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Thurrock Council debt expected to rise to £1.1bn

The government is set to extend its intervention at the Essex authority until April 2028.

A group of men and women holding signs that say "save our oak". They are all smiling in front of a window in the council building.

Campaigners celebrate victory for 100-year-old oak

Councillors are applauded as they defy a report that would have endangered an old oak.

Thurrock Council building

Serious Fraud Office investigates bond scheme firm

Thurrock Council invested hundreds of millions of pounds in Rockfire Capital between 2016 and 2020.

A close up of Lynn Worrall with dark shoulder-length bobbed hair and a heavy fringe. She is smiling at the camera and wearing a red top with a gold button

New Labour leader selected at bankrupt council

It is a "responsibility I take extremely seriously", she says.

An aerial image showing colourful containers, blue cranes and freight ships at the Port of Tilbury, which sits on the banks of the River Thames.

Major expansion plan submitted for Port of Tilbury

The blueprints focus on a former power station on the banks of the Thames estuary in Essex.

A very large oak tree with lots of green leaves and thick brown branches towering over an old cottage.

Future of tree facing the chop hangs in the balance

Councillors want to consider more evidence about the old oak before deciding its fate.

A council building. It is a brown building with long tall windows

Ex-finance officer barred from accountancy

The council is effectively bankrupt after a series of investments.

Someone is putting a white piece of paper into a black box that says 'ballot box' on the front in white writing.

Reform UK wins three seats in Essex by-elections

Reform UK gains three seats across two councils in Essex after the by-elections.

John Kent smiling at the camera while wearing a grey coat over a white shirt. It is a rainy day and he is standing in front of Labour campaigners with red umbrellas and placards

Council boss cites 'disastrous' debt as he resigns

Thurrock Council has debts of about £900m after a series of failed investments in solar farms.