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Mayor Margi Takes Labour Lead
Following the local election at the beginning of this month, as reported in HIP 251, the political parties now represented on Hastings Borough Council hold numbers of seats as follows:…
LEVELLING UP FUNDS RAIDED TO COMPLETE LINK ROAD
£ Cash Gap Plugged out of Awards to Hastings and Rother HUGH SULLIVAN On 25 March the Westminster government announced that Hastings borough and Rother district will receive targeted cash…
WHAT’S ON YOUR MIND?
Letter Waiting for Improvement Dear HIP, On a recent evening my wife had a fall and I drove her to A&E at the Conquest Hospital. The time taken for triage,…
Sea Change Looks to Borough Council to Remedy Azur Disrepair
Sea Change Sussex, the publicly funded regeneration company which has held the head lease of the Azur Marina Pavilion since 2007, has appointed national leisure sector property agents Fleurets alongside…
Council Anger: “They Have Trashed our Town”
PAUL McLAUGHLIN Trust in Southern Water amongst Hastings Borough Councillors has plunged to a new low in the wake of last month’s town centre flooding. At a simmering meeting of…
BLOOM OR BUST?
“£100m” for garden town project, but council cuts still impending HUGH SULLIVAN The cabinet of Hastings Borough Council (HBC) met on 6 November to debate a very mixed financial agenda.…
Another Knotty Problem for Hastings
Paul McLaughlin Hastings has become one of the worst affected areas in East Sussex for Japanese knotweed according to new data published by Environet, one of the most established Japanese…
Tribunal Upholds Council’s Financial Penalty System
A Housing Tribunal has dismissed an appeal by Hastings landlord Keith Worsley against a £1,000 penalty imposed upon him by the Borough Council (HBC) for his failure as landlord to…
Council Tax Reduction Scheme Consultation
Hastings Borough Council is consulting about changes to the current Council Tax Reduction Scheme. This Scheme reduces council tax bills for people on a low income, by up to 100%.…