Media spotlight on Thurrock Council's financial collapse is about to air

By Nub News Reporter 14th Nov 2026

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A BBC investigation into affairs in Thurrock will be aired next week

A MAJOR BBC investigation will put the focus on Thurrock Council and its financial impropriety in coming days.

For the past year a team of investigative reporters from the national broadcaster has been digging into the circumstances of the council's financial collapse in 2022 when its 'borrow to invest' policy collapsed, leaving the council in hundred of millions of pounds of debt.

The matter was first, and exclusively, reported on Thurrock Nub News in November 2020.

Liam Kavanagh

Next week BBC Radio 4 will broadcast a report into the relationship between Thurrock Council and Rockfire Capital, a company run by flamboyant and controversial entrepreneur Liam Kavanagh.

It will be aired on Tuesday, 17 November.

A trailer for the series is already online - you can listen here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/series/m0034bvk

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