Controversial plans to reform local government by condensing councils across Essex into three "mega councils" have been ...

Controversial plans to reform local government by condensing councils across Essex into three "mega councils" have been revealed.

A map of the proposed three unitaries in Greater Essex (Image: Essex County Council) Two other unitary authorities would be ...

Plans to dramatically shake up local government in Essex have been backed by one of the councils in the county. Basildon councillors proposed trimming back the number of local authorities in the ...

Essex is a two-tier system of local government - made up of 12 district councils, two so-called unitary authorities and one county council. But work is under way to trim this down to only a few ...

On Thursday, people across Essex cast their ballots in elections for the county council, several district and borough councils and two unitary authorities. Local authorities are funded from a ...

The majority of council leaders in Essex have lent their support to the idea of having five all-purpose authorities in the county, in what will be a radical shake-up of local democracy. The current ...

Campaigners have warned against the threat of library closures across Essex in the face of plans to reorganise councils. Plans to overhaul local government in Essex by replacing the county’s existing ...

Essex's three upper tier authorities hope to be able to ask the government for a devolution deal to create a Greater Essex combined authority. Essex CC, Southend-on-Sea BC and Thurrock Council have ...