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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.
SENIOR judicial officials from China dropped in to East Sussex as part of a fact-finding visit to the UK.
The delegation of six presidents and vice presidents of courts in Gansu Province, in the north west of the country, attended a meeting of the Sussex Police and Crime Panel at County Hall, in Lewes. Continue reading
DETAILS have been announced of the timetable for a major refurbishment of Hastings Library.
East Sussex County Council is embarking upon a complete revamp of the building, in Claremont, which will also see the children’s library move from its current base in nearby Robertson Passage. Continue reading
RESIDENTS and motorists in Hastings are being advised of temporary traffic measures being put in place as part of a highway improvement scheme in the Old Town.
On Monday, February 1 2016, East Sussex County Council begins an eight-week programme of work in High Street, part of a package of measures approved in January 2014 following a public consultation. Continue reading
POLITICAL leaders in East Sussex have united to voice to David Cameron their ‘significant concerns’ over Government funding cuts.
In a letter to the Prime Minister sent on behalf of all political group leaders, East Sussex County Council leader Cllr Keith Glazier said the cuts the authority was facing would ‘significantly reduce the quality of life for many people in East Sussex’. Continue reading
