ESSEX TOWN — The selectboard voted to approve the capital budget and to update its accompanying five-year plan at its meeting Monday. Overall capital expenses for fiscal year 2026 in particular are $2 ...

Essex Police should use extra announced government funding to keep all police community support officers (PCSOs) that it plans to make redundant, a union has said. All 99 PCSOs and 65 other police ...

Essex Police said on Tuesday it needed to make ... with each force due to set out plans on how they would use it to increase patrols by spring. It came after the government announced a separate ...

Essex Police said on Tuesday it needed to make ... with each force due to set out plans on how they would use it to increase patrols by spring. It came after the government announced a separate ...

She said this move would have “a massive impact on the police officers of Essex – who are already overstretched – but more importantly the public in the county”. The force’s plans would also mean ...

Business groups and economists have said Chancellor Rachel Reeves’ latest plans to grow the economy are welcome, but that measures in the October Budget will still weigh on companies.

Essex Police said it could get rid of all 99 police community support officer roles within the force, pending consultation, as it faced a £12.5 million budget shortfall for 2025-26. The force ...

Essex Police has revealed plans to make all 99 of its PCSOs redundant in an effort to balance its budget. The force - and its police, fire and crime commissioner - also proposed cutting 65 other ...

Plan to fill £5.3 million budget hole also includes cutting almost 100 PCSOs.