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Kemptown MP Kirby calls for report on anti-social behaviour in Woodingdean

Kemptown MP Kirby calls for report on anti-social behaviour in Woodingdean

Brighton Kemptown MP, Simon Kirby, has asked Brighton and Hove City Council and Sussex Police to look into reports of anti-social behaviour in Woodingdean. Simon, who has been surveying constituents in the area has told the authorities that in the responses to the surveys he has been receiving show

Kemptown MP Kirby delivers petition to health secretary

Simon Kirby MP delivered his petition calling for redevelopment funding for the Royal Sussex County Hospital, to the Department of Health this afternoon, Tuesday, October 15. The petition containing 1,000 names from constituents, back his campaign for the Government to release £420million in funding

Labour critical of Police Commissioner’s plans to raise Council Tax

Brighton and Hove Labour say Sussex’s Tory Police Commissioner’s plans to put up Council Tax shows “the failure of her Government’s policy of slashing funding for key local services while at the same time demanding a freeze in Council Tax year after year”. The Government is forcing cuts of £26 milli

Dyslexia & Dyspraxia Awareness Week 2013

Dyslexia & Dyspraxia Awareness Week 2013

Monday, October 14 was the first day of National Dyslexia & Dyspraxia Awareness Week 2013, created to boost people’s knowledge of the conditions. According to the British Dyslexia Association, the aim of the week is to debunk the myth that dyslexia is just a difficulty with reading and spelling, and

Labour MEP candidate calls for a stop to the closure of air pollution station

Labour MEP candidate calls for a stop to the closure of air pollution station

A week of action has been taking place across the South East to campaign against the closure of air pollution monitoring stations in Reading, Portsmouth, Oxford, Chatham and Brighton. Labour’s South East MEP candidate Anneliese Dodds is opposing any closures as air pollution causes an estimated 29,0

Simon Kirby’s ‘Disabled Person’s Parking Badges Act’ comes into force

Simon Kirby MP’s Disabled Person’s Parking Badges Act has come into force today. Simon is MP for Kemptown & Peacehaven The Act received Royal Assent and passed into law in January 2013, however it required a number of regulatory changes to be made and Statutory Instruments to be laid before coming i

Blind Veterans UK to receive £1 million from the LIBOR fixing scandal

Blind Veterans UK to receive £1 million from the LIBOR fixing scandal

Blind Veterans UK, an Ovingdean-based charity providing training and rehabilitation to blind ex-service men and women, is to receive a £1 million donation from banks involved in the London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) fixing scandal. Following the scandal, the government announced it is using mone

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