General News Labour parliamentary candidate holds coffee morning for Macmillan Cancer Nancy Platts, the Labour parliamentary candidate for Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven, is hosting a public coffee morning in aid of Macmillan Cancer Support. Every day in Brighton and Hove 23 people find out the devastating news that they have cancer. By 2030, there will be 121,400 people living wit By Besi • 1 min read
LGBTQ+ News Cashman appointed as Labour’s LGBT rights envoy During his speech to the Labour Party conference (September 23), the Labour Leader, Ed Miliband MP, announced that the former soap star and Labour MEP Lord Cashman would serve as the Labour party’s LGBT rights envoy. Mr Miliband said that, at a time when spectacular progress had been made regarding By Besi • 1 min read
News Council clampdown will improve children’s safety Motorists who persist in driving and parking on pavements and verges around schools, putting children’s safety at risk, could receive on-the-spot fines. Brighton and Hove City Council is launching the second phase of its multi-agency initiative to target inconsiderate driving in areas around four ci By Besi • 2 min read
News Saunders Park needs more ‘Friends’ A local park needs volunteers to help with improvements to ensure it continues to be a great place to visit. Saunders Park, on the Lewes Road between the gyratory and the B and Q retail park, is a popular park with recently refurbished facilities including a paddling pool and play area. A team of vo By Besi • 2 min read
News Local unemployment falls Employment continues to fall in Brighton and Hove. Figures released by the Office for National Statistics show that the number of unemployed claimants in Hove and Portslade in August 2014 was 1,256. This figure is 617 lower than that of August 2013 and 76 lower than in July 2014. Overall, figures sh By Sarah Green • 2 min read
News Tories urge Labour Party to intervene in bin strike Conservative Group Leader, Cllr. Geoffrey Theobald, has called on Cllr. Warren Morgan, leader of the Labour group on the City Council, to urge the GMB Trade Union to call off strike action by refuse truck drivers. The present strike action has been running for a week and includes a ‘work to rule’ wh By Besi • 2 min read
LGBTQ+ News Salmond steps down as First Minister of Scotland Scottish Equality Charity The Equality Network thanks Alex Salmond for his help advancing LGBTI rights in Scotland. Following the news that Scotland had voted against becoming an independent nation, Alex Salmond MP has announced he is stepping down as First Minister of Scotland and Leader of the Sco By Besi • 3 min read
News Kemptown MP urges Saltdean residents to take part in school expansion consultation Simon Kirby, MP urges Saltdean residents to take part in Brighton and Hove City Council’s consultation regarding expansion of Saltdean Primary School. The Council is currently consulting on plans to expand the school for an additional class per year from 60 children joining each Reception class to 9 By Besi • 1 min read
General News What will democracy look like 10 years from now? On the eve of the Scottish Referendum yesterday, Commons Speaker John Bercow and Green MP Caroline Lucas both asked young people: what will democracy look like 10 years from now? House of Commons Speaker, John Bercow MP, joined Green MP for Brighton Pavilion, Caroline Lucas yesterday to meet with y By Besi • 2 min read
News ‘Start-Up Loans’ support new businesses in Kemptown and Peacehaven New published figures show the Government’s Start-Up Loans scheme has so far supported 97 people in Brighton to start a new business with £458,050 of loans to help them get going. Across the UK more than 20,000 Start-Up loans, worth over £100 million, have been awarded to help new businesses get goi By Sarah Green • 1 min read
News Brighton Pavilion MP is Picture Perfect at Prime Minister’s Questions Caroline Lucas, took Brighton’s Big Picture petition to 10 Downing Street (and into PMQs) last week, urging David Cameron to ‘Show Some Heart’ for what matters most. Not one to renege on a promise to constituents, Caroline Lucas, the Green MP for Brighton Pavilion, went the extra mile last week to s By Besi • 2 min read
News Labour anger at Fire Authority spending plans to implement cuts to fire service East Sussex Fire Authority have voted through a proposal to “approve the drawdown of up to £200,000” to establish a ‘Service Transformation Team’. The team will be responsible for implementing savings plans which include cutting one of only five fire engines and 24 firefighters in Brighton and Hove. By Besi • 1 min read
