TRIBUTES are being paid to a dedicated councillor who served his community for 25 years.
Cllr Peter Pragnell, who represented residents in Hastings on both East Sussex County Council and Hastings Borough Council, died on Monday, September 1 aged 65. Continue reading
LEADERS have welcomed approval of their plans to collaborate in a single strategic authority for Sussex with a directly elected mayor.
The government has agreed to move forward with a Mayoral Combined County Authority (MCCA) and confirmed the first mayoral election will take place in May 2026.
RESIDENTS are being invited to take part in a consultation that will help reshape local government and how services are run in the future.
Government wants to reorganise local government so that everyone in East Sussex gets their services from just one council. This could mean the county council and district and borough councils would be replaced by a single authority. Continue reading
WORK towards proposals for a single local authority in East Sussex should continue, councillors have agreed.
The cabinet of East Sussex County Council (ESCC) backed an interim plan drawn up with partners from borough and district councils which suggests that a new local authority on the current boundaries of East Sussex appears a clear option for reorganising local government.
