In the news: October 2024

Council leader Gavin Callaghan has today called for urgent and united action to address the growing truancy crisis in two secondary schools in the area, which have recently been named among the worst in the country for absenteeism.

Basildon Council has allocated £100,000 to help 1,000 pensioner households with energy bills as community urged to come together to ensure pensioners receive vital support.

Ahead of the final week of its budget consultation, Basildon Borough Council has issued a reminder to residents to have their voice heard on how the council should prioritise its spending for the next financial year.

Pitsea's Community Diagnostic Centre (CDC) is a step closer as Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust took ownership of The Place, Pitsea, and the neighbouring library ready to start construction.

Basildon Council is pleased to announce three additional weeks for its Garden Waste Collection service this winter.

Following the conclusion of a rigorous recruitment process, Basildon Borough Council has approved the appointment of Gary Jones as the Council's new permanent Chief Executive.

The new facility will deliver much-needed NHS diagnostic facilities to the borough

As part of Hate Crime Awareness Week, Basildon Council has relaunched the Hate Incident Reporting Centre (HIRC) at the Basildon Centre to support victims and witnesses of hate crime.

There's less than one week left for people to have their say in the borough-wide consultation on the Public Spaces Protection Order (PSPO) and the deployment of the Community Safety Wardens.

The new facility will deliver much-needed NHS diagnostic facilities to the borough

Basildon Council receives around 14% of the council tax residents pay

Jack Grafton, trading as 'Affordable Building', has been prosecuted following sub-standard and dangerous building work which left a homeowner in Laindon with huge rectification costs.