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Calling all budding film makers

Calling all budding film makers

Mike Weatherley, the Conservative MP for Hove and Portslade, is encouraging budding film makers from both Hove and Portslade to enter his national Film the House competition. Following the success of Mike’s Rock the House parliamentary competition, Film the House helps to draw attention to the impor

Seven households swap homes in time for Christmas

Seven households swap homes in time for Christmas

Local families are swapping their council homes to combat the government’s under occupation rule, with one family negotiating a seven-way swap before Christmas taking them from a 4-bed house in rural West Sussex to a 3-bed flat in central Brighton. More than 100 families have swapped their council h

European Court of Justice rules, no more gay asylum tests

European Court of Justice rules, no more gay asylum tests

The European Court of Justice today a judgement today that refugees who claim asylum on the grounds that they are gay should not have to undergo ‘tests’ to prove their orientation. In this latest ruling, the court found that determining a refugee’s sexual orientation had to be consistent with EU law

A27 Improvements get the go ahead from the Chancellor

A27 Improvements get the go ahead from the Chancellor

Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne MP has today ring-fenced up to £75 million of funding for further work on capacity increases on the A27 east of Lewes. Local councils and communities will have the opportunity to make their case for the improvements to this section of road, building on the

Labour candidates demand action on HMOs

Labour candidates demand action on HMOs

Labour council candidates in wards near the Lewes Road are urging the council to do more to enforce regulations concerning Houses of Multiple Occupancy (HMOs). Nationally, all HMOs have to be registered and licensed. In addition, in some wards, conversion to a new HMO requires planning permission. B

Your vote counts! Make sure you are registered

Your vote counts! Make sure you are registered

The city’s electoral register is almost ready. The official Annual Revised Register for the year ahead is due to be published on December 1 2014. There is still time to register and be eligible to vote in the 2015 General Election, even after the latest revised register is complete.

Kemptown MP to welcome minister on A27 visit

Kemptown MP to welcome minister on A27 visit

Simon Kirby, MP is to welcome Penny Mordaunt MP, Minister at the Department for Communities and Local Government, to Eastbourne tomorrow (Monday, December 1). She is coming to discuss plans for the A27 in East Sussex and potential funding for improvements which are being announced by the Government

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