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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Can't see the map above? View it on Flourish here. More than 50 affected schools are under the control of Essex County Council, which said it had been working on the issue since earlier in the summer.