Purpose

This report is an update following the
publication of the Government's White Paper

Content

1)            
Cabinet agrees to submit to Government their
request to take part in the Devolution Priority Programme, by the
10 January 2025, alongside East Sussex County Council and West
Sussex County Council, seeking a Mayoral Combined Authority on a
Sussex footprint and local government reorganisation for Sussex in
line with the criteria set out in the Government White
Paper.
 
2)            
Cabinet notes that further reports will come to
Cabinet and Scrutiny through the period of the Priority Programme
to ensure full engagement and consideration of options and impacts
on the form of the Mayoral Combined Authority and Local Government
Reform.