Why the collapse of one of the UK’s biggest property companies should ring warning bells in Muriel Matters House… Two years ago Hastings Borough Council’s (HBC) rush to invest in commercial property was described as a ‘ticking time bomb of over extended borrowing’. In the two years since, many voices both local and national have […]
While the council says the town is ‘cautiously ready for visitors’ MP Sally-Ann Hart has repeated her call for us to play a part in ‘turbo-charging’ the local economy and get it ‘firing on all cylinders’. Mrs Hart has repeated her message from last week saying: “…now is the time for us all to play […]
Vandals attacked five council owned public toilets at the weekend just days after the Hastings Borough Council bowed to public pressure and reopened them after the Coronavirus lockdown. Vandalism included extensive graffiti, damaged pipework, smashed cisterns and toilet pans leading to some of the facilities needing to be closed again for repairs. Councillor Paul Barnett, lead councillor for urban […]
Last year then council leader Peter Chowney said climate change was “The biggest challenge facing the council.” Just 15 months after passing what was seen to be a radical climate emergency motion and appointing a special cabinet member with responsibility for climate change there’s grave concern this week that Hastings Borough Council (HBC) is back […]
Public toilets around Hastings were reopened on Monday with no fanfare and no formal announcement from Hastings Borough Council (HBC). And as of 1pm on Tuesday there has still be no public statement from the council to say that the facilities have been opened up. No press release has been issued and there is no […]
In shaking up the members of her council’s cabinet Councillor Kim Forward says she has chosen a cabinet that she believes will best serve the needs of ‘our town’. Ms Forward who became leader of Hastings Borough Council in March says she has also thanked those no longer in the cabinet; they are the Conservatives […]
Tory members of Hastings Borough Council’s (HBC) cabinet have been told today they are being kicked off the powerful decision making body. In a move that has clearly come from the top Councillor Kim Forward, who was elected council leader in March, is showing that she’s not afraid to make changes. Ms Forward ordered the […]
Reports suggest that across the UK more than 30,000 pubs, bars and restaurants could remain permanently closed because the coronavirus shutdown has sent a wrecking ball through the nation’s hospitality trade. Meanwhile restaurant chains with branches in Hastings and St Leonards, including Bella Italia, have either already called in administrators or are expected to do […]
Child poverty is worse in Hastings than anywhere else in the south east of England and the problem is accelerating. According to a study conducted by the *End Child Poverty coalition and Loughborough University Hastings has the highest child poverty rate in the south east of England and it has increased more over the past […]
