The year so far

What each council has decided in the 2026/27 financial year, which began on Wed 1 Apr 2026, and where its money has gone.

The councils' year runs from 1 April to 31 March, the year council tax is set for. Both accounts are rewritten each month as the year goes on.

Hastings Borough Council

The written account for this council isn't ready yet. It is drafted from the record, checked sentence by sentence against the items it cites, and read and approved by a person before it appears here. The numbers below are counted straight from the record.

The numbers

• The minutes of 18 of Hastings Borough Council's meetings since Wed 1 Apr 2026 are on the record, and 15 of them have a checked summary on Decisions.
• Hastings Borough Council paid £21m to suppliers from April 2026 to August 2026, counting the payments over £250 it publishes. In the same months a year earlier it paid £19m. More
• Hastings Borough Council's largest areas of spending from April 2026 to August 2026, by the service names in its payments files (leaving out accounting entries such as the balance sheet): Homelessness £4.1m; Waste Collection Fleet £2.0m; TFC - Green low carbon skills & economy £1.3m; Refuse Collection £1.2m; H08 Disabled Facilities Grant £724k; HAS_02 Bexhill Road Development £503k. More
• The suppliers Hastings Borough Council paid most from April 2026 to August 2026: Wealden District Council (another council) £4.0m; East Sussex College Group (ESCG) £1.3m; PHI Property Aquisitions Limited £973k; Roost People Ltd (SLA) £797k; Paramount Independent Property Services £650k; Booker & Best Ltd £589k; Lillybank Homes Limited £497k; South East Modular Ltd £488k. More
• 2 contract award notices from Hastings Borough Council dated since 1 April 2026 are on the record. The largest: ESPH808 HBC Electricity (EDF Energy Customers Limited, £1.2m); ESPH807 HBC Gas (EDF Energy Customers Limited, £260k). More
• Hastings Borough Council's share of Band D council tax for 2026/27 is £316.89 a year, up 2.99% on the year before, from the table Full Council set. More
• Planning since 1 April 2026: 214 applications validated and 208 decisions issued, from the council's weekly lists. More

East Sussex County Council

The written account for this council isn't ready yet. It is drafted from the record, checked sentence by sentence against the items it cites, and read and approved by a person before it appears here. The numbers below are counted straight from the record.

The numbers

• The minutes of 8 of East Sussex County Council's meetings since Wed 1 Apr 2026 are on the record, and 8 of them have a checked summary on Decisions.
• 184 contract award notices from East Sussex County Council dated since 1 April 2026 are on the record. The largest: Supported Living Care Services for Working Age Adults with a Learning Disability (LIFEWAYS COMMUNITY CARE LIMITED, £5.0m); Taxi and MPV (1-8 seats) Passenger Assistant - Taxi and MPV (1-8 seats) Passenger Assistant (FRENCH AND SON LTD, £3.6m); Provision of a Leachate Tankering Service (COUNTYCLEAN ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES LIMITED, £3.0m); ESCC Crisis Payment Scheme (Citizens Advice 1066, £1.8m). More
• East Sussex County Council's share of Band D council tax for 2026/27 is £1,960.22 a year, up 4.99% on the year before, from the table Full Council set. More
• East Sussex County Council's payments to suppliers for this year aren't on the record yet.