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Caroline Lucas MP calls for more tax relief for small businesses

Caroline Lucas MP calls for more tax relief for small businesses

Prior to the release of the Chancellor’s Autumn Statement on December 5 and ahead of Small Business Saturday on December 7, Caroline Lucas, the Green MP for Brighton Pavilion, has asked the Government to do more to support small businesses. The measures Lucas has proposed would benefit more than 2,6

Brighton Pavilion MP takes HIV test in support of campaign for early testing

Brighton Pavilion MP takes HIV test in support of campaign for early testing

Caroline Lucas has taken an HIV test in support of the Halve It campaign, which is aiming to halve late diagnosis and undiagnosed HIV in the UK by 2015. Caroline, who is giving the opening speech at the World AIDS Day event unveiling the largest Red Ribbon in the World on Brighton Level this Sunday,

New Green Peer calls for better police communication

New Green Peer calls for better police communication

Jenny Jones, the new Green Party peer, has called for the Metropolitan Police Force to improve its communication skills, criticising the way it has handled issues like reduced training of armed officers, stop and search, and undercover policing. In her maiden speech in the Lords today, Baroness Jon

Proposal for a New Controlled Parking Zone in Preston Park Station North

Proposal for a New Controlled Parking Zone in Preston Park Station North

Brighton & Hove councillors have voted to approve plans for a new controlled parking zone to the north of Preston Park Station. The scheme will operate from Monday to Friday only, to alleviate parking pressures in the area caused by commuter parking while allowing residents and visitors to still par

Brighton Kemptown MP questions Prime Minister over HIV testing

Brighton Kemptown MP questions Prime Minister over HIV testing

Simon Kirby, MP for Brighton Kemptown & Peacehaven used Prime Minister’s Questions today, November 27, to quiz David Cameron MP on HIV testing. Simon, is the Vice Chairman of the All Party Parliamentary Group on HIV & AIDS. He highlighted HIV testing week and the upcoming World Aids Day December 1

Brighton Kemptown MP raises money in Parliament for local HIV charity

Brighton Kemptown MP raises money in Parliament for local HIV charity

Simon Kirby has been raising money from MPs in Westminster for a local HIV charity in his Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven constituency ahead of World Aids Day (WAD) on December 1. Mr Kirby has been collecting money for WAD ‘Red Ribbons’ with donations from Members of Parliament going to the Sussex

Hove MP Weatherley, encourages at risk residents to get HIV test

Hove MP Weatherley, encourages at risk residents to get HIV test

Mike Weatherley, the Conservative MP for Hove and Portslade, is calling on residents in at risk groups in Brighton & Hove to get tested during National HIV Testing Week, in the run-up to World Aids Day on Sunday, December 1. HIV and sexual health charity Terrance Higgins Trust has launched the Natio

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