Harlow Council

A RENEWED focus on serving the people of Harlow is the top priority for Councillor Dan Swords who has been elected the new Leader of Harlow Council. Councillor Swords was confirmed as the new leader of the council at the Annual Council meeting on 25…

THE Government has announced a further £1.7 million investment to upgrade Harlow College’s campus, on top of the nearly £20 million that has been secured to transform the campus in recent years. Since 2010, Government investment has transformed the college campus into one of the…

THE CONSERVATIVE leader of Harlow Council has produced a video giving further details of their budget for the upcoming year. Councillor Russell Perrin, Leader of Harlow Council said: “On 23 February 2023, Harlow Council approved a budget which freezes Harlow Council Tax and continues to…

ON Monday February 20th, Harlow Youth Councillors invited all Harlow adult councillors to take part in an Apprentice TV show style activity at the Latton Bush Centre. The activity evening was delivered in the format of the BBC reality game show ‘The Apprentice’, and consisted…

HARLOW Council has nearly halved the number of temporary roofs on council houses in less than a month following the launch of an action plan four weeks ago. The council has used local roofing companies to tackle the backlog and has vowed that all temporary…

THE bin crews continue to prioritise non-recycling and recycling collections as they catch up with collections delayed by the severe weather. Separate food waste collections have not taken place this week and are now suspended until after Christmas. Food waste can be put in with…

Following Robert Halfon’s meeting with the Chairman and Owner of Harlow Town Football Club (HTFC) on Monday, the Harlow MP raised the major troubles the club has had with the new pitch directly with the Football Foundation to secure further support for HTFC. Mr Halfon…

THE most senior political figures in Harlow have called for urgent talks with Harlow Town Football Club after the shock announcement that the club has withdrawn all its teams from the leagues. MP for Harlow, Robert Halfon, and Deputy Leader of Harlow Council, Dan Swords,…

HARLOW is entering an exciting period of significant change. We want to make our town one of the best towns in the UK to live, to work and to raise a family. A place where our communities benefit from inclusive growth. This is a truly…

HARLOW Council’s annual fireworks and bonfire night will be held in Harlow Town Park on Sunday 6 November 2022. Admission to this event is free. The bonfire will be lit at 6.45pm with the fireworks display from 7pm. This year’s event will be extra special…

THE RESIDENTS of Five Acres once again returned to the council chamber to plead their case regarding the bills imposed upon them by Harlow Council. The residents are leaseholders, who have been given bills, in some cases, up to £26,000 for external repairs. It certainly…

A HARLOW resident is set to question Tory-run Harlow Council on increasing delays in answering the phone. David Forman has tabled the following question at Thursday night’s cabinet meeting. My question relates to Agenda reports pack for the Cabinet meeting of 15 September 2022 and…

HARLOW Council officers really enjoy working from home as it enables them to “spend more quality time with family with parents at home when children return home from school and the ability to be able to prepare home cooked meals” states a specially commissioned report.…

HARLOW Council has now paid out over £4.1million in £150 energy rebate payments to households in the town. A total of £4,172,700 has so far been paid to 27,818 eligible households, of which 19,930 are households which the council holds direct debit information for. A…

HARLOW Council’s IT network is currently down due to a power outage. This means the council’s phone system and emails are currently not available. If you need to contact THEM urgently, you can come into the Civic Centre. We are sorry for the inconvenience. Further…

OVER the last few days, Veolia bin crews have been out again working hard in the soaring heat to empty as many bins as possible. However, due to the rising temperatures earlier today, not all collections delayed so far this week have been completed. The…