Allowances paid to councillors on the town’s borough council are among the most generous in the south east of England. Discussing a report from the Independent Remuneration Panel (IRP) at it’s cabinet meeting on Monday night councillors were told the panel recommended the current level of allowances remained in place for next year, the panel […]
Local residents are ‘excited’ about the prospect of the new state-of-the-art environmentally friendly straw bale built visitor centre planned for Hastings Country Park. That was the message from Councillor Andy Batsford when Hastings Borough Council’s (HBC) cabinet members met on Monday night and were asked to give the go-ahead for work on the visitor centre […]
They might be struggling to find a builder to construct the proposed new visitor centre at Hastings Country Park but Hastings Borough Council (HBC) has had the straw bales to build it with in storage since 2015. A spokesman for HBC told Hastings In Focus: “The straw bales were bought in 2015. They cost approx. £2,000. […]
Ambitious plans to build a state-of-the-art environmentally friendly visitor centre at Hastings Country Park is turning in to a major headache for Hastings Borough Council (HBC) as they struggle to find a contractor who can actually build its planned house of straw. The idea to create a visitor centre built from straw bales was initially […]
It’s time for Hastings Borough Council (HBC) to review its gambling policy and members of the council’s cabinet discussed the issues concerned when they met on Monday night. Mike Hepworth, HBC’s Assistant Director Environment and Place told the meeting: “There is a statutory requirement for local authorities to fully review their Gambling Act Statement of […]
Amber Rudd has been officially adopted as Hastings and Rye Conservative Association’s candidate at the next general election. Confirmation came following a meeting of the executive council of the local party yesterday (Friday) when Ms Rudd was re-adopted, unanimously. Graeme Williams, Chairman of the association said: “Amber has been a most effective MP for the constituency. […]
The row over whether or not Hastings Borough Council (HBC) should be in the business of buying and renting out commercial property has burst in to the open again this week. The issue was a big talking point at the borough council elections back in May when Conservative group leader Rob Lee described the policy […]
Radio presenter Iain Dale received a metaphorical slap on the wrists from Hastings MP Amber Rudd last night when he suggested that Boris Johnson was the “…subject of the day” at the Conservative party conference. “He is not the subject of the day Iain!” Ms Rudd said forcefully… “No, no, no the home secretary has been out […]
The additional £1million a year Hastings Borough Council (HBC) needs to find to pay for its new street cleaning service is set to put significant strain on council finances. HBC’s cabinet approved a ‘medium term financial strategy’ last week, a strategy that council leader Peter Chowney says, “does not make comfortable reading.” That strategy demonstrates […]
