Labour politicians in Hastings appear reluctant to accept any responsibility for the losses suffered by the party at the local elections held a month ago today. Instead local Labour cites ‘national trends’ for its poor showing which included the loss of four seats to the Tories and one to the Greens at borough level and […]
Where do we go from here? As the dust settles on last week’s council elections we might well ask. The first full meeting of the new-look Hastings Borough Council will come next Wednesday and while a number of things will have changed, a lot will have a very familiar feel about it. Labour remain in […]
Full results from yesterday’s elections for 16 of the 32 seats on Hastings Borough Council and in the eight Hastings wards of East Sussex County Council. The results of the vote for Police and Crime Commissioner will not be announced until Monday. Look out for analysis and reaction over the weekend. Ashdown (Con hold) CROWTER […]
There will be no Beer and Music Festival on Hastings again this summer. This afternoon Hastings Round Table, the organisers of the popular event announced that the financial risk to the organisation is simple too great. A spokesman for Hastings Round Table said: “Many people have messaged us and asked the million dollar question……. ‘is […]
‘They do what they do without our input and even when we do give our input… they do what they want to do regardless.’ The fact that the leader of the Labour group on Hastings Borough Council (HBC) – the woman who makes the key decisions that will shape our town – refused to take […]
Over the last couple of weeks we’ve been looking at the state of planning in Hastings Borough. In this third and final special report we look at two current controversial proposals for West St Leonards where public opinion is wildly at odds with the views of the council. Plans for 192 houses on the Bulverhythe […]
You have two weeks left to have your say on the document that will shape the town right through until 2039. In January Hastings Borough Council (HBC) launched its consultation on the Draft Local Plan. As the end of the eight-week consultation approaches, the council says it wants to ensure that everyone has a chance […]
Local Tories have laid down a challenge to rival political parties to put public safety before party politics and avoid door-to-door canvassing while campaigning for May’s local elections. A spokesman for the party said yesterday: “Putting resident’s safety before party politics, the Hastings and Rye Conservative Association has taken the decision not to allow their […]
It’s always great to know that people are reading what you write and by the beginning of this week I was in no doubt people had been reading last week’s Sunday Supplement that turned the spotlight on the work of our borough council when it comes to planning matters writes Stuart Baillie. It wasn’t just […]
