News Conservatives stand alone in backing March for England seafront ban Conservatives have criticised the Green and Labour Parties for refusing to back a proposal that would have required officials to rethink the location of the March for England and associated counter-protest on April 27. At last weeks (March 27) Full Council meeting the Conservative Group Leader, Geof By Sarah Green • 2 min read
News Jason Kitcat survives another challenge to his leadership Despite not carrying the majority vote of Green party members, Jason Kitcat was re-elected Convenor of the Green Party on Brighton and Hove City Council after gaining the majority of the votes of Green Councillors. Councillor Ruth Buckley was elected as deputy for external communications and Council By Sarah Green • 2 min read
General News Council consults on Bakers Bottom & Craven Vale parking schemes Brighton & Hove City Council is beginning a consultation process with residents and business owners to gauge support for a controlled parking scheme to the Bakers Bottom & Craven Vale area. It is proposed that the scheme would be an extension to the existing area U (Light Touch) residents parking sc By Sarah Green • 2 min read
Music Hove MP Weatherley makes final call for budding local musicians As the deadline of Monday March 31 draws closer, Mike Weatherley, the Conservative MP for Hove and Portslade is encouraging any constituents who want to take part to apply before the competition closes. Rock the House, now Parliament’s largest competition was founded by Mike and raises awareness of By Sarah Green • 1 min read
News Hove MP Weatherley happy with copyright exceptions New Copyright Exceptions Strike Right Balance, says PM’s Intellectual Property Adviser. Mike Weatherley, the Intellectual Property Adviser to the Prime Minister and Conservative MP for Hove and Portslade, has praised the Intellectual Property Office for listening to the representations from the crea By Sarah Green • 2 min read
News Hove MP Weatherley condemns avoidable animal experimentation Mike Weatherley, the Conservative MP for Hove and Portslade, has signed a Parliamentary Motion which highlights arguments against avoidable animal experiments. For Life On Earth is an association for evidence-based medicine that is headed by scientific experts against experiments on animals. Through By Sarah Green • 1 min read
General News Labour calls for decision on Hospital funding Following the visit of the Prime Minister to Peacehaven yesterday Labour ask why there is still no decision from the Government for funding the redevelopment of the Royal Sussex County NHS Hospital. Planning permission for the project was granted by the council two years ago, and there was a cross-p By Sarah Green • 2 min read
News LIB DEMS ‘free Sunday parking’ campaign triggers full council debate Brighton & Hove Liberal Democrats free Sunday parking campaign has gained enough support for a full council debate to take place on the proposal. To date, over 1,250 people have signed the petition calling for council managed car parks and on street parking charges to be scrapped across Brighton and By Sarah Green • 1 min read
News Secretary of State visits Hove Job Centre Mike Weatherley, MP for Hove and Portslade accompanied Work and Pensions Secretary, Iain Duncan Smith on his visit to the Job Centre in Boundary Road, Hove yesterday. The Work and Pensions Secretary thanked staff for their efforts in helping get local people back to work. Latest figures show the job By Sarah Green • 1 min read
News Conservatives call for blitz on potholes Conservatives call on Brighton & Hove City Council’s Green Administration to put more money into repairing the city’s roads and pavements ahead of a Council meeting today. The meeting will decide how £7.5 million of Conservative-led Government funding for transport should be spent. The £7.5 million By Sarah Green • 2 min read
Politics Hove MP backs tough stance on crime Mike Weatherley, the Conservative Member of Parliament for Hove and Portslade supports strong criminal justice measures that are being spearheaded by his Conservative colleagues in the Home Office and Ministry of Justice. Since his election in 2009, Mike has actively campaigned for tightening up the By Sarah Green • 1 min read
News Hove MP Weatherley attends ‘WhaleFest’ Mike Weatherley, the Conservative MP for Hove and Portslade, attends WhaleFest, the international whale festival in Brighton The event was held on March 14-16 at the Brighton Hilton Metropole, where governments from around the world first gathered in 1982 to suspend international whaling. WhaleFest By Sarah Green • 1 min read
