a new Greater Essex Combined Authority.
A TAKEAWAY has lost a bid to open to the early hours of the morning to serve food for people turning out of four nearby pubs after residents branded it “intolerable”.
TWENTY-seven more schools have been found to contain reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC), meaning the government has had to add mitigation measures.
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FLY-tipping, littering and other waste-related offences will incur a harsher punishment after a council increased fines by up to 230% reports the Local Democracy Reporter.
SURVEYS are underway at more Thurrock schools to see it they contain potentially dangerous Reinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete (RAAC).
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A COUNCILLOR gained wholehearted support from across the political divide following his call for an inquiry into Thurrock’s planning department reports the Local Democracy Reporter.
