Simon Kirby MP News Kemptown MP quizzes Home Office Minister on EU migration reforms Simon Kirby, the MP for Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven, took the opportunity yesterday (November 28) to quiz Home Office Minister Mike Penning MP about reforms to EU migration rules, and what changes will be implemented in response to the concerns of his constituents. During urgent Home Office Que By Sarah Green • 1 min read
News Kemptown MP meets Minister to lobby on behalf of Saltdean Lido Simon Kirby, MP for Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven, which includes Saltdean, met with the Minister whose portfolio covers the Saltdean Lido this evening to support the funding applications made by the Saltdean Lido Community Interest Company. In her role as Parliamentary-Under Secretary of State a By Sarah Green • 1 min read
General News Kemptown MP encourages participation in Sussex Police ‘Precept Consultation’ Simon Kirby, the MP for Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven, is encouraging residents to take part in a consultation being run by the Sussex Police to determine how much residents will pay for policing in their Council Tax next year. By Sarah Green • 1 min read
News Kemptown MP encourages residents to take part in Falmer Avenue consultation Simon Kirby, MP for Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven is encouraging residents to take part in the City Council’s public consultation following the recent planning application for 36 dwellings on land adjacent to 6 Falmer Avenue. By Sarah Green • 1 min read
News Prime Minister responds to Hove MP’s letter highlighting local anti-Semitism Mike Weatherley, the Conservative MP for Hove and Portslade, recently wrote to the Prime Minister, Rt Hon David Cameron MP, in order to highlight the problem of anti-Semitism in Hove. By Sarah Green • 2 min read
News Kemptown MP urges train companies to speed up compensation claims procedure Simon Kirby, the MP for Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven, has written to Southern Railway and Thameslink to urge them to speed up compensation claims under the ‘Delay Repay’ Scheme after being contacted about the issue by constituents. Train passengers are liable for compensation if they have been d By Sarah Green • 1 min read
Health Local MP helps breast cancer campaign Simon Kirby, the MP for Brighton Kemptown, has given his backing to the Breast Cancer Campaign to support them with their ambition of overcoming breast cancer by 2050. In Brighton and Hove each year 191 women are diagnosed with breast cancer, and just under fifty women die as a result of it annually By Sarah Green • 2 min read
Health Kemptown MP backs further measures against FGM Simon Kirby, MP for Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven, backs further Government measures to tackle Female Genital Multilation (FGM). In a letter to MPs, Mike Penning, the Minister of State for Police, Criminal Justice and Victims, has announced the Government will amend the Serious Crime Bill to incr By Sarah Green • 1 min read
News Hospital re-development will not be costly PFI Simon Kirby, MP for Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven, has welcomed news that the redevelopment of the Royal Sussex County Hospital will not be a project under the terms of the Private Finance Initiative (PFI). By Sarah Green • 1 min read
Health Kemptown MP raises awareness of World Mental Health Day Simon Kirby, the MP for Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven, is encouraging his constituents to help raise awareness of the event which is being used this year to raise awareness of Schizophrenia. Schizophrenia affects around 1 in 100 people throughout their lifetime, and can take a variety of forms, By Sarah Green • 1 min read
News Kemptown MP presses Government to promote LGBT rights in the Commonwealth Simon Kirby, MP for Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven, has been encouraging both the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) and the Department for International Development (DFID) to do more to help promote LGBT rights throughout the Commonwealth. During the recent Commonwealth Games, the lack of LGBT By Sarah Green • 1 min read
News Hove MP Weatherley champions new IP legislation Mike Weatherley, Intellectual Property Adviser to the Prime Minister championed the new copyright legislation that came into force yesterday, October 1. With the new legislative changes in place, people will now be able to legally make digital copies of music, films and eBooks for personal use. The By Sarah Green • 1 min read
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
