Features
“I was subjected to over 100 violent assaults”: Peter Tatchell remembers the Bermondsey by-election of 1983
“The most dirty, violent and homophobic election in British history”
In The South
Statement from Leader of Brighton & Hove City Council, Green Party Cllr Phélim Mac Cafferty
“Yesterday evening the city council’s budget for the upcoming year was published. It sets out what the council will spend over the next year and sadly, what services we have not been able to protect, despite our greatest efforts.”
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No ID? No Vote! Photo ID required to vote at local elections for the first time
Brighton & Hove City Council has announced that residents will need photo ID to vote at the next local elections on Thursday, May 4.
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Greens launch petition to Liz Truss to ‘make first act’ better funding for public services
Brighton & Hove Green Party has launched a new petition, following the announcement that Liz Truss MP is to become Prime Minister.
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Greens call for end to LGBTQ+ deportations ahead of Brighton & Hove Pride
Brighton & Hove Green Party reaffirms its opposition to the Government’s Rwanda deportation plan, as Brighton & Hove Pride returns this weekend.
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Greens call on Government to enshrine right to abortion in law
Green Councillors will today at a meeting of councillors expressed concern over the lack of access to abortion in Northern Ireland and other parts of the world
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Greens call for Conservative leadership candidates to back trans conversion therapy ban
Ahead of Trans Pride Brighton on Saturday, July 16, Brighton & Hove Green Party have called for Conservative leadership candidates to back a trans-inclusive conversion therapy ban.
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Labour councillor criticises Leader of Brighton & Hove City Council for ‘turning blind eye’ to Saudi Arabia trip
Labour has criticised the reaction of the Leader of Brighton & Hove City Council to news that the CEO of the Royal Pavilion & Museum Trust recently took a trip to Saudi Arabia, as part of Nadine Dorries MP’s cultural exchange initiative.
LGBTQ+ News
Tory MP Jamie Wallis comes out as trans
Jamie Wallis, Conservative MP for Bridgend and Porthcawl, has come out as transgender, making him the UK’s first openly trans member of Parliament
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The young voices making waves in local government
A year after Brighton & Hove City Council became the first in the country to sign up to the national Power of Youth Charter, local youth groups say they have made significant progress in influencing change.
Community News
Conservatives say Brighton Christmas Festival should be moved for future years
The Conservatives have today said that the Brighton Christmas Festival should be moved away from Valley Gardens and Old Steine Gardens in future years, after 2021’s maiden edition
General News
Chile elects pro-LGBTQ+ president
Left-wing LGBTQ+ ally Gabriel Boric has been elected as the president of Chile in a victory over far-right rival José Antonio Kast.