NO NEW savings are being planned at this stage for next year’s council budget despite the unprecedented financial pressures of the Covid-19 response.
A report to East Sussex County Council’s Cabinet explains how careful financial planning and partnership working means that, for the first time in more than a decade, no additional cuts are currently being considered beyond those already set out at last year’s budget meeting. Continue reading
PEOPLE in East Sussex are being asked to say how coronavirus has affected them in a county-wide survey.
The survey also asks what people’s priorities are for when the county begins to rebuild from the impact of Covid-19. Continue reading
THE future of a creative centre which is the workplace of more than 30 local artists has been secured in a deal brokered by East Sussex County Council.
Management of Rye Creative Centre has been transferred today (12 June) to a local firm who have agreed to run it as a community asset on a long-term lease. Continue reading
COUNCIL leaders will be asked to agree extra spending worth £6.5 million when they discuss the latest budget plans next week.
Although proposals will include £3.5 million of savings, East Sussex County Council’s Cabinet will be asked to consider additional investment in roads and services for vulnerable adults and children as part of its £403 million spending on services for 2020/21. Continue reading
