Fundraising News Wear your poppy with Pride Simon Kirby MP for Brighton Kemptown encourages local residents to support this year’s Royal British Legion Poppy Appeal and Wear A Poppy With Pride. This year the Royal British Legion is asking the nation to Rethink Remembrance by recognising the sacrifices made not just by the Armed Forces of the By Sarah Green • 1 min read
Cllr Geoffrey Theobald General News Bill to reduce homelessness receives cross party support Homelessness Reduction Bill wins unanimous support from MPs across all political parties. The private member’s bill, which places duties on councils to prevent homelessness, received backing on October 28 of the 100 MPs needed to get it one step closer to becoming law. By Sarah Green • 2 min read
In The South Conservatives condemn Labour and Green parking scrooges Conservative councillors are furious with their Labour and Green counterparts for voting down their proposal to offer residents and visitors to the city free parking over the Christmas period. By Sarah Green • 1 min read
Simon Kirby MP In The South Kemptown MP joins campaign to save lives Today is European Restart a Heart Day. Every single year in the UK, 30,000 people suffer a sudden cardiac arrest. Sadly, just less than 1-in-10 survive. By Sarah Green • 1 min read
General News Brighton Gin celebrated at Parliamentary event Hove MP, Peter Kyle, met with Helen Chesshire and Kathy Caton of Brighton Gin on Monday evening (October 17) at an event to celebrate the success of women in the Wine and Spirits industry in Parliament. By Sarah Green • 1 min read
Simon Kirby MP General News Rail delay compensation improved Government announces improved compensation scheme for rail delays. The Delay Repay 15 will be introduced within months on Govia Thameslink Railway services, including Southern, and then rolled out across the country. By Sarah Green • 1 min read
General News Woodingdean residents organise phone mast demonstration Woodingdean residents to stage a public protest against Brighton & Hove City Council. This follows an error by city planners which resulted in permission being granted by default for the erection of a 12.5 metre telephone mast and two equipment cabinets on Warren Road in front of the area’s historic By Sarah Green • 1 min read
General News Council admits error at historic Woodingdean site Anger as City Council admits error resulting in the erection of phone mast at historic Woodingdean site. Woodingdean residents are furious following a mistake by Brighton and Hove Council’s Planning Department which has resulted in the erection of a 12.5 metre telephone monopole and two equipment ca By Sarah Green • 2 min read
General News Science Museum ‘sexist’ brain exhibit row The Green Party’s equalities spokesperson for women, Sarah Cope has called on the Science Museum in London to remove an interactive exhibit called What sex is your brain which represents male and female brains in blue and pink respectively, accusing the Science Museum of “reinforcing outdated gender By Sarah Green • 2 min read
Health Brighton Kemptown MP wears pink for Breast Cancer Now Simon Kirby, MP for Brighton Kemptown & Peacehaven, dressed in Pink in Parliament yesterday to show support for women affected by breast cancer. By Sarah Green • 3 min read
In The South Government give £20 million to help improve Southern train services Government create £20 million fund to help improve performance of the Southern network and train services. By Sarah Green • 2 min read
General News Local Greens demand further action on rail crisis Greens say Council should go further to hold rail bosses to account. Green Councillors have said Brighton & Hove City Council should intervene directly in the growing crisis affecting rail services for commuters and visitors to the city, as concerns are raised over impacts of inadequate rail service By Sarah Green • 2 min read
In The South May appoints Brighton Kemptown MP to Treasury post Simon Kirby, MP for Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven has been appointed to a Ministerial position in the Government as Economic Secretary to the Treasury. By Sarah Green • 1 min read
Simon Kirby MP In The South Dog awareness week – Brighton MP calls for reduction of dog attacks on postal workers Simon Kirby, MP for Brighton Kemptown & Peacehaven has been supporting the Royal Mail’s fourth annual Dog Awareness Week. Royal Mail has been working together with Battersea Dogs & Cats Home, Dogs Trust, the National Dog Warden association and the National Police Chief’s Council to raise awareness o By Sarah Green • 1 min read
In The South Greens choose local activist to stand in East Brighton Activist and campaigner Mitch Alexander has been selected as the Green candidate for the by-election in East Brighton ward on Thursday, August 4. By Sarah Green • 2 min read
In The South Conservatives gain Council support for Armed Forces ‘Count Them In’ campaign Conservatives on Brighton & Hove City Council obtain cross-party support for the Royal British Legion and Poppyscotland Count Them In campaign. By Sarah Green • 2 min read
Cllr David Gibson General News Greens champion the homeless and call for action on emergency housing Greens in Brighton and Hove are appealing for the Labour Council to take “urgent and decisive steps” to address increasing reports of poor living conditions in emergency accommodation for homeless people. By Sarah Green • 2 min read
Councillor Maggie Barradell General News East Brighton Labour councillor to stand down Councillor Maggie Barradell, Labour and Co-operative member for East Brighton, is standing down for family reasons. Ms Barradell was elected as a first time Councillor in East Brighton ward at the local elections in 2015. By Sarah Green • 1 min read
Health Sussex MP’s attend meeting to discuss patient transport Last week Sussex MPs, met senior management representatives from the Sussex Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs)and the Managing Director of Coperforma to discuss what is being done to improve patient transport services in the county. By Sarah Green • 2 min read
General News Local Government Minister visits Saltdean Lido Rt Hon Greg Clark MP, Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government visited the Saltdean Lido yesterday. He was joined by Simon Kirby, MP for Brighton Kemptown & Peacehaven, Rebecca Crook and other directors of the Saltdean Lido Community Interest Company (CIC) to find out about how the pr By Sarah Green • 1 min read
Simon Kirby MP for Brighton Kemptown & Peacehaven General News Applications open for fourth round of Coastal Communities Fund Applications for funding in the fourth round of the Coastal Communities Fund is now open. Around £36 million is available in this funding round, covering the period 2017-19. By Sarah Green • 1 min read
Cllr Gill Mitchell General News Keep Brighton litter free this bank holiday With the Spring bank holiday and school half-term coming up next week, Brighton & Hove City Council is encouraging everyone to take responsibility for picking up and disposing of litter safely. By Sarah Green • 2 min read
Health Government to pilot HPV vaccinations for MSM Jane Ellison MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Health announced this morning that a human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination pilot for men who have sex with men (MSM) will start from June, 2016. By Sarah Green • 2 min read
In The South Cases of animal cruelty falling in East Sussex Recent statistics from the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA) reveal that cases of animal cruelty are falling in East Sussex. By Sarah Green • 1 min read
