One of the most important functions of a councillor is to provide scrutiny of council affairs, and as a member of Mid Sussex District Council’s Audit Committee, I was concerned that the new internal auditors provided a report at tonight’s meeting which referred to a completed Cyber Security Review, without even detailing any of the […]

Mid Sussex District Council’s out of hours phone number is a vital lifeline for residents wishing to report an urgent issue to the Council outside office hours.   Yet twice in the last few weeks I have had reports that the phone number has gone unanswered despite the respondent holding on for 30 or 45 minutes, […]

Community governance proposals that see the Northern Arc Incorporated into Burgess Hill were agreed by tonight’s Mid Sussex District Council’s Scrutiny Meeting despite previous opposition by Conservative councillors from East Grinstead and Haywards Heath, yet the same Conservatives still ignored the views of Burgess Hill by voting to amend the name of two new wards, […]