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Saltdean Lido £4.7 million funding confirmed

Saltdean Lido £4.7 million funding confirmed

The Saltdean Lido will receive £4.7 million in funding from the Heritage Lottery Fund to help restore the Lido and the surrounding area to prosperity, whilst also restoring one of the UK’s most iconic Lidos. Saltdean Lido Community Interest Company will immediately receive £576,000 for development f

Hove MP Weatherley secures adjournment debate on cancer

Hove MP Weatherley secures adjournment debate on cancer

Mike Weatherley, the Conservative MP for Hove and Portslade and a cancer survivor, has secured an adjournment debate on oesophageal cancer, which will take place on Monday, February 23. In the debate Mike will describe his personal fight against cancer and suggest seven improvement steps for the NHS

Give local services a fighting chance: Labour issue budget challenge to other parties

Give local services a fighting chance: Labour issue budget challenge to other parties

Labour fight to stop savage cuts to the Pride Parade, the Mayoralty and the Women’s Refuge. The Labour group on the city council are challenging the Greens and Tories to put aside party politics and unite around a budget that is best for Brighton and Hove at the annual Council meeting to set the bud

Labour launches biggest ever women’s campaign: Woman to Woman

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.

Labour’s Nancy Platts visits service supporting people with dementia in Brighton

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

Childcare costs soar under Tories

Childcare costs soar under Tories

The Family and Childcare Trust report published today (Thursday 19), reveals that over the last Parliament the cost of childcare has soared by 32.% in the South East. FAMILIES are spending £1,533 more this year than they did in 2010, while wages have remained largely static. Labour Party analysis of

Labour promise to get the transport network moving again

Labour promise to get the transport network moving again

Labour will suspend and review all Green-initiated transport schemes if elected to run the council in May, including plans to halve the number of lanes around the Old Steine. They promise to put the brakes on controversial Green transport schemes and have announced ten headline transport pledges.

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