News Amendment to Serious Crime Bill will protect children Government plans to amend the Serious Crime Bill will make the act of sending sexual messages to children a criminal offence. The NSPCC recently ran a campaign entitled Flaw in the Law, which called on the Government to criminalise the act of sending children sexual messages. By Sarah Green • 1 min read
Mike Weatherley MP for Hove & Portslade Arts Are you an local unsigned musician or in a band? Mike Weatherley, MP for Hove & Portslade is encouraging budding local musicians in his constituency to enter the Rock the House competition before the deadline closes on December 31. Rock The House, backed by the Prime Minister and Parliament’s largest competition, raises awareness of the importance By Sarah Green • 2 min read
Simon Kirby MP for Brighton Kemptown & Peacehaven News Kemptown MP pleased at pensions progress for firefighters Following his lobbying efforts on behalf of local firefighters, Simon Kirby, MP for Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven has welcomed a number of concessions from the Government. By Sarah Green • 3 min read
MIke Weatherley, MP for Hove & Portslade News Hove MP joins ‘English Votes for English Laws’ campaign Mike Weatherley, the Conservative MP for Hove and Portslade, has signed up to become a Parliamentary Patron of the English Votes for English Laws campaign that aims to introduce the change. The campaign will feature the collection and co-ordinated presentation to Parliament of petitions expressing p By Sarah Green • 1 min read
Simon Kirby MP for Brighton Kemptown & Peacehaven General News Council awarded £183,000 to fight blue badge fraud Brighton & Hove City Council has been awarded £183,000 from the Government to help enforce laws aimed at ensuring there are enough disabled parking spaces in the city for those for genuinely need them. Recent reports highlighted the prevalence of blue badge fraud across Brighton and Hove with 79 peo By Sarah Green • 2 min read
Simon Kirby MP for Brighton Kemptown & Peacehaven News Kemptown MP presses Fire Minister on firefighter pensions Simon Kirby, MP for Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven met in parliament today with Communities Minister, Penny Mordaunt MP, to discuss the firefighters and their pensions. He sought the meeting with the Minister in order to press again the concerns of firefighters and to ask the Minister to look agai By Sarah Green • 1 min read
News Employment Minister visits Brighton Simon Kirby, MP for Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven welcomed Employment Minister Esther McVey to Brighton today. The Minister visited the Brighton Swimming Centre to meet with Swim UK, an organisation that offers free accredited coursed for unemployed people in areas like life guarding, customer se By Sarah Green • 2 min read
News Kemptown MP says Autumn Statement “good news” for Brighton and Peacehaven Simon Kirby, MP for Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven, is backing a number of the measures announced in the Autumn Statement. The MP, who has successfully campaigned for a new hospital in the constituency and for improvements to the A27, voiced his support for increased funding for the NHS and a £15 By Sarah Green • 2 min read
News Hove MP backs A27 investment announcement The Chancellor of the Exchequer, outlined details of a £350m investment assigned to improving the A27 corridor in the Autumn Statement. Mike Weatherley, the Conservative MP for Hove and Portslade, has backed the financial package which highlights that “the UK is the fastest-growing major economy in By Sarah Green • 1 min read
SImon Kirby, MP for Brighton Kemptown & Peacehaven General News Today is Small Business Saturday December 6 is Small Business Saturday (SBS), which provides a great opportunity to celebrate and show support for Britain’s 5.2 million small and medium-sized businesses. Whether it’s a local manufacturer, builder, restaurant, tea room or bookshop, all of these companies keep local communities going By Sarah Green • 1 min read
George Osborne MP General News A27 Improvements get the go ahead from the Chancellor Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne MP has today ring-fenced up to £75 million of funding for further work on capacity increases on the A27 east of Lewes. Local councils and communities will have the opportunity to make their case for the improvements to this section of road, building on the By Sarah Green • 3 min read
SImon Kirby MP National News Kemptown MP to welcome minister on A27 visit Simon Kirby, MP is to welcome Penny Mordaunt MP, Minister at the Department for Communities and Local Government, to Eastbourne tomorrow (Monday, December 1). She is coming to discuss plans for the A27 in East Sussex and potential funding for improvements which are being announced by the Government By Sarah Green • 1 min read
