More than £55,000 has been earmarked for CCTV equipment to improve safety at parks and community facilities as part of Basildon Council’s proposed budget. A £700,000 investment programme for local communities, to be funded from available reserves, includes the installation of CCTV at Wickford Memorial Park,...
Thurrock has taken its own share of funding reductions to its part in reducing the national deficit from £165bn to £45bn following years of Labour’s excessive public borrowing. However, Conservative run Thurrock is setting a balanced budget for the next two and a half years, an...
The council bid for the money from the Government’s Housing Infrastructure Marginal Viability Fund designed to unlock new homes in areas with high demand. Basildon Council will use the funding to accelerate the delivery of projects outlined within the town centre masterplan focused around East Square...
Thurrock MP Jackie Doyle-Price has given her support to NHS proposals which will see services currently provided at Orsett relocated to new health centres in Purfleet, Corringham, Tilbury and Grays. Jackie said, “I have to attend Orsett hospital 3 or 4 times a year for one...
Last week 17 Ukip councillors in Thurrock quit the party and formed a new group dubbed Thurrock Independents. Today Thurrock Conservatives issued a statement saying “This is not a new party, it’s 17 UKIP councillors trying to kid Thurrock residents they are something different in the...
Today (Monday 29 January) marks the start of two weeks of action in Basildon, Epping and Braintree to raise awareness of the vulnerability of young people to exploitation and abuse at stations and transport networks in parts of Essex. Under the banner of Operation Henderson,...
Essex County Council are helping to champion local Essex businesses and organisations by sponsoring the prestigious Essex Digital Awards 2018. The event, established in 2013, will celebrate the online achievements of all businesses, charities and schools from across the county at Hylands House, Chelmsford on 3...
Stephen Metcalfe, Member of Parliament for South Basildon and East Thurrock, welcomes the latest figures that show unemployment is at the lowest rate since 1975 with over three million more people in work since 2010. Locally, the number of people claiming the key out of...
Official figures released today show that the employment rate is at a joint record high of 75.3%, with a record 32.2 million people in work. This is a rise of 415,000 compared to last year’s figures. The figures, released by the Office for National Statistics, also...
Basildon Council is taking proactive steps to tackle air pollution along the A127. The council has received a grant of £50,000 towards a joint study being carried out with Rochford District Council into how to reduce roadside levels of Oxides of Nitrogen (NOx). Additional funding is...
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