Essex residents are impacted as unemployment rates in the UK have risen to 5.1 per cent, in the three months to October.

Essex County Council has raised fresh concerns over National Grid's plan to build 100 miles of pylons between Norwich and Tilbury.

The value of 4,000 new homes could be damaged if a vast network of pylons is built, a council has warned. National Grid wants to install the electricity chain through Norfolk, Suffolk and Essex, ...

Big changes are on the way to how one of England's most populous counties is run. In a couple of years' time, Essex is likely to have a directly-elected mayor overseeing a population of nearly 2 ...

Essex County Council has backed a model proposing splitting the county into three. Other local councils had developed different proposals based on four and five unitary councils as part of plans to ...

Campaigners fighting to keep libraries across the county open and accessible have voiced concerns as the service will get a new leader.

Essex County Council has secured a £375,000 grant to help support a project aimed at tackling digital exclusion. The grant will be used for a council-led project designed to enhance digital skills ...

Plans to reform and reduce the number of councils in Essex have been produced. Proposals of how to radically shake up local democracy and councils in Essex were published this month. It would see all ...

ESSEX road closures have been scheduled for the new year, with one road to close for 100 days. Church Lane, Great Holland will be closed from January 19 for five days while new overhead to underground ...

Proposals of how to radically shake up local democracy and councils in Essex were published this month. It would see all of its fifteen councils - a mix of county, district and unitary authorities - ...