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Mixed sex wards eradicated in Brighton

Mixed sex wards eradicated in Brighton

Since November 2010 the Government has been naming, shaming and fining hospitals if patients are placed in mixed-sex wards. Three years ago within Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust region the number of people placed in mixed sex accommodation was 377. Today it has fallen to zero. Ac

Turkish Cypriots slow to repeal gay ban

Turkish Cypriots slow to repeal gay ban

The EU Commissioner for Enlargement Štefan Füle has refused a Conservative MEP’s request to suspend human rights funding to the Turkish Cypriot community following slow progress on the repeal of the ban on homosexuality in the northern part of Cyprus. The current law on homosexuality in the northern

Hove MP urges Council to clean up Hove Streets

Hove MP urges Council to clean up Hove Streets

Following repeated calls from constituents about the state of Hove’s streets, Mike Weatherley, the Conservative MP for Hove and Portslade, has written to Penny Thompson, Chief Executive of Brighton & Hove City Council, about the appalling state of streets in his constituency and called for a new app

Council to help residents affected by council tax reform

Brighton & Hove Council are contacting around 17,000 residents affected by the government’s council tax benefit reform to help people adjust. From April 1, 2013 the government is abolishing Council Tax Benefit and Councils have been asked to introduce local schemes to replace it. At the same time th

Hove MP calls for end to “barbaric” whaling

Hove MP calls for end to “barbaric” whaling

Mike Weatherley, the Conservative MP for Hove and Portslade, has called on the Japanese Government to end its barbaric practice of commercial whaling. Mike has attended the launch of a new IFAW report – The Economics of Japanese Whaling – in Parliament. The report highlights the fact that annual Jap

Hove MP signs Bowel Cancer pledge

Hove MP signs Bowel Cancer pledge

Beating Bowel Cancer is a British charity that raises awareness of the symptoms of bowel cancer, promotes early diagnosis and encourages open access to treatments. 41,000 people are diagnosed with bowel cancer each year and around 40% of patients die from the disease, which makes it the second bigge

Hove MP joins powerful select committee

Mike Weatherley, the Conservative MP for Hove and Portslade, has joined the powerful House of Commons Justice Select Committee. The Justice Committee was appointed by the House of Commons to examine the expenditure, administration and policy of the Ministry of Justice and associated public bodies. M

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