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Kemptown MP backs further measures against FGM

Kemptown MP backs further measures against FGM

Simon Kirby, MP for Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven, backs further Government measures to tackle Female Genital Multilation (FGM). In a letter to MPs, Mike Penning, the Minister of State for Police, Criminal Justice and Victims, has announced the Government will amend the Serious Crime Bill to incr

Labour stands up for the NHS

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.

Hove MP’s swimming pool petition makes a splash!

Hove MP’s swimming pool petition makes a splash!

Mike Weatherley, the Conservative MP for Hove and Portslade, met with around 75 supporters from his 50m swimming pool protest campaign outside Hove Town Hall this afternoon. The group lobbied councillors as they arrived for todays full council meeting where Mike was handing in his petition in suppor

Hospital re-development will not be costly PFI

Hospital re-development will not be costly PFI

Simon Kirby, MP for Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven, has welcomed news that the redevelopment of the Royal Sussex County Hospital will not be a project under the terms of the Private Finance Initiative (PFI).

Frank Dobson MP to speak at Hassocks meeting

Frank Dobson MP to speak at Hassocks meeting

Long-serving Labour MP and former Secretary of Health, Frank Dobson MP will speak at a ‘Save Our NHS’ meeting organised by the Labour Party in Hassocks, mid-Sussex on Wednesday, October 29, starting at 7.30pm.

Action to tackle dangerous parking around schools

Action to tackle dangerous parking around schools

Action days are being held around four schools in Brighton & Hove this week to highlight the dangers of parking on pavements and grass verges. During the week Brighton & Hove City Council road safety staff, parking enforcement officers and police officers will be out and about in streets around scho

Remembering India’s First World War soldiers in Brighton and Hove

Remembering India’s First World War soldiers in Brighton and Hove

Dan Jarvis MP, for Barnsley and a former Major in The Parachute regiment is the Labour Party’s lead for the centenary commemorations of the First World War. On Friday, October 19 he visited the City’s India Gate at the south entrance to the Royal Pavilion Gardens, which commemorates more than 4,000

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