SADIQ Khan has said the Home Counties should create their own schemes to help people cope with the expanded ultra low emission zone (Ulez) reports the Local Democracy Reporter.
INTEREST rates will stay higher for longer, the Bank of England has said for the first time, in an effort to battle soaring price rises reports the BBC.
JUST a few years ago, Conservative-run Thurrock Council was boasting of "game changing" improvements to Grays Riverside, which included an activity centre, an updated Grays Beach Riverside Park with new attractions and outside entertainment space.
THE number of people missing payments on essential household bills like energy, phone and water is as high as it was over the winter, according to consumer group Which?.
A BUSINESSMAN cheated a council out of tens of millions of pounds and went on a spending spree with the cash, an investigation has discovered reports the BBC.
TEACHERS in England in the National Education Union (NEU) will not strike in the autumn term, after accepting the government's pay offer reports the BBC.
A CAR showroom is set to welcome diners after permission was given for a change of use to a restaurant.
Town planners have given the go ahead for Arrow Car Sales, 70 London Road, Grays, to operate as a restaurant.
DART Charge account holders planning to use the Dartford Crossing this weekend are reminded that the automatic payment system for journeys will be unavailable because of improvements being made to the system.
THURROCK Council has told Transport for London (TfL) it will not allow any signs for the extended London Ultra Low Emissions Zone (ULEZ) to be put up by TfL in the borough.
A DAMNING report by MPs from the Transport Select Committee is calling on Government to reconsider expensive complex road projects, and road projects don’t come more expensive or complex than the proposed Lower Thames Crossing.
A CALL for Thurrock Council to ask for an independent, government, inquiry into the financial crash of Thurrock - and other councils - has been voted down by Tory councillors.
HE MAY have only been a councillor for three months but Stanford West councillor Neil Speight (Ind) is certainly making his presence felt.
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