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Conservatives slam further hike in city parking charges

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.

Planning Minister visits City

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

National competition for small shops

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

Report highlights jobs growth in local tourism sector

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

Kirby lobbies Minister on behalf of Saltdean Lido

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

Kemptown MP calls for decision on Easton Place surgery

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

Amendment to Serious Crime Bill will protect children

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.

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