Category Archives: Transport and Environment

New savings proposals to be presented to Cabinet

COUNCIL leaders are set to consider new savings proposals necessary to start addressing a predicted £54 million deficit in next year’s budget.

As part of its robust and ongoing planning, East Sussex County Council’s Cabinet members will receive the latest updates on the authority’s finances at its meeting on Tuesday, December 16. Continue reading

Bird flu mandatory housing order for poultry and kept birds

escc logoPEOPLE who keep birds in East Sussex are being alerted to a mandatory housing order which comes into effect on Thursday, November 6.

The UK Chief Veterinary Officer has ordered a mandatory housing order for poultry and kept birds to cover the whole of England following the escalating number of confirmations of avian influenza in kept and wild birds. Continue reading