Major plans for 550 new homes, a hotel and a new Aldi look set to continune in Basildon town centre, a new council leader has said.

AN Essex council could be plunged into “chaos”, following a landslide win for Reform UK at the local elections, according to ...

A new leader and mayor have been announced for a south Essex council, with four out of five parties set to come together to form a cabinet ...

The new leader of Basildon Borough Council has said he cannot stop plans for 27,000 new homes but would protect green spaces.

The Conservatives and Reform UK have done a deal to run Basildon Borough Council. The Tories will lead the council and take ...

The new Tory leader of the council said there was probably better things to spend the money on ...

Thurrock’s new Reform council leader has vowed to fight plans to merge the borough with Basildon under controversial local government reforms. Councillor Richard Bingley set out his priorities before ...

Reform UK are expected to take roles in the council's committees after winning 11 seats at the elections earlier this month ...

The walkout came amid the party's heavy losses in the Basildon Borough Council elections, where Reform UK won 11 of the 14 seats contested, with Labour losing all six of its defended seats.

Basildon Council will ask the government to cancel this May's local elections in the borough. People queued in the rain to hear the Labour-led council tell a meeting it wanted to focus on delivering ...

Government inspectors say they have found "very serious failings" in the way a council in Essex operates its social housing. The Regulator of Social Housing (RSH) gave Basildon Borough Council a C4 ...