General News Bus company promise a review of new bus route after two months Labour parliamentary candidate meets with bus boss over changes made to route 81. After meeting with Brighton and Hove Buses managing director, Nancy Platts, Labour’s Parliamentary candidate for Kemptown and Peacehaven says she has secured important concessions to the proposals affecting the future By Sarah Green • 2 min read
News Labour calls on Caroline Lucas to show her cards Labour asks Green MP to get her councillors to stop their infighting for the good of the city. The intervention follows news that once again the leadership of Green Convenor Cllr Jason Kitcat is coming under attack from colleagues within the Green group on the city council. Leader of the Labour Grou By Sarah Green • 3 min read
News Hove MP Weatherley criticises supermarkets Following an investigation by consumer group Which?, Mike Weatherley, MP for Hove and Portslade, says supermarket pricing not on side on consumers for facilitating opaque pricing on products. Mike is concerned that competition is being hampered. He says in order for the free market to work effective By Sarah Green • 1 min read
Food & Drink Hove MP Weatherley to choose best local curry house Mike Weatherley, the Conservative MP for Hove and Portslade, is holding a competition to find the best South Asian restaurant in his Hove constituency. The winner will be put forward as Hove and Portslade’s entrant in the 2014 Tiffin Cup. Once again, Mike is calling on his constituents to nominate t By Sarah Green • 1 min read
News Traveller site planning decision ‘called in’ Conservatives in Brighton & Hove have welcomed the decision to ‘call in’ planning permission for a travellers camp at Horsdean. Patcham Conservatives have welcomed the decision by the Secretary of State for Communities & Local Government, Eric Pickles, to ‘call-in’ the recent decision of the South D By Sarah Green • 2 min read
News Secretary of State for Justice meets 50 local Business owners in Hove Hove MP hosts ministers visit to Hove. Mike Weatherley, the Conservative MP for Hove and Portslade, yesterday (February 14) hosted a Local Business Forum with the Secretary of State for Justice, the Rt Hon Chris Grayling MP. Mike introduced Chris to 50 owners of businesses in his constituency at the By Sarah Green • 1 min read
News Frontline Fire Services face the axe Moves to cut 80 firefighters in East Sussex opposed by Labour’s parliamentary candidates and councillors in the county. Plans to cut frontline services as part of a £7.1m cost-saving exercise have been backed by Conservative, Green, Liberal and UKIP councillors. Three fire stations are at risk in Fo By Sarah Green • 2 min read
News Hove MP condems wild dolphin bloodbath Mike Weatherley, the Conservative MP for Hove and Portslade signs EDM condeming the slaughter of wild dolphins in Japan. Mike signed EDM 1004 (Dolphin Hunting in Japan), which draws attention to this serious and ongoing problem of dolphin hunting. The Japanese government continues to ignore the esta By Sarah Green • 2 min read
News Kemptown MP Kirby keeps pressure on Osborne and Hunt to deliver hospital funding Simon Kirby, MP for Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven continues his campaign to secure redevelopment funding for the Royal Sussex County Hospital. Once again today he took up the issue at the highest level of Government when he met with Chancellor George Osborne in order to reiterate the business cas By Sarah Green • 1 min read
LGBTQ+ News Tory and UKIP MEP’s abstain on key Euro LGBT discrimination vote Last week The European Parliament overwhelmingly approved a new European Union ‘LGBT roadmap’ to help tackle widespread discrimination against the gay community across Europe. The Lunacek report calls for: Legislation to prohibit incitement to hatred on the grounds of sexual orientation or gender id By Sarah Green • 1 min read
General News Communal recycling for residents of Central Hove Communal recycling bins to replace black boxes. Brighton & Hove City Council will install the bins in 30 streets in Central Hove by the end of next week, Friday, February 14. Residents can use the mixed recycling bins to recycle their plastic bottles, food and drink cans, cardboard and paper as soon By Sarah Green • 2 min read
News Argus debate to discuss the proposed 4.75% increase to council tax The Argus have organised a debate at Hove Town Hall tomorrow, Thursday, February 6 at 7pm. The debate has been called following Green Party proposals to raise council tax by 4.75% from May 2014. Following the last election, the Government put legislation in place that forced councils who wished to i By Sarah Green • 2 min read
