PCC invests in technology to help tackle hate crime
A new App to make it easier to record and report all strands of hate crime in Sussex is being developed with support from Sussex Police & Crime Commissioner (PCC), Katy Bourne and partners.
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Labour appoints first Shadow Minister for Mental Health
Luciana Berger, MP for Liverpool Wavertree, has been appointed as the Shadow Minister for Mental Health by new leader, Jeremy Corbyn, MP. Ms Berger will work under the supervision of Mr Corbyn to establish how a future Labour government can utilise institutions to best address mental health.
Brighton Kemptown MP wears it pink for breast cancer!
Simon Kirby, MP for Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven attends Wear It Pink event in Westminster to raise awareness of breast cancer. The event, organised by medical research charity Breast Cancer Now, was in preparation for the charity’s Wear It Pink fundraising day on Friday, October 23.
Green councillors to join ‘Kill the Bill’ Rally at TUC conference in Brighton
Green councillors on Brighton & Hove City Council will join hundreds of delegates in Brighton on Sunday at the TUC Congress to oppose the government’s Trade Union Bill.
Help to Buy scheme to continue
Help to Buy was introduced by the Conservatives to help working people saving for a deposit buy their own home. Across the country, Help to Buy has now enabled nearly 120,000 families to buy a new home less than three years after it was launched. 80 per cent of those helped are first-time buyers and
Kemptown MP formally objects to Meadow Vale appeal
Simon Kirby, the Conservative MP for Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven, submits formal objections to proposed housing development at Meadow Vale in Ovingdean. The application to build 85 homes on greenfield land between Ovingdean, Rottingdean and Woodingdean in Brighton was rejected by Brighton & Hov
Kemptown MP attends nuisance calls event
Simon Kirby, MP for Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven, last week attended a nuisance calls awareness event at Brighton train station organised by the consumer group, Which?