News Pay your child maintenance or damage your credit rating Government to toughen powers against irresponsible parents who fail to pay the child maintenance they owe. Separated parents who fail to contribute financially to the upbringing of their children, face ruining their own credit rating – under a tough new power to be brought in from next year. By Besi • 3 min read
Purna Sen News Equal Pay Day highlights difference between male and female salaries Equal Pay Day today came three days earlier than in 2013, when it fell on November 7 meaning women will effectively ‘work for free’ for the next 57 days. From today only men will effectively be paid for their work until New Year due to the difference between male and female salaries. By Besi • 2 min read
News Kemptown MP encourages residents to take part in Falmer Avenue consultation Simon Kirby, MP for Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven is encouraging residents to take part in the City Council’s public consultation following the recent planning application for 36 dwellings on land adjacent to 6 Falmer Avenue. By Sarah Green • 1 min read
News Residents invited to comment on proposed changes to the City Plan From today, Tuesday, November 4, residents, employers and organisations across Brighton and Hove have the opportunity to give their views on proposed changes to the City Plan, which sets out a planning framework for homes and jobs in the city to 2030. By Besi • 2 min read
News Labour pledge to make Brighton a ‘Living Wage City’ Labour’s three prospective parliamentary candidates and council group leader have joined forces in a pledge to make Brighton and Hove a Living Wage city. Whilst welcoming this week’s increase in the UK living wage level to £7.85, Peter Kyle (PPC Hove and Portslade), Warren Morgan (Labour and Coopera By Besi • 2 min read
General News Lewes MP resigns as Home Office Minister Norman Baker, MP for Lewes has resigned as Minister of State at the Home Office after a series of policy disagreements with The Home Secretary, Theresa May. The resignation follows his call at the end of last week for the Government to radically rethink its drugs policy following publication of a ma By Besi • 3 min read
General News Lewes MP call for “radical change” to UK drugs policy Home Office Minister, Norman Baker MP, for Lewes calls for a radical change in the UK’s drugs law. His call follows the Government publishing a major report on drugs policies around the world. The report finds that tough criminal sentences for drug users makes no difference to the rates of drug use. By Besi • 1 min read
LGBTQ+ News Campaign launched for transgender and intersex rights in Scotland A new campaign has been launched in Edinburgh calling for legal equality for transgender and intersex people in Scotland. The Equal Recognition campaign was launched by the Scottish Transgender Alliance and the Equality Network, the Scottish LGBTI equality charity, and includes a call for the Scotti By Besi • 3 min read
General News Millions to benefit from cold weather cash An estimated 4 million people are in line for extra Government help this year to turn up the heating during the coldest snaps, as the Cold Weather Payments season begins today. Poorer pensioners and low-income households, which include disabled people or children under the age of five, could be due By Besi • 2 min read
News Prime Minister responds to Hove MP’s letter highlighting local anti-Semitism Mike Weatherley, the Conservative MP for Hove and Portslade, recently wrote to the Prime Minister, Rt Hon David Cameron MP, in order to highlight the problem of anti-Semitism in Hove. By Sarah Green • 2 min read
News Kemptown MP urges train companies to speed up compensation claims procedure Simon Kirby, the MP for Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven, has written to Southern Railway and Thameslink to urge them to speed up compensation claims under the ‘Delay Repay’ Scheme after being contacted about the issue by constituents. Train passengers are liable for compensation if they have been d By Sarah Green • 1 min read
Health Local MP helps breast cancer campaign Simon Kirby, the MP for Brighton Kemptown, has given his backing to the Breast Cancer Campaign to support them with their ambition of overcoming breast cancer by 2050. In Brighton and Hove each year 191 women are diagnosed with breast cancer, and just under fifty women die as a result of it annually By Sarah Green • 2 min read
