In the run-up to the local elections this week, the Guardian columnist John Harris is in Thurrock where the council has amassed more than £1.5bn in debt since 2022. He speaks to people facing swingeing cuts and asks...
Read MoreTerms of reference have yet to be approved by ministers, leaving relatives frustratedBereaved relatives have accused ministers of dragging their feet over an inquiry into the death of almost 2,000 patients across NHS mental...
Read MoreNGO gives clinics for people contained at RAF Wethersfield in James Cleverly’s Braintree constituencyA medical NGO known for emergency relief in war zones is treating asylum seekers housed in a disused airbase in the home...
Read MoreDiscontent among people housed at Essex site is growing, with residents complaining about conditionsJames Cleverly has said he hopes to close down the controversial mass accommodation centre in Wethersfield “as soon as...
Read MoreCharity Care4Calais says Wethersfield airbase in Essex is a ‘de facto prison camp’ for about 200 peopleThe Home Office has been accused of unlawfully segregating asylum seekers from the local population based on...
Read MoreGeorgia Harrison says she has had conversations with ‘a couple of Labour MPs’ about standing in EssexThe former Love Island contestant Georgia Harrison has said she has had “serious conversations with a couple...
Read MoreThe gold-medal winner will run in Colchester after current Conservative incumbent set to stand downThe Olympic gold-winning rower James Cracknell will stand as a Conservative candidate at the next general election.The rowing...
Read MoreFormer home secretary demands answers from Suella Braverman about timeframe for government’s use of the siteThe former home secretary Priti Patel has accused the government of being “secretive” and...
Read MoreTwo councils seek judicial review of Home Office plans to accommodate thousands at two airfield sitesMinisters’ plans to put thousands of asylum seekers into two military bases have been challenged in the high court, as...
Read MoreOfficial report criticises Tory-run authority’s dysfunctional leadership and says it tried to silence criticsBankrupt Thurrock council recklessly gambled hundreds of millions of pounds on risky commercial investments while...
Read MoreHeineken, Carlsberg and Innserve cut ties with White Hart Inn, which had golly dolls confiscated as part of police investigationA pub being investigated for an alleged hate crime over the display of racist dolls has closed for...
Read MoreBraintree authority took action to try to stop Home Office housing up to 1,700 people at MoD WethersfieldA high court judge has rejected a council’s attempt to block government plans for an asylum centre at a Ministry of...
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