The structure of 15 councils in Essex is due to be reduced to somewhere between three and five all-purpose unitary authorities.
Thurrock is likely to merge with some of its neighbours.
It could be grouped with Basildon, Castle Point, Southend, Rochford, Harlow, Epping Forest or Brentwood – depending on which proposal is agreed.
After the cabinet meeting on Wednesday, Thurrock Council leader Lynn Worrall said “whoever we go with there’s going to be a proportion of our debt that goes with us”.
“We will not get all our debt written off. We will get a proportion,” she said.
“But we are still answering Treasury questions on how we can reduce our debt further.”
Former Local Government Minister Jim McMahon told Parliament in the summer that…