Labour's plans to remove power from local communities, create new quangos and increase taxes Wednesday, 18 December, 2024 This week, the Labour Government published their Devolution White Paper, alongside their National Planning Policy Framework changes last week, and an expected Local Government Finance Settlement shortly. Taken together, it is a mishmash of new tiers of government, new quangos and new taxes. It is a recipe for taking power away from local communities, and making local government less responsive to... Local News
Conservatives leave meeting, accusing council of gagging them over crucial Wealden Local Plan 8th February 2024 Conservative councillors walked out of a Wealden District Council meeting, accusing the authority of gagging their views over a controversial local plan which... Local News
Mims Davies MP welcomes £1.1million funding boost to Mid Sussex council’s budget 6th February 2024 Mid Sussex will receive £1.1million in extra funding next year as part of the Conservative Government’s £64.7billion Local Government Finance Settlement. The... Local News
Balanced budget for continued quality services across Conservative-led East Sussex 6th February 2024 Today [6 February], Conservative-run East Sussex County Council presented a balanced budget for the forthcoming financial year, promising to deliver £538... Local News
Mims Davies MP welcomes Minister for Rail to East Grinstead to talk trains and more 25th January 2024 Mims Davies, Conservative MP for Mid Sussex, welcomed the Minister for Rail to East Grinstead today. Mims Davies MP said of the meeting with Huw Merriman MP... Local News
Local input vital as West Sussex 2024/25 Budget plans progress 22nd January 2024 Conservative-led West Sussex County Council has thanked everyone who gave thier views on the Council Plan and proposals for the 2024/25 budget. The county... Local News
Wealden District's Green/Lib-Dem Alliance yields to calls from Conservatives for conflicted council Chairman to resign 5th January 2024 After substantial resistance, Wealden District Green/Lib Dem Alliance have finally yielded to calls from Conservative District Councillors for the council... Local News
Sussex welcomes over £120-million pledged for long-term plan to repair our roads 18th November 2023 East Grinstead and Uckfield Conservatives have welcomed news of £120-million of funding from the government, over the next eleven years, meaning thousands of... Local News
Mims Davies MP Meets new CEO of Queen Victoria Hospital in East Grinstead 8th November 2023 Mims Davies, the local Conservative MP, was thrilled to meet with James Lowell (CEO) of the Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Foundation Trust at East Grinstead... Local News
New off-peak Thameslink rail service for East Grinstead from December welcomed by Conservative MP Mims Davies 1st November 2023 There are currently three Thameslink services from East Grinstead towards London in the morning on weekdays. From 10 December, a current service from Bedford to... Local News
Rishi Sunak: One year of taking long-term decisions to deliver the change we need 25th October 2023 Find out about Rishi's first year delivering long-term solutions to secure a brighter future. National News
CPC23 Address from Rishi Sunak 4th October 2023 Long-term decisions for a brighter future: find out what Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said to wrap up Conservative Party Conference 2023 here. National News
CPC23 Address from Johnny Mercer 4th October 2023 Find out what Johnny Mercer, Minister of State and Minister for Veterans’ Affairs said to CPC23 here. National News
CPC23 Address from Penny Mordaunt 4th October 2023 Find out what Penny Mordaunt, Leader of the House of Commons, said to CPC23 here. National News
CPC23 Address from Suella Braverman 3rd October 2023 Find out what Home Secretary Suella Braverman said at CPC23 here. National News
CPC23 Address from Alex Chalk 3rd October 2023 Find out what Lord Chancellor and Justice Secretary Alex Chalk said to CPC23 here. National News
