News releases
THE CONTRACTOR tasked with building a new bridge that will help improve traffic flow on a busy East Sussex route has been announced.
East Sussex County Council have awarded the contract for the new two-lane structure at Exceat to Jackson Civil Engineering Group.
The company, experienced in bridge and highways projects, wi...
Karen Bowles Thursday, 12 February 2026
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Councillor Zoe Nicholson, Leader of Lewes District Council, said: “I want to be clear about the considerable disappointment we feel regarding the eleventh-hour proposals put forward by Brighton and Hove City Council for local government reorganisation. As a result of their last-minute bid, these plans have been develop...
Karen Bowles Wednesday, 17 September 2025
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.
The new MCCA will bring...
Karen Bowles Thursday, 17 July 2025
EAST Sussex County Council has overcome huge challenges to deliver vital services to thousands of residents, an annual report shows.
State of the County reveals how the authority supported more than 30,000 people through adult social care services in 2024/25 and had contact with more than 48,000 children and young people through its children’s ser...
Karen Bowles Tuesday, 17 June 2025
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...
Karen Bowles Monday, 12 May 2025
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