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Essex
English county in East of England; Reform-controlled, suing the government over its own LGR abolition.
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#17 21 Oct
Mentioned in: Nebius signs for up to 50 MW at NEOM
Data Centres: Boom and Backlash#17 19 Oct
Hosted the planned Loughton AI data centre
Data Centres: Boom and Backlash: Microsoft quits Nscale's Essex AI site#19 16 Oct
Mentioned in: Councils go to court over reorganisation
UK Local Elections 2026#19 15 Oct
Mentioned in: Tees Valley faces Best Value inspection
UK Local Elections 2026#18 7 Sept
McMahon drops four mergers on legal advice
UK Local Elections 2026#16 14 Aug
Mentioned in: Farage wins Clacton back by 12,784 votes
UK Local Elections 2026#15 6 Aug
Mentioned in: Greens take a seat Reform came second in
UK Local Elections 2026#13 22 Jul
Mentioned in: Harlow becomes fifth council to sue
UK Local Elections 2026#14 17 Jul
Mentioned in: Clacton's ballot paper splits the right four ways
UK Local Elections 2026#13 17 Jul
Mentioned in: Clacton draws a record 34 candidates
UK Local Elections 2026#13 16 Jul
Mentioned in: Reed holds back two council reorganisations
UK Local Elections 2026#14 16 Jul
West Sussex staffs shadow councils, boundaries unset
UK Local Elections 2026#12 8 Jul
Mentioned in: Clacton by-election set for 13 August
UK Local Elections 2026#12 7 Jul
Mentioned in: Councils' body turns on the timetable
UK Local Elections 2026#11 29 Jun
Mentioned in: Suffolk fights on over council shake-up
UK Local Elections 2026#10 1 Jun
Mentioned in: Suffolk warns of legal action over abolition
UK Local Elections 2026#10 28 May
Mentioned in: Essex audit unit meets the spend wall
UK Local Elections 2026#9 21 May
Reform loses 22 councillors in 14 days
UK Local Elections 2026#9 20 May
Mentioned in: Grantham: 7 of 9 Reform councils cut climate
UK Local Elections 2026#9 19 May
Mentioned in: IfG counts 61 NOC councils, record
UK Local Elections 2026#9 18 May
Essex sues to stop its own abolition
UK Local Elections 2026#8 14 May
Mentioned in: Seven Reform exits in seven days
UK Local Elections 2026#8 11 May
Essex Reform elects Harris, AGM 28 May
UK Local Elections 2026#7 7 May
Mentioned in: Norfolk hung: Reform 40 of 84 seats
UK Local Elections 2026#7 7 May
Thurrock: Reform 41/49 with no budget
UK Local Elections 2026#6 5 May
Mentioned in: Reform projected to 2,342 council seats
UK Local Elections 2026#5 22 Apr
Mentioned in: Reform takes Salford ward off Labour
UK Local Elections 2026#3 13 Apr
Mentioned in: Reform projected for three county halls
UK Local Elections 2026#3 13 Apr
Mentioned in: 65 Reform councillors gone in a year
UK Local Elections 2026#4 13 Apr
Mentioned in: PollCheck puts Reform in Labour's north
UK Local Elections 2026#3 13 Apr
“projected to take control of essex county council”
UK Local Elections 2026 · source event
#1 25 Mar
MHCLG sets unitary structure for four English counties
UK Local Elections 2026#1 16 Feb