Council budget

A summary of our current budget.

The draft budget proposals for 2020/21 were presented at Policy & Resources Committee on Thursday 5 December 2019.

The budget for 2020/21 was agreed by Budget Council on 27 February 2020 and comes into effect on Wednesday 1 April 2020.

It costs over £2 million to run our services every day

Infographic listing costs of individual services in the council

View an accessible version of this infographic.

Council Tax

Council Tax currently provides 19.2% of our income.

Your Council Tax bill also includes funding for Sussex Police and East Sussex Fire and Rescue Service.

Get the figures for your 2020/21 Council Tax bill.

Council budget books

You can view all the budget books for tax years beginning April 2018.