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Southend Council steps in to plug free school meals gap caused by government refusal

Published 26th October 2020 Councillor Ian Gilbert, Labour Leader of Southend Council, says “The Government may not feel that feeding vulnerable and hungry children is important, but we in Southend will look after our own. As soon as it became clear after last Wednesday’s House of Commons vote and representations…

Southend Leisure & Tennis Centre to re-open

Published 21st August 2020 Southend Leisure and Tennis Centre is set to welcome visitors back through its doors from Tuesday 1st September, with the council having agreed to support centre operators Fusion Lifestyle until the end of the financial year. This support has been agreed so that people can access…

St Laurence residents’ newsletter – summer 2020

The latest edition of the St. Laurence Voice, our regular newsletter to residents of that ward, will be delivered through letterboxes during the next week or so and a copy is available to download or read on screen by clicking here. Even though our usual year-round door-to-door calls and street…

Kursaal residents’ newsletter – Summer 2020

Published 15th August 2020 The latest edition of the Kursaal Voice, our regular newsletter to residents of that ward, will be delivered through letterboxes during the next week or so and a copy is available to download or read on screen by clicking here. Even though our usual year-round door-to-door…

Southend Borough tree policy – have your say

Published 14th August 2020 When the current administration took office last summer, there was a lot of concern about the number of street trees being removed by the council. One of the first things we did was to stop all tree felling except in exceptional circumstances, such as where damaged…

Concessionary bus hours returning to normal

Published 10th August 2020 The hours of use for concessionary bus passes in Southend-on-Sea will return to normal on Tuesday 1st September 2020. In March 2020, in response to the COVID-19 outbreak, Southend Council’s Labour-led administration extended the hours of operation for local bus passes from off-peak times only to…

People shielding advised to register for delivery slots

Published 8th July 2020 People who have been shielding are being advised to register for priority delivery slots with major supermarkets before 17 July. This follows central Government announcing that, after 31 July, their food parcels will no longer be delivered to the most vulnerable, and those shielding will need…

Community safety patrols extended

Published 8th July 2020 Further support for the Council’s Community Safety Unit this summer is to be brought in. Four staff from Stambridge Security, a local company contracted by the Council, have already been providing additional weekend support to the Council’s Community Safety Unit in recent weeks, funded through the…

‘Better Queensway’ update

Updated 7th July 2020 At last night’s Place Scrutiny Committee Conservative councillors caused a delay to the Better Queensway plans by criticising the proposed new layout of the roads at the Queensway / Southchurch Road junction and voting for them to be looked at again by the Cabinet. Those objections…

Southend venues turn red

Published 7th July 2020 Many Southend Council-run publicly-owned venues were illuminated in red last night in a show of solidarity with the theatres and events industry, which has suffered immensely since the Coronavirus pandemic forced the country into lockdown. The displays were part of a national campaign (www.lightitinred.co.uk) aimed at lobbying…

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