Simon Kirby MP for Brighton Kemptown & Peacehaven News Kemptown MP calls for clean election campaign Following the opening shots of the 2015 parliamentary election campaign fired by national politicians, Simon Kirby, MP for Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven, calls for a clean election campaign. By Sarah Green • 2 min read
Simon Kirby MP for Brighton Kemptown & Peacehaven General News Planning officers to recommend Meadow Vale planning application be refused Brighton and Hove City Council planning officers are to recommend the controversial Meadow Vale Planning Application be refused. The application is due to be considered by the Planning Committee of Brighton and Hove City Council on January 28. By Sarah Green • 2 min read
News Simon Kirby MP signs Holocaust Educational Trust Book of Commitment Tuesday January 27 is Holocaust Memorial Day and will mark the 70th anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi concentration and death camp Auschwitz-Birkenau, the site of the largest mass murder in history. By Sarah Green • 1 min read
Simon Kirby MP General News City planners recommend Meadow Vale Planning Application be turned down Brighton and Hove City Council planning officers will be recommending the controversial Meadow Vale planning application be refused. It is due to be considered by Brighton and Hove City Council planning committee on January 28. By Sarah Green • 1 min read
News Conservatives support voluntary sector involvement in Youth Service Conservatives table constructive proposals to boost the involvement of community and voluntary sector organisations in delivering the Council’s Youth Service. AT NEXT week’s Policy & Resources Committee meeting, Group Leader, Cllr. Geoffrey Theobald, will move a Notice of Motion which, if agreed, wo By Sarah Green • 2 min read
General News GP Surgery to remain at Eaton Place, Kemptown NHS England have announced that an NHS GP Surgery will continue at Easton Place in Kemptown. The surgery which has more than 5,600 patients on its books was due to close at the end of February, 2015. By Sarah Green • 3 min read
News Conservatives slam further hike in city parking charges Proposals for further above inflation increases in parking charges have been described by leading Conservatives as counterproductive and a kick in the teeth for the city’s residents, businesses and vistors to the city. By Sarah Green • 2 min read
General News Planning Minister visits City Planning Minister Brandon Lewis MP visited the Saltdean Lido on Friday, January 9 to discuss planning issues affecting local residents. Since 2010 the Government has taken a number of steps to ensure brownfield land is prioritised for new housing development – including abolishing top-down regional By Sarah Green • 2 min read
Business News National competition for small shops Simon Kirby MP for Brighton Kemptown & Peacehaven is enouraging local small shops in his constituencey to enter a national competition for small shops. ANY SMALL shop can submit an application to the All Party Parliamentary Small Shop Group’s ‘Best Small Shops Competition’. To enter, set out in no By Sarah Green • 1 min read
General News Report highlights jobs growth in local tourism sector A recent report from the Centre for Regional Economic and Social Research, shows a dramatic increase in employment supported by seaside tourism in Brighton since 2008. The report entitled “Seaside Towns in the Age of Austerity: Recent trends in employment in seaside tourism in England and Wales”, is By Sarah Green • 2 min read
Simon Kirby MP for Brighton Kemptown & Peacehaven at Saltdean Lido General News Kirby lobbies Minister on behalf of Saltdean Lido Simon Kirby, MP for Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven, yesterday met with a Minister from the Department for Communities and Local Government to press the case for funding for the Saltdean Lido. The Lido, has already benefitted from a substantial amount of Government funding to enable it to reopen th By Sarah Green • 1 min read
Health Kemptown MP calls for decision on Easton Place surgery Simon Kirby, MP for Brighton Kemptown, has written to NHS England urging them to make a decision on the future of the Eaton Place GP surgery in his constituency. The MP has previously met with the Director of NHS England for Sussex and her team to make the case for retaining a GP surgery at Eaton Pl By Sarah Green • 1 min read
