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A recent report warns that the council will have to find savings from its services next year unless the government urgently helps. Mounting pressure could leave East Sussex County Council with a funding gap of £55 million next year, making it impossible to maintain the current levels of service unless a better funding deal comes forward. On Tuesday a full council meeting was presented with the latest financial position and the annual state of the county report – a detailed look at the area’s unique characteristics which helps paint a picture of the achievements and challenges of the past year and what the council can expect in the year ahead.

A decade of cuts to Government funding has meant East Sussex has had to make nearly £140 million of savings since 2012 whilst, in recent years, demand for services and costs have risen considerably. Council Leader, Councillor Keith Glazier, said: “Years of careful financial planning has put the county council in the best possible position to deal with the growing pressures, but we have been very clear that, without fairer longer-term funding agreements, the level of service we could offer would eventually be more severely affected. “Having already saved more than £140 million over the last decade and worked hard to find new and efficient ways to deliver the services people rely upon, we are now at the point where even our core offer – the basic but decent level of service we feel our residents deserve, is under threat.



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