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Union bosses anger Kemptown MP

Union bosses anger Kemptown MP

Simon Kirby, MP for Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven, is not happy at tomorrow’s protest by trade union bosses concerning changes being made to the Royal Sussex County Hospital. He said: “The Unions are on the wrong side of the argument. The protest, supported by local trade unions, is against alleg

Labour candidate calls for end to exploitative zero-hours contracts

Labour candidate calls for end to exploitative zero-hours contracts

Nancy Platts, Labour’s prospective parliamentary candidate for Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven, wants local people to fill in a survey to tell her how zero hours contracts are affecting them. With families facing the biggest living standards crisis in a generation, Labour called a special debate in

Kemptown MP Kirby to sit on Immigration Bill Committee

Kemptown MP Kirby to sit on Immigration Bill Committee

Simon Kirby, MP for Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven, has been selected to sit on the Immigration Bill Committee which held its first meeting in the House of Commons yesterday, Monday October 29. The Government’s Immigration Bill passed its Second Reading on the October 22. It has now progressed to

Free parking for some this Christmas

Free parking for some this Christmas

Conservative and Labour councillors have voted to allow free parking in some city centre car parks during the run up to Christmas in an effort to boost business. Andy Cheesman is from the newly formed lobby group Unchain the Brighton Motorist, which includes the Federation of Small business, the Tou

Making recycling twice as easy

Making recycling twice as easy

Brighton & Hove council is doubling the number of collection points in the city for old and broken kettles, hair dryers, toasters, DIY tools and irons. Following the success of the ‘Bring banks’ for small electrical items introduced to the city last year, the council is setting up 10 new collection

MP claims Councillors misled on Sport England 50m pool position

MP claims Councillors misled on Sport England 50m pool position

Mike Weatherley, MP for Hove & Portslade is claiming that Councillors on Brighton & Hove City Council’s King Alfred Project Board were misled by Council Officers on Sport England’s position on dividable 50m pools for the proposed new swimming pool planned for the King Alfred site in Hove. The Projec

Hove MP Weatherley joins paralympians in Parliament

Hove MP Weatherley joins paralympians in Parliament

At a recent event in the House of Commons, Mike Weatherley, the Conservative MP for Hove and Portslade, met with two Paralympians to raise awareness of social care for disabled people and discuss the impact of the new Care Bill that is going through Parliament. The event, organised by disability cha

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