HUNDREDS of people protested outside a council meeting as an effectively bankrupt authority rubber stamped a controversial 9.99% tax increase reports the BBC.
THURROCK Council’s home care service Caring for Thurrock has received a Good rating across all areas following an inspection by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) in February.
UNITE, the UK's leading union, has said there is no "economic justification" for the announcement today (Tuesday 28 February) that Argos/Sainsbury's plans to close two warehouses with the loss of over 750 jobs.
OVER 900,000 more households across England, Scotland and Wales will benefit from the Government's £400 help with energy bills, as an online application portal opens today.
RIVER boats, rapid transport bus systems and even trams feature in Thurrock's ambitious transport plans.
An update on the borough's transport strategy which will be...
RIVER boats, rapid transport bus systems and even trams feature in Thurrock’s ambitious transport plans.
An update on the borough’s transport strategy which will be debated by the planning transport and regeneration overview and scrutiny committee next week, includes to “strengthen the river as a transport artery”.
SUPPLIES of some fruit and vegetables, including tomatoes, to UK supermarkets have been disrupted by poor weather in Europe and Africa reports the BBC.
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DURING a visit to Thurrock by Labour Leader Keir Starmer and Shadow Home Secretary Yvette Cooper, Labour revealed that Police Community Support Officers in the East of England have been cut by a whopping 75% since the Conservatives came to power in 2010.
IN a report that will be seen as savagly ironic by Thurrock council watchers, the financial collapse of the authority through its massively botched 'borrow to invest' is now impairing the work of its internal frauid investigation team - a department that actually makes a profit for the council!
RESIDENTS in the Bulphan are being encouraged to make their views known about how the local community might benefit from a huge news solar farm, which will be adjacent to the village.
