LGBTQ+ News LGBT Conservative group launches fighting fund LGBTory, the Conservative party’s LGBT group, launches a dedicated fund to help LGBT candidates get elected. The announcement was made at the Conservative Party Conference in Birmingham today. There are more LGBT MPs in the Conservative Party than all the other parties put together. With less than By Sarah Green • 2 min read
News Local unemployment falls Employment continues to fall in Brighton and Hove. Figures released by the Office for National Statistics show that the number of unemployed claimants in Hove and Portslade in August 2014 was 1,256. This figure is 617 lower than that of August 2013 and 76 lower than in July 2014. Overall, figures sh By Sarah Green • 2 min read
News ‘Start-Up Loans’ support new businesses in Kemptown and Peacehaven New published figures show the Government’s Start-Up Loans scheme has so far supported 97 people in Brighton to start a new business with £458,050 of loans to help them get going. Across the UK more than 20,000 Start-Up loans, worth over £100 million, have been awarded to help new businesses get goi By Sarah Green • 1 min read
News Free childcare extended to 900 two-years olds in Brighton & Hove The Government announced this week that it is extending the entitlement of 15 hours of free early education to the 40 per cent of most disadvantaged two-year-olds, to help them fulfil their potential in life. 116,000 two-year-olds already benefit from this free childcare and this week’s announcement By Sarah Green • 1 min read
News Kemptown MP calls for City Council to turn down proposed Meadow Vale development Simon Kirby, MP for Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven has sent a formal objections to Brighton and Hove City Council regarding proposals to build new housing in the Meadow Vale area of Ovingdean. He cites, inappropriate development, the loss of the village feel in Ovingdean, Rottingdean and Woodingde By Sarah Green • 1 min read
News Hove MP highlights local anti-Semitism to Prime Minister Mike Weatherley, the Conservative MP for Hove and Portslade, has written to his colleague the Rt Hon David Cameron MP, to highlight the problem of anti-Semitism in Hove, including graffiti on a Hove synagogue. In his letter to the Prime Minister, Mike wrote: “It is deeply saddening that a synagogue By Sarah Green • 2 min read
Health Kemptown MP Kirby welcomes new HIV report Simon Kirby, MP for Brighton Kemptown and Vice Chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group for HIV/AIDS, has today welcomed the report from 2020health entitled Growing Older Positively, which reviews the difficulties that are faced by those who are ageing with HIV. The Growing older positively report By Sarah Green • 1 min read
News Council officials block proposed boycott of Israeli goods and services Senior Conservatives have welcomed the decision by Brighton & Hove Council officials to block former Green Councillor, Ben Duncan’s, attempts to introduce a Council boycott of Israeli goods and services. Cllr. Duncan had announced his intention to move a motion at the next Full Council meeting calli By Sarah Green • 2 min read
News Kemptown MP welcomes ‘Ten Minute Rule’ Bill on wild animals in circuses Simon Kirby, MP for Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven, has welcomed the passing of the first stage of a Ten Minute Rule Bill on ending the use of wild animals in circuses. Simon has been a strong supporter of this issue which he feels very strongly about, and has raised the matter regularly with Mini By Sarah Green • 1 min read
News Kemptown MP to call for end to puppy farming Simon Kirby, Conservative MP for Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven, will call for an end to puppy farming during an upcoming Parliamentary debate. Mr Kirby will be putting his further support behind the Pup Aid campaign to end the cruel practice of puppy farming in the UK. Having previously called fo By Sarah Green • 2 min read
News Kirby’s re-election campaign steps up a gear Simon Kirby, MP for Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven will be welcoming several hundred volunteers to Brighton this weekend. The volunteers are coming to support Simon’s campaign for re-election as MP for the Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven constituency and to see what Brighton has to offer to visit By Sarah Green • 1 min read
News Hove MP calls on Chancellor to limit rail fare rise Following this mornings announcement that regulated train prices are to rise by 3.5% in 2015, Mike Weatherley MP, has written to the Chancellor highlighting the plight of commuters in Brighton & Hove and requesting that fares are capped by the Retail Price Index (RPI). Mike, and his local Conservati By Sarah Green • 2 min read
