Politics
Behind the scenes of Building Harlow’s Future – Council Leader’s weekly column By Dan Swords EVERY week, I find it a challenge to focus this column on just one story, because Harlow is moving forward on so many fronts at once. There’s always another breakthrough,…
EAST Herts Council is joining a global movement to end violence against women and girls (VAWG) by supporting a series of local events as part of the 16 Days of Activism campaign. This year’s theme focuses on the misuse of digital media for stalking, harassment…
ANOTHER stage in the simplification of local government in Essex takes place as interim CEO appointed for Greater Essex Combined Authority. Greater Essex has reached another stage in plans to radically simplify local government in Essex to improve services and save taxpayers millions of pounds…
SETDAB is proud to support the UN’s 16 Days of Activism campaign from 25 November to 10 December 2025, a global initiative to end violence against women and uphold human rights. This year’s focus is on technology-facilitated abuse, where everyday devices and apps are misused…
Biggest uplift in defence spending since the Cold War delivering 8,200 jobs and £1.6bn investment in the East of England. 13 potential new sites identified for munitions and energetics factories, including Essex, with the first expected to begin construction next year. Plan brings back defence…
A MAJOR prostate cancer screening trial, external aimed at finding the best way to detect the disease has been launched in the UK reports the BBC. The first letters have been sent out from GPs inviting men to join the study, the biggest of its kind in decades.…
HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has today (20 November 2025) updated its list of deliberate tax defaulters – those who deliberately defaulted on tax exceeding £25,000. The latest update adds more than 160 individuals and businesses, including a vape importer, a waste broker, property developers and online retailers. It includes Munchies Pizza 4U Limited, who…
FROM licensing barbershops to getting tough on rogue landlords – MPs hold UK’s first ever consultation on criminal High Street shops A leading All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) has heard calls for the Government to take urgent action in 3 key areas to tackle the growing…
HARLOW & Gilston Garden Town’s (HGGT) council partners are counting down to the completion of the Sustainable Transport Corridor works between Harlow Town Centre and Harlow Town railway station. Having begun construction in February 2024, the majority of the works will be completed by the…
THE Chair of the UK Covid Inquiry, Baroness Heather Hallett, has published her second report which concludes that the response to the pandemic by the United Kingdom’s four governments was often a case of ‘too little, too late’. The report, ‘Core UK decision-making and political…
HARLOW Council has today announced that full redevelopment works will commence at Market House this month, marking a major step forward in the regeneration of Harlow town centre. The building will not be demolished, but rather transformed, alongside a new agreement that will deliver high-quality,…
A 63-year-old cancer patient died after he was prescribed too much morphine in hospital. Paulino Amico’s death was hastened and contributed to by multiple morphine overdoses between June 10 and 11, 2024, due to a prescription error that was not scrutinised, Essex coroner Sonia Hayes…
PLANS for almost 500 new homes could lead to “severe” road congestion and “service breakdown”, for “overstretched” schools and doctors surgeries, worried residents say reports Local Democracy Reporter. Campaigners have raised serious fears about the plans by City & Country for 480 new homes across…
HARLOW Council urges residents to ensure ‘Harlow is run from Harlow’ in Government’s consultation on local government reorganisation Harlow Council is calling on residents to take part in the Government’s consultation on the future of local government in Essex and to back the option that…
THE Government has confirmed that proposals supported by all Essex councils on Local Government Reorganisation (LGR) will be put forward for public consultation. Government has reviewed all four proposals against set evaluation criteria and has confirmed they are inviting residents’ views on all of them.…
SCHOOL staff supporting children with special educational needs in Essex may go on strike if their demands for higher pay to match the complexity of their roles are not met, the union representing them has said reports the Local Democracy Reporter. Specialist workers at three…
