WEB.600 General News Owen Jones joins Labour’s Nancy Platts to give young people a voice through the ballot box From zero hours contracts to rental properties, politics impacts young people’s lives on a daily basis but do they feel properly represented? Nancy Platts, Labour’s Parliamentary Candidate for Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven will be hosting an event with Guardian columnist and author of The Demonis By Besi • 2 min read
General News Nancy pledges to become ‘Arthritis Champion’ for Kemptown & Peacehaven Nancy Platts, Labour’s parliamentary candidate for Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven, has agreed to become an Arthritis Champion, supporting Arthritis Research UK in its efforts to find a cure for arthritis. She will also call for policy change to prevent its onset and transform the lives of people w By Besi • 1 min read
General News Disabled people call for more job opportunities at Brighton Conference Disabled residents from across the city called for more job opportunities at a conference organised by Nancy Platts, the Labour candidate for Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven. Disabled people attending said that staff delivering public services must be better trained to understand and respond to the By Besi • 2 min read
Simon Kirby MP for Brighton Kemptown & Peacehaven LGBTQ+ News Attempt by ‘Coalition for Marriage’ to unseat Kemptown MP falters According to the website Breitbart, the Coalition for Marriage, an organisation which opposes same-sex marriage, is mounting a campaign to stop a Tory MP who is supportive of the LGBT community and took a high profile role in pushing same-sex marriage legislation through Parliament from being re-ele By Sarah Green • 4 min read
News Hilary Benn MP listens to local campaigners’ concerns Nancy Platts, Labour’s parliamentary candidate for Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven held a roundtable meeting today, Thursday March 5 bringing together campaign groups with the Shadow Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, Hilary Benn MP, to express concerns about local development By Besi • 2 min read
General News Calls for safety crossing grow Over 340 local residents have signed a petition calling for improvements to road safety near St Lukes Primary school on Queen’s Park Rise, Brighton. Faye Bridgewater a local mother assisted by local Queen’s Park Labour council candidates Karen Barford and Adrian Morris began the campaign when told t By Besi • 1 min read
Nancy Platts: Labour parliamentary candidate for Brighton Kemptown & Peacehaven General News Disabled people to have their voices heard Nancy Platts, the Labour parliamentary candidate for Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven, is organising a conference on Thursday, March 19 at St. Mary’s Church community hall in Kemp Town. The purpose of the conference will be to make disabled people’s concerns known to politicians, business leaders an By Besi • 1 min read
General News Royal Sussex County Hospital receives extra £60 million in funding Jeremy Hunt, the Health Secretary, yesterday announced a further £60 million in additional funding to redevelop the Royal Sussex County Hospital in Brighton. The Hospital originally put forward an outline business case for receiving £420 million of funding, which was approved by the Government last By Sarah Green • 2 min read
News Labour launches biggest ever women’s campaign: Woman to Woman Harriet Harman MP, Deputy Leader of the Labour Party, Gloria De Piero MP, Shadow Minister for women and equalities and Lucy Powell MP, Vice Chair of the Election campaign have launched Labour’s biggest ever women’s campaign to reach out to women across the country ahead of May’s General Election. By Besi • 4 min read
Nancy Platts Health Labour’s Nancy Platts visits service supporting people with dementia in Brighton Nancy Platts, Labour’s parliamentary candidate for Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven attended an Alzheimer’s Society, Singing for the Brain® session in Brighton on February 20, to support people with dementia. Singing for the Brain® is a programme developed by Alzheimer’s Society for people with memo By Besi • 1 min read
Health Nancy Platts calls for explanation from NHS England about payments for patients from Eaton Place GP surgery NHS England has contacted Labour’s parliamentary candidate for Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven to inform her that Eaton Place Surgery will not be continuing after February 28. Plans for a surgery to be opened by The Brighton Health and Wellbeing Centre announced last month by Simon Kirby MP for Bri By Sarah Green • 2 min read
Nancy Platts News Nancy Platts, queries access for disabled voters at the general election Nancy Platts, Labour’s parliamentary candidate for Brighton Kemptown calls on Brighton and Hove City Council and Lewes District Council to ensure access for disabled voters at the general election Nancy has written to the chief executive of Brighton and Hove City Council and Lewes District Council t By Besi • 1 min read
