Gavin Callaghan, Labour leader of Basildon Council in Essex, has been campaigning for a South Essex unitary authority for the past 10 years. "It needs to happen," he said.

One Essex district leader described yesterday’s devolution white paper as “the best Christmas present”, but another told LGC there is a “danger” in rushing towards reorganising. There are 12 districts ...

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 ...

The only Essex council Labour had control of going into the elections was Harlow District, and the party has retained control with the same number of seats - 20 - to the Conservatives' 13. Analysis ...

A report for Essex CC’s cabinet being discussed this week says the aim is to avoid the risk of “unnecessary fragmentation of services”. It adds: “The county council’s view is that a smaller number of ...

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 County Council has launched a new online map which is tailored for women across the county to highlight areas in the county that make them… Newsletters Jobs ...

If true, that would mean remaining county councils like those in Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, Cambridgeshire and Hertfordshire would be scrapped along with their district and borough councils.