I have taken the liberty of reviewing all the local manifestos of the parties that are standing on May 2nd. I am not out to cause upset...

Within the few that follow local politics, there is a band of mischievous commentators that think Southend Confelicity was born as a...

Full Council Meeting Thursday, 21st March 2024 at 6:30pm Cllr Stephen George has gone out with the loudest bang I can remember in local...

Is there any Southend resident out there that demands they pay more for parking!? The Labour, Lib Dem and Independent Group have amended...

Set against the backdrop of national debt of £2.5 trillion, interest payments of which equate to the fourth largest department in the...

Southend United have brilliant new owners to lead the deeply loyal fans who helped save the club

Ugly choice between paying less to our public servants or cutting jobs and services.

Undeniably, LuminoCity attracted tens of thousands of people, from Southend and no doubt further afield, and it would have brought many...

Much of the blame for the current local government fiasco that is unfolding in Southend is blamed on severe cuts to government grants...

Review of Cabinet Meeting Tuesday, 12th December 2023 at 7:00pm I still don’t get it. Of 184 ideas put forward from across all...

Unequivocally, all of us law-abiding citizens support the police.  However, this support doesn’t always come with an open book to take...

News of a ‘level 2’ devolution deal, that would see a new ‘Combined Authority’ of Essex, Southend-on-Sea and Thurrock, has been released...

Review of the Policy and Resources Scrutiny CommitteeThursday, 5th October 2023 at 6:45pm The tension between Labour and Tories was clear...

The Council Thursday, 7th September 2023 at 6:30pm Southend Labour put forward a motion that compels the Council to do everything it can...

Development Control CommitteeWednesday, 2nd August 2023 at 2:00pm Much as we have written into the Southend Confelicity manifesto about...

Place Scrutiny CommitteeMonday, 24th July 2023 at 6:30pm The Labour, Liberal Democrat and Independent Group budget agreed to charge the...

Cabinet Wednesday, 28th June 2023 at 6:30pm The Labour, Liberal Democrats and Independent Group, who were in charge of the Council up...

Review of Policy and Resources Scrutiny CommitteeThursday, 8th June 2023 at 6:30pm When politicians, political officers and councillors...

Review of People Scrutiny Meeting June 6th The main topic of this meeting was a general report from the Managing Director of Southend...

Review of Place Scrutiny Committee 5th June There are due to be 85,000 trucks to move in and out of Southend in order to transport soil...