, not a pupil misconduct issue".

Colchester City Council said it did not receive additional funding for this duty.The authority drafted in officers from its waste investigations support and enforcement services teams last spring to help tackle litter.

Mr Goss claimed hundreds of people were being fined for littering in the city every month."We’ve got to do more fines and really go after people in Colchester," he added.A new theme park is "just the start" of Universal's century-long plans for its UK site, the company's president has said.

which it plans to transform into a 476-acre attraction that will draw in 8.5 million annual visitors by 2031."We look at these projects as really long-term projects," said Page Thompson, president of new ventures at Universal Destinations & Experiences, speaking for the first time since the announcement.

"We try to think about the next 100 years."

He added: "We have a lot more land that we intend to develop... in ways that bring more people to the area and hopefully is beneficial for everybody.If Thames does come under government control, there has been speculation it would be put into a Special Administration Regime, which would see financial consultants run the company on the government's behalf.

A precedent for this was set in 2021 when energy company Bulb went bust and was placed under special administration.Regardless of what happens to Thames, water suppliers to its customers will continue as normal.

The prime minister's policy team has beenmeeting Labour MPs behind closed doors