Ann Newton

The Government has announced that Wealden District Council will be abolished and replaced by a new county-wide authority with plans confirmed to reorganise local government across East Sussex.Labour's Housing Secretary, Steve Reed, pronounced the Government’s preferred model for Local Government Reo

They can't, or won't, take legal action against the Home Office using Crowborough Training Camp as asylum accommodation, yet the Green and Liberal Democrat councillors running Wealden District Council have found extra cash to celebrate Winnie the Pooh’s birthday.Last September, the Green & Liber

The Green Party/Lib-Dem coalition that makes up Wealden District Council's ruling Cabinet has failed to agree on whether to support any of the proposals for East Sussex in local government reorganisation, arguing over costs, cultural identity and local accountability.Amid an atmosphere of confusion

Staff at Wealden District Council have been blamed for an error which saw council tax payments taken from thousands of residents accounts unexpectedly before Christmas.Green Party council leader, Cllr Rachel Millward, says it was the fault of "the person uploading the BACS file" and has apologised t

Conservative councillors walked out of a Wealden District Council meeting, accusing the authority of gagging their views over a controversial local plan which could lead to thousands of new homes being built in green spaces. Today’s extra-ordinary Full Council is scrutinizing the 9,000 pages of a n

An East Sussex council has come under fire for issuing what’s been called an “incorrect and misleading” news release about grants from South-East Water to local community groups and charities. Wealden District Council was forced to re-issue its original news item after incorrectly suggesting that S

A senior councillor tasked with helping to create a crucial document framing future planning across Wealden has been slammed as “illusional“, and his eco-ideas as “frankly unworkable”. The criticism of the Green Party’s Ian Tysh comes from opposition planning spokesman Cllr Ann Newton.

There’s been a plea for the reinstatement of the prayer before full meetings of Wealden District Council.

A council’s inactions and unwillingness to address a water shortage that saw thousands of homes, farms, schools and care homes without running water were highlighted at an emergency meeting today (28 June). Wealden District Council staged an extraordinary meeting to discuss the crisis which saw Sou

The eventual calling of an emergency meeting of Wealden District Council to discuss the ongoing water crisis in East Sussex has been welcomed. The extraordinary meeting is set for Wednesday 28th June at 10am and will discuss a motion calling on South East Water to explain why taps ran dry and to co