Devolution report - Additional Recommendation

Committee report · Cabinet · Tue 21 Oct 2025 · East Sussex County Council · agenda item 26

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What it recommends

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• “Cabinet is recommended, to agree in principle (in the event that BHCC also agrees) to adopt an equal share of the financial liability for any MCCA overspend, subject to the conditions set out at para 3.6 of this report; and to delegate to the Chief Executive in consultation with the Leader authority to agree the terms of such an arrangement and enter into the necessary agreements; and if the terms of such an arrangem”
• “Devolution and the MCCA: Liability and Voting Rights Alignment 1.1 This addendum to the Cabinet report sets out the rationale and implications of agreeing to a governance model for the Sussex MCCA in which each constituent authority’s liability for any overspend is proportionate to its voting rights. This approach responds to a request from West Sussex County Council (WSCC) and is intended to inform Cabinet’s conside”

What the meeting decided

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Places and organisations it names

• East Sussex County Council

Other papers for this meeting

• Cabinet agenda · Committee agenda
• Appendix 1 to “Devolution report - Additional Recommendation” · Committee report
• Appendix 2.. · Committee report
• Appendix 3. · Committee report
• Appendix 4 to “Devolution report - Additional Recommendation” · Committee report
• Appendix 5 to “Devolution report - Additional Recommendation” · Committee report
• Cabinet Appendix 1 · Committee report
• Care Quality Commission (CQC) Assessment of Adult Social Care · Committee report
• Devolution and establishment of the Mayoral Combined County Authority (MCCA) · Committee report
• Minutes of the meeting held on 24 September 2025 · Committee report
• Cabinet minutes · Committee minutes

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