Essex Budget to Bounce Back from COVID Tuesday, 23 February, 2021 A Conservative Budget that boosts the economy, environment, support families, roads, social care and education has been unveiled and approved at a meeting of Essex County Council today (23rd February 2021). The ambitious plans match the ambitious policies of the Conservative led Council and will ensure Essex Bounces Back from COVID. As well as ensuring Council Tax is frozen the Conservatives have... Local News
Over 12.6 Million people have received a vaccine so far 10th February 2021 We have administered more than 13.1 million vaccines across the UK. We are now averaging 2.5 million doses a week and have reached 9 in 10 of those aged 75 and... Reports
Over 100,000 Contacts Traced in Essex 15th January 2021 Essex Covid-19 contact tracing service sets a milestone with over 100,000 contacts – rating among the top in the east of England, both in terms of contacts and... Local News
3,000 Refurbished IT Devices for Essex Families 15th January 2021 "Closing the Digital Divide” is an Essex County Council (ECC) initiative, aimed at providing laptops to children and young people, who would otherwise be... Local News
New Fast Testing Centre for Essex 14th January 2021 From today, Thursday 14 January 2021, a new fast testing centre opens in Tendring for those who DO NOT have symptoms of Covid-19. The new Tendring Testing... Local News
£90,000 Extra for Vulnerable Families 12th January 2021 Essex County Council has launched another £90,000 funding pot for food banks and projects to support vulnerable families and individuals through lockdown. This... Local News
National lockdown: Stay at Home 4th January 2021 Coronavirus cases are rising rapidly across the country. Find out what you can and cannot do. Local News
North Essex Primary Schools to move to remote learning on Tuesday 5 January 3rd January 2021 Primary schools in Colchester, Tendring and Uttlesford will move to remote learning on Tuesday 5 January while the County Council seeks urgent clarity from the... Local News
Essex schools and colleges set to move to remote learning for start of Spring Term 31st December 2020 Following the latest announcement by the Department for Education (DfE), secondary schools and colleges across Essex will be included in a country-wide move to... Local News
Parts of Essex in Tier 4 19th December 2020 A new and more contagious variant of the COVID 19 strain has become increasingly prevalent across Essex and as a result there has been a spike in case and in... Local News
The Prime Minister’s Statement on Coronavirus in Full 19th December 2020 The Prime Minister announces new measures to be taken in London, the South East and the East of England to tackle coronavirus, including new Tier 4 restrictions... National News
First Vaccinations in the UK Against Coronavirus Begin 8th December 2020 Today the first vaccinations in the UK against coronavirus begin. Thank you to our NHS, to all of the scientists who worked so hard to develop this vaccine. National News
The Prime Minister's Statement on New Coronavirus Regulations 1st December 2020 The Prime Minister today urged MPs in the House of Commons to pass new COVID regulations, to keep transmission down and beat the virus National News
Amanda Milling: We’ve outdone Labour in getting females to the top 1st December 2020 Hundreds of women have put themselves forward to be potential Conservative candidates in the past two weeks. National News
Our 2020 Spending Review Delivers on the Priorities of the British People 25th November 2020 We are providing £280 billion to get our country through coronavirus. Rishi Sunak’s 2020 Spending Review sets out how. National News
The Spending Review 2020 in Full 25th November 2020 Read and Watch the Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s 2020 Spending Review in Full National News