General News Labour Council leader to step down Cllr Warren Morgan to step down as Leader of Brighton & Hove City Council and Leader of the Labour & Cooperative Group. Cllr Morgan will not seek re-election at the Labour and Co-operative Group Annual General Meeting in April, and will stand down as Leader of Brighton & Hove City Council in May, 20 By Besi • 4 min read
Community News Sofia Pride organisers seek support from Rainbow Cities Network The 11th Sofia Pride will take place on Saturday, June 9, 2018 in Sofia, Bulgaria. Eleven years after joining the European Union, Bulgaria has failed to make meaningful progress in the area of protecting human rights, especially those of the LGBT+ communities. By Besi • 3 min read
Community News Slave boy’s grave at Woodvale Cemetery to be restored New project launched to restore historical slave boy’s grave at Brighton’s Woodvale Cemetery. On Friday, January 19 at 10am, key city figures will join a special ceremony to remove a head stone marking the grave of a slave boy who died in Brighton 145 years ago. By Besi • 2 min read
Community News Norman Cook pledges support to Madeira Terrace crowdfunding campaign This morning celebrity superstar DJ Norman Cook aka Fat Boy Slim gave his backing to the city’s crowdfunding campaign to save Madeira Terrace. The crowdfunding campaign set up by the council has a target of £430k to reach before 30 November 30. By Besi • 2 min read
General News Soho go slow – council leader demands update on Aquarium Terraces Cllr Warren Morgan, Leader of Brighton & Hove City Council has today (October 24, 2017) written to the leaseholder of the Aquarium Terraces site, Richard Franklin of Brighton Seafront Regeneration (BSR) Ltd asking for an urgent update on the lengthy delay to works on site. By Besi • 2 min read
Health Brighton & Hove signs up to international HIV initiative Brighton & Hove City Council signs up to international commitment to work towards eradicating HIV as a public health threat. The Leader of the Council, Cllr Warren Morgan and the Mayor of Brighton & Hove, Cllr Mo Marsh, signed the Paris Declaration on Fast Track Cities ending AIDS at a gathering at By Besi • 2 min read
News Labour directs year-end financial surplus to resident priorities Despite ongoing government cuts to funding, the Labour council has kept the city’s finances on track for a second year. Labour inherited a £8.5m overspend when they took over from the Green Party in 2015, but for a second year the Labour administration has prevented a budget deficit at the end of th By Besi • 2 min read
General News Brighton & Hove City Council to tackle GP shortage in the city On July 13 2017, Brighton & Hove councillors on the city’s policy resources and growth committee will be asked to consider applying for a government loan that would turn one of its city- centre owned buildings into a GPs’ surgery. It would mean that an existing practice, Ardingly Court, would move f By Besi • 1 min read
General News Council leader issues challenge to Theresa May Council Leader calls for £150 million to be spent on the city, equivalent to the sum given to Northern Ireland this week. Following the announcement that a billion pound payment has been given to Northern Ireland by Theresa May as part of the deal with the DUP to prop up her Government, Cllr Warren By Besi • 2 min read
Cllr Warren Morgan In The South Manchester terrorist attack – A joint statement from political leaders in Brighton & Hove The leaders of the three political groups on Brighton & Hove City Council have released a collective statement about the terrorist attack in Manchester last night. By Besi • 2 min read
Community News Brighton & Hove Council leader condems Chechen Government Cllr Warren Morgan, the Leader of Brighton and Hove City Council condemned the Chechen Government and its leader Ramzan Khadyrov at the IDAHOBIT event at the Dorset Gardens Methodist Church yesterday, (May 17) By Besi • 2 min read
Community News IDAHOBIT demonstration brings St James Street to a standstill The public vigil marking International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia (IDAHOBIT) was moved indoors to the Dorset Gardens Methodist Church yesterday due to the pouring rain. By Besi • 1 min read
