SImon Kirby, MP for Brighton Kemptown & Peacehaven General News Today is Small Business Saturday December 6 is Small Business Saturday (SBS), which provides a great opportunity to celebrate and show support for Britain’s 5.2 million small and medium-sized businesses. Whether it’s a local manufacturer, builder, restaurant, tea room or bookshop, all of these companies keep local communities going By Sarah Green • 1 min read
General News Bank fines to help fund air ambulance service The Chancellor, George Osborne announced in his Autumn Statement this week that recently collected LIBOR fines would be used in part to provide relief to the Kent, Surrey and Sussex Air Ambulance by investing in new helicopters so that the service can continue their important work. The government is By Besi • 1 min read
George Osborne MP General News A27 Improvements get the go ahead from the Chancellor Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne MP has today ring-fenced up to £75 million of funding for further work on capacity increases on the A27 east of Lewes. Local councils and communities will have the opportunity to make their case for the improvements to this section of road, building on the By Sarah Green • 3 min read
General News Kemptown MP supports continued work to end violence against women and girls Simon Kirby, the Member of Parliament for Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven, has thrown his full support behind Government efforts to tackle violence against women and girls in both the UK and across the world. Yesterday (November 25) marked the International Day for the Elimination of Violence again By Besi • 2 min read
SImon Kirby MP Community News Kemptown MP raises money for local HIV charity to mark World Aids Day To mark World AIDS Day on December 1, and to raise money for the Sussex Beacon, a local HIV/AIDS charity, Simon Kirby, is auctioning a copy of the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013 signed by the three main party leaders, David Cameron, Ed Miliband, and Nick Clegg. Simon is the MP for Brighton Ke By Besi • 1 min read
General News Labour candidate challenges Kemptown MP to back Labour’s BIll to reverse NHS privatisation Nancy Platts, the Labour parliamentary candidate for Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven, has challenged local MP Simon Kirby MP to back Labour’s new Bill to repeal the Tories’ new competition rules which labour say drive NHS privatisation at the expense of patient care. By Besi • 5 min read
News Kemptown MP meets Minister to lobby on behalf of Saltdean Lido Simon Kirby, MP for Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven, which includes Saltdean, met with the Minister whose portfolio covers the Saltdean Lido this evening to support the funding applications made by the Saltdean Lido Community Interest Company. In her role as Parliamentary-Under Secretary of State a By Sarah Green • 1 min read
General News Prime Minister commits £16 billion of ‘new money’ to improve road networks In a speech to the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) this morning the Prime Minister, David Cameron MP announced a massive investment in upgrading the UKs road networks which will include the 27. The Prime Minister revealed a plan to invest £15 billion between 2015/16 and 2020/21 in the bigges By Besi • 1 min read
General News ‘Home Sweet Home’ campaigners ask local MPs to ‘show Revenge Eviction the door’ Last Friday (November 7) campaigners asked the three Brighton & Hove MPs to vote in favour of the Tenancies (Reform) Bill which will be voted on in the House of Commons on Friday, November 28. ‘Home Sweet Home campaigners met with Mike Weatherley MP, Caroline Lucas MP, and Simon Kirby MP and present By Besi • 5 min read
Cllr Warren Morgan Health Kemptown MP urges local Councils to support motion on HIV testing Simon Kirby, the MP for Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven, has written to the leaders of the main political groups on both Brighton and Hove City and East Sussex County Councils to urge them to support a Council Motion on HIV Testing. 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
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
