Local Democracy Reporting Service

These reports are from the BBC-funded Local Democracy Reporting Service. The Eastbourne Reporter is eligible to receive them as a regulated website with high journalistic standards.

Jamie Bennett PCC candidate

SPOTLIGHT: Liberal Democrat police and crime commissioner candidate

By Sarah Booker-Lewis, BBC-funded Local Democracy Reporter Below are the responses from Liberal Democrat candidate Jamie Bennett, 34, a hotel manager who tweets as @JamieBen120689. He is pictured above. What difference will you make if you are elected? Liberal Democrats believe the post of PCC should be abolished but, until we are in a position […]

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East Sussex potholes

SPOTLIGHT: East Sussex pothole reports double

Reports by residents of potholes in East Sussex more than doubled last year.   In figures released in response to a Freedom of Information (FOI) request, East Sussex County Council said it received 26,309 reports of potholes and other carriageway defects in 2022/23.   This was more than double the previous financial year (2021/22), which […]

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Eastbourne Town Hall

SPOTLIGHT: Top East Sussex council pay packets revealed 

The latest Town Hall Rich List has been published, showing how many council employees received more than £100,000 in 2022/23.  Collated by The TaxPayers’ Alliance, the figures showed that 73 employees of councils across East and West Sussex – not including Brighton & Hove – took home more than £100,000 in salary, pension and other expenses.   […]

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