LGBTQ+ News Green leader apologises for candidate’s transgender comments GREEN PARTY leader Natalie Bennett has apologised for comments made by the Green parliamentary candidate for Cambridge, Dr Rupert Read, about trans* people. In a twitter exchange Dr Read said he found the word cisgender “troubling”, going on to describe trans* women as “a sort of opt-in version of w By Besi • 2 min read
Nancy Platts News Housing in the city: Labour pledges action On Monday (January 26), Brighton and Hove Labour launched five action pledges to tackle the critical housing situation in Brighton and Hove. Emma Reynolds MP, the Shadow Housing Minister, accompanied Councillor Warren Morgan and Labour parliamentary candidates Purna Sen and Nancy Platts to the launc By Besi • 2 min read
National News Labour in Brighton and Hove pledge to end youth unemployment in the city The Labour and Co-operative Party in Brighton and Hove today unveiled plans to tackle and end youth unemployment locally if they have a clear majority on the City Council after the local elections in May. By Besi • 2 min read
News Labour pledges help to small businesses if elected in May Labour on Brighton and Hove City Council have pledged to help local small businesses succeed if elected in May with more support and cheaper parking costs. Labour launched the pledges during a visit to Brighton & Hove by Chris Leslie MP, Labour’s Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury, and Peter Kyl By Besi • 2 min read
Cllr Warren Morgan News Labour aim to gain 15 new Council seats in 2015 Cllr Warren Morgan, Leader of the Labour group on Brighton & Hove City Council has announced that the Labour group on the Council aims to gain fifteen more seats at the local election in May 2015 on top of those won in 2011. By Besi • 2 min read
Cllr Warren Morgan Features & Longread A review of Brighton & Hove Labour in 2014 A lot has happened since I wrote my review of 2013. Every year has its ups and downs, and if you are an Albion season ticket holder like me you’ll know what I mean. Yet every time I walk on the Downs, in view of the sea and the city centre, I’m reminded of how lucky we are to live here. By Besi • 3 min read
General News Finding a new GP “absolute chaos” Angry patients facing the closure of Eaton Place GP practice in Kemptown described their search for a new GP as “absolute chaos” and a “mad scramble” at a public meeting held last night (Thursday, December 4) hosted by Labour parliamentary candidate for Brighton Kemptown & Peacehaven, Nancy Platts. By Besi • 3 min read
General News Labour urges swift action on local family doctor closing Labour has secured an urgent report from health officials on the closure of a major doctor’s surgery in Brighton and the potential consequences of further closures or retirements. When Eaton Place surgery in Kemp Town closes in March 2015, over 5,500 patients will have to find alternative care if th By Besi • 2 min read
Cllr Warren Morgan Health Kemptown MP urges local Councils to support motion on HIV testing Simon Kirby, the MP for Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven, has written to the leaders of the main political groups on both Brighton and Hove City and East Sussex County Councils to urge them to support a Council Motion on HIV Testing. By Besi • 2 min read
News Labour pledge to make Brighton a ‘Living Wage City’ Labour’s three prospective parliamentary candidates and council group leader have joined forces in a pledge to make Brighton and Hove a Living Wage city. Whilst welcoming this week’s increase in the UK living wage level to £7.85, Peter Kyle (PPC Hove and Portslade), Warren Morgan (Labour and Coopera By Besi • 2 min read
Health Labour stands up for the NHS Labour made a firm commitment to a free and locally accountable NHS, and slammed the Conservatives’ push for privatisation within the health service at todays (October 23) full council meeting. By Besi • 1 min read
News Tories urge Labour Party to intervene in bin strike Conservative Group Leader, Cllr. Geoffrey Theobald, has called on Cllr. Warren Morgan, leader of the Labour group on the City Council, to urge the GMB Trade Union to call off strike action by refuse truck drivers. The present strike action has been running for a week and includes a ‘work to rule’ wh By Besi • 2 min read
