Eastbourne and Willingdon MP Caroline Ansell has welcomed more than £1 million of extra government funding to help the town’s borough council during the Coronavirus pandemic.

The latest grant of £1,026,186 is not ringfenced and can be used however the authority sees fit.

Eastbourne’s Conservative group leader Tony Freebody is stepping down to concentrate on his NHS job during the Coronavirus crisis.

MP Caroline Ansell today said she would seek additional government financial support to help the town’s hospitality industry following the cancellation of Eastbourne’s tennis tournament.

Caroline Ansell, MP for Eastbourne & Willingdon, writes:

Eastbourne and Willingdon MP Caroline Ansell has been appointed as Parliamentary Private Secretary (PPS) to Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Secretary George Eustice.

Eastbourne and Willingdon MP Caroline Ansell has welcomed more than £1.5m of funding to help rough sleepers in East Sussex.

Caroline Ansell MP has welcomed news that Sussex Police will receive an extra £22.2m to tackle crime and keep our streets safe – an increase of 7.7% from last year.

Conservative councillor Robert Smart today demanded an explanation why the borough council's 2018/19 accounts are still unreleased nearly ten months since the end of the financial year.
  

Eastbourne Conservative Parliamentary candidate Caroline Ansell said today that MP Stephen Lloyd’s decision to twice vote against a General Election is undemocratic and letting residents down.

The Prime Minister has announced that we are boosting schools with a record £14 billion, levelling up per pupil funding across the country so every child in Eastbourne and Willingdon has a world class education.