Thurrock Council has launched a voice activated AI assistant, initially to help residents obtain information on council tax.

Government figures show variations in average annual council tax increases across different types of councils.

A Labour MP has called for changes to how council tax is calculated, estimating that some households could save up to £1,500 a year. Jonathan Brash (Hartlepool) said a “proportional property tax”, ...

Council tax bills are set to rise for millions of ... It followed Woking Council, Thurrock and Croydon (for the third time). Research by the LGA in 2024 found that one in four English councils ...

Four bankrupt authorities - Birmingham, Woking, Slough and Thurrock – have special dispensation to raise council tax by 10%. Of the councils which have disclosed plans, 122 are proposals ...

Thurrock Council went bankrupt after the discovery in 2022 of failed investments made between 2017 and 2020, which left the authority with a £1.3bn debt. Following elections in May 2024 ...

Thurrock Council’s commissioners warned ministers that that the local elections could have been a “volatile period” for the council. Earlier today the government published the commissioners' fourth ...

Proposals to raise council tax above this threshold typically have ... Croydon was allowed to raise its rates to 15 per cent, while Thurrock and Slough were allowed to increase theirs to 10 ...

However, in a statement, Councillor John Kent revealed that council tax-payers will have to pay ... He continued: "The contract costs Thurrock Council around £20m every year ...