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Elections postponed as devolution gets green light

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Sussex will now move towards having an elected mayor in March 2026 .

Councillors of East Sussex, West Sussex , and Brighton & Hove councils said it was "exciting" news.

Green Party and Liberal Democrat leaders of four out of five of the East Sussex borough and district councils had written to the government to object to elections being postponed.

A devolution consultation will be held before the end of March 2025 .