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Following a motion at Full Council, Thurrock Council has rescinded the Climate Emergency it declared in 2019 and dropped its commitment to achieving net zero by 2030.

Cllr George Monk, who put forward the motion, said: “It was high time that the council properly recognised that it was impossible for it to achieve net zero in less than four years.

Following a competitive recruitment process, Craig Austin has been appointed as the independent Chair of the Tilbury Pride in Place Neighbourhood Board.

In March it was announced that Tilbury would receive £20 million of funding from the Government to empower local people to shape the future of their neighbourhood. The Chair, and the Board once appointed, will work with the Tilbury community to develop a Pride in Place Plan setting out how £2m per year will be spent over the course of a decade.

This week has seen another change at the top of national politics, with the appointment of a new Prime Minister – the seventh in the last decade. While events in Westminster can sometimes feel a long way from everyday life in Thurrock, the decisions made by Government have a direct impact on our communities, our economy and the services residents rely on.

Thurrock Council’s Cabinet has approved plans that will help recover pride in our borough, and ensure local communities across the borough benefit from £1.5m of external capital funding.

The Pride in Place Impact Fund is a Government initiative to help make small improvements to local areas, based on what local people want to see. This fund is separate from the £20m Pride in Place funding allocated to Tilbury.

The results of the by-elections held in Grays Town Ward and Grays Riverside Ward have now been declared: 

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Three tower blocks in Blackshots will be demolished after Cabinet approved plans to remove the empty buildings.

Residents moved out of the blocks more than a year ago and have all been rehoused. Since then, the buildings have stood vacant. Current plans will see them demolished by January 2028.

Thurrock Council's Cabinet yesterday (Wednesday 15 July) approved plans to issue a tender for the building of 11 new council homes on two sites of underused garages in South Ockendon.

Planning permissions had already been granted to redevelop the underutilised sites, one to the rear of 20 – 52 Anton Road and the other to the rear of 86 - 124 Anton Road, to provide the new affordable homes.