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Caroline Lucas

Lucas supports LIB DEM position on cannabis legislation

Lucas supports LIB DEM position on cannabis legislation

Last week MPs in Westminster debated the legalising of cannabis. This followed the submission of a petition to Parliament with 221,019 signatures. More signatures in the petition came from Brighton and Hove than any other part of the UK.

Hove and Portslade elects city’s first openly gay MP

Hove and Portslade elects city’s first openly gay MP

Following a night of shocks up and down the country, the Conservative Party look set to form a majority goverment as the pre-election opinion polls got the outcome of the election all wrong. Many senior politicians and household names lost their seats including former Lib Dem Leader Charles Kennedy,

Huge support for rent reductions

Huge support for rent reductions

Nearly 3,000 people in Brighton & Hove have signed a petition calling for fair rents and more security for tenants in private rented homes. The petition organised by the local Living Rent Campaign also calls for: · an end the Governments Right to Buy scheme which has led to the sale of more than 1.7

What has your Pavilion MP been doing for you for the last 5 years?

What has your Pavilion MP been doing for you for the last 5 years?

Caroline Lucas was elected MP for Brighton Pavilion in May 2010. She looks back over the last five years at what she has been able to achieve for her LGBT residents. As the first Green MP to be elected to Parliament, I have actively campaigned for same sex marriage legislation tabling amendments whe

Caroline Lucas endorsed by four former Friends of the Earth Directors

Caroline Lucas endorsed by four former Friends of the Earth Directors

LUCAS, is standing for re-election and in a statement the four, former directors of Friends of the Earth, Jonathon Porritt, Tom Burke, Charles Secrett and Tony Juniper call for her to be returned to Parliament on May 7. The four environmentalists between them have around 150 years professional exper

LGBT Hustings – All candidates present support proposal for NHS Gender Clinic in Brighton

LGBT Hustings – All candidates present support proposal for NHS Gender Clinic in Brighton

About 65 people attended the first of two LGBT election hustings, organised by The LGBT Community Safety Forum, at The Queens Hotel on Monday April 13. This first one was for Parliamentary Candidates from the three Brighton and Hove Constituencies. The second LGBT election hustings, for candidates w

Brighton MP named as overall MP of the Year 2014 by Patchwork Foundation

Brighton MP named as overall MP of the Year 2014 by Patchwork Foundation

Caroline Lucas MP for Brighton Pavilion was named the Patchwork Foundation MP of the Year by Mr Speaker, Rt Hon John Bercow last night, November 5. The award recognises those MPs who have represented and work well with underrepresented, deprived and minority communities across the country.

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