The Conservative administration at East Sussex County Council has voted down a Liberal Democrat amendment that would have saved vital social care facilities across the county, including the Phoenix Centre in Lewes.
James MacCleary MP has condemned the decision to cancel this May’s local elections in East Sussex, calling it an attack on democracy that denies local residents their voice at a crucial time for the county.
James MacCleary MP has received multiple complaints from disabled residents, and residents with disabled children, about essential adaptations to their council houses.
A petition opposing East Sussex County Council’s proposed booking system for household waste recycling sites has been formally submitted by the Liberal Democrats, with 3,466 residents signing in protest.
Thousands of patients waited more than 12 hours in East Sussex’s A&Es last month. Local MP James MacCleary warns government is “asleep at the wheel”.
Opposition councillors on East Sussex County Council reacted with dismay as the Conservative Leader of the Council refused to alter his letter putting the council forward as an early adopter of devolution and asking for local elections to be postponed.