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
