21.04.26
Local Power
Liam Kavanagh used taxpayers’ cash to fund life of luxury and ‘honestly believed he was entitled to the money’
6 minute read
How a mysterious late-night email blew open the biggest story of my career
3 minute read
03.02.26
Council is actively pursuing businessman who pocketed millions after failed investments
23.01.26
Ofsted suspended GMT after visiting a dilapidated and unsafe home. Yet its operators are still providing care for vulnerable children
16.01.26
Hundreds of vulnerable children are being sent to stay in unregulated homes – and for months at a time
2 minute read
14.01.26
New findings point to a ‘growing culture of disbelief’ within government towards victims of trafficking
13.11.25
Regulators intervene after UK local authority accused of normalising unlawful placements
4 minute read
18.06.25
Isle of Wight has paid over half a million pounds for four months of ‘wholly inadequate’ care
5 minute read
03.06.25
Probe follows TBIJ reporting into deals with companies owned by Liam Kavanagh that left the council effectively bankrupt
1 minute read
14.05.25
Thurrock claims Liam Kavanagh produced a forged invoice to back up his lies after stealing taxpayers’ money
19.03.25
Huge debts, few checks and balances and a culture of denial led Spelthorne council to financial meltdown, just like a similar disaster in nearby Thurrock
17.03.25
Spelthorne spent big on commercial properties to offset austerity cuts but amassed disastrous debts
12.11.24
Senior Thurrock council officers and Conservative cabinet members spent years with their heads in the sand
11.11.24
The council wants to recoup money lost in a disastrous series of investments by any means necessary
03.05.24
Authority was declared bankrupt after series of ruinous business deals made under previous administration
08.03.24
Move comes after TBIJ revealed Liam Kavanagh appeared to have cheated the Essex council out of £130m
26.01.24
Council’s bankruptcy has already meant tax hikes and dire warnings of cuts to services
04.01.24
Unnamed individual facing scrutiny after investments that left local authority in ruin
03.11.23
The figures are a further blow to Thurrock residents, who face years of tax rises and deep cuts to services as town hall bosses seek to balance the books
03.08.23
Residents left to pick up the bill after disastrous investment policy leaves council with £500m black hole