News Green councillors take on Guide Dogs blindfold challenge Green councillors have taken the charity Guide Dogs’ blindfold challenge, which sees participants putting on a blindfold and navigating local streets guided only by dogs, long canes and assistants. The challenge was started by Guide Dogs to help decision-makers better understand what it’s like for p By Sarah Green • 1 min read
General News Residents to benefit from communal recycling Residents in Goldsmid and Central Hove will soon lose their black boxes as new communal recycling bins are rolled out. By the end of next week (Friday March 21) Brighton & Hove City Council will have installed the bins in 63 streets in Goldsmid and Central Hove, as part of Phase 4 of the communal [… By Sarah Green • 2 min read
News Kemptown MP Kirby reaffirms support for badger vaccination pilot project Simon Kirby, MP for Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven, has reaffirmed his support for a pilot badger vaccination scheme in East Sussex. Mr Kirby has previously raised this issue with the Prime Minister and called on the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs to carry out a pilot vaccinati By Sarah Green • 1 min read
News Hove MP Weatherley supports measures to strengthen ‘Intellectual Property’ Mike Weatherley, MP for Hove and Portslade spoke about the importance of protecting Intellectual Property Rights in a speech during the Bill’s third reading last week (March 12). The Prime Minister, appointed Mike as his adviser on Intellectual Property last year, with a particular focus on enforcem By Sarah Green • 1 min read
News Kemptown MP Kirby keeps up pressure for hospital funding Simon Kirby, MP for Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven is urging residents across the city to sign his petition to secure funding to develop the Royal Sussex County Hospital. Today he promised to continue to put pressure on Treasury officials to invest £420 million to redevelop the Hospital located in By Sarah Green • 2 min read
General News Hove MP Weatherley calls on residents to join ‘Rugby World Cup Volunteer Programme’ The 2015 Rugby World Cup is being held in the UK with two matches being staged in Brighton at the Amex Stadium. Volunteers are needed to help with the huge logistics operation of staging an international sporting event. As with the Olympics, thousands of volunteers are needed to ensure the smooth ru By Sarah Green • 1 min read
News Kemptown MP set to grill Ovingdean developers Simon Kirby, MP for Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven will tomorrow meet the developers of a new controversial housing development planned in the Rottingdean, Ovingdean and Woodingdean area. All three locations are sited within Mr Kirby’s, Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven constituency. The developers By Sarah Green • 2 min read
News Hove MP calls for clarity on effects of Scottish referendum Mike Weatherley, MP for Hove and Portslade has tabled a series of Written Parliamentary Questions, about the possible impact of Scottish independence. Mike, who supports keeping the UK together as one nation, is right behind the non-partisan Better Together campaign, however, he is concerned that no By Sarah Green • 1 min read
General News New guidelines published on planning community events The Government have published a new Can Do guide to make it easier for local groups to hold events. A recent review by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills revealed that existing guidance placed too much emphasis on the barriers and red tape preventing such community celebrations from By Sarah Green • 1 min read
News Kemptown MP urges residents to make views known on proposed housing development Simon Kirby, MP for Kemptown and Peacehaven is urging constituents to attend the public meetings at Longhill School in order to make their views known on a proposed housing development at Meadow Vale, Ovingdean. The public consultation will take place on Tuesday, March 11 between 5-8pm and on Wednes By Sarah Green • 1 min read
News £3,000 grants available for faster broadband Local MP’s encourage businesses and organisations to sign up to faster broadband funding scheme. Central Government have allocated £50m for organisations and small businesses around the country who are part of the SuperConnected Cities Broadband Project to sign up for faster broadband speeds. Mike W By Sarah Green • 2 min read
Simon Kirby MP LGBTQ+ News Kemptown MP oversees implementation of the Equal Marriage Act This morning in Parliament, Simon Kirby MP for Kemptown & Peacehaven oversaw some of the final details regarding the implementation of the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013. He sat on the Delegated Legislation Committee, which examined important technical aspects of the Act, before the first same By Sarah Green • 1 min read
