Spending Cuts in Sussex

Hastings faces £300,000 cuts

Councils across Sussex have got a month to work out how they're going to make cuts of millions of pounds imposed by the government.

Watch BBC South East Today tonight at 630pm to see Mark Norman's special report on the cuts across Sussex.

The coalition plans to start paying off Britain's deficit have seen town hall budgets trimmed across the county.

Chancellor George Osborne wants £6 billion of emergency public spending cuts.

Brighton councillors meet on Thursday June 17th to work out how to save £3.55 million.

Whitehall has already told the council that it won't be getting money that it had expected in areas like education, transport and business support.

In Crawley, the borough council knows it will see a £90,000 cut in grants affecting services in economic development, affordable housing and planning.

"We have some money in reserves from previous years' awards but the elimination of these grants will restrict our ability to fund projects in the future." said a spokesman.

County authorities have seen their budgets trimmed as well - East Sussex, for example, has lost just under £3 million/year while West Sussex has lost nearly £4 million.

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