Simon Kirby MP for Brighton Kemptown & Peacehaven General News Kemptown MP asks government to ‘call in’ Meadow Vale planning application Simon Kirby, MP for Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven, which includes the areas of Rottingdean, Woodingdean and Ovingdean, has written to the Minister of State for Planning regarding the controversial Meadow Vale housing development. By Besi • 2 min read
General News GP Surgery to remain at Eaton Place, Kemptown NHS England have announced that an NHS GP Surgery will continue at Easton Place in Kemptown. The surgery which has more than 5,600 patients on its books was due to close at the end of February, 2015. By Sarah Green • 3 min read
Health Kemptown MP calls for decision on Easton Place surgery Simon Kirby, MP for Brighton Kemptown, has written to NHS England urging them to make a decision on the future of the Eaton Place GP surgery in his constituency. The MP has previously met with the Director of NHS England for Sussex and her team to make the case for retaining a GP surgery at Eaton Pl By Sarah Green • 1 min read
News Amendment to Serious Crime Bill will protect children Government plans to amend the Serious Crime Bill will make the act of sending sexual messages to children a criminal offence. The NSPCC recently ran a campaign entitled Flaw in the Law, which called on the Government to criminalise the act of sending children sexual messages. By Sarah Green • 1 min read
General News Kemptown MP urges Council to rethink Christmas day swimming ban Simon Kirby, the MP for Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven, urges Brighton and Hove City Council to rethink its recent decision to cancel the traditional Christmas Day Sea Swim on “health and safety” grounds. By Besi • 2 min read
General News Kemptown MP secures protection for HIV prevention funding Following an outcry over Government plans to cut HIV Prevention funding by 50% in the year commencing April 2015, Simon Kirby, MP for Brighton Kemptown and Vice Chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group on HIV/AIDS has lobbied Ministers at the Department of Health on the issue of funding for HIV pr By Besi • 2 min read
Health Council commits to early HIV testing Brighton and Hove City Council has committed to halving late and undiagnosed HIV by passing a motion on HIV testing in support of the ‘Halve It’ campaign. The motion which was passed unanimously by the Council on Thursday, December 11 recognises the importance of local action in coordinating and com By Besi • 4 min read
Health Kemptown MP keeps up pressure for a solution to Eaton Place surgery closure Simon Kirby MP for Brighton Kemptown & Peacehaven travelled yesterday afternoon (December 11) to the Headquarters of NHS Surrey and Sussex in Horley to discuss the future of the Eaton Place surgery and GP provision in Kemp Town. He met with the Sussex area director and other members of NHS England, By Besi • 1 min read
Nancy Platts: Labour parliamentary candidate for Brighton Kemptown & Peacehaven General News Labour candidate calls on Kemptown MP to vote to save firefighters pensions Nancy Platts, Labour’s parliamentary candidate for Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven has written to Simon Kirby MP asking him if he will vote to save firefighters’ pensions in the Parliamentary debate on Monday. Nancy issued her challenge after the Conservative MP met with the Fire Minister, Penny Mo By Besi • 3 min read
Simon Kirby MP for Brighton Kemptown & Peacehaven News Kemptown MP presses Fire Minister on firefighter pensions Simon Kirby, MP for Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven met in parliament today with Communities Minister, Penny Mordaunt MP, to discuss the firefighters and their pensions. He sought the meeting with the Minister in order to press again the concerns of firefighters and to ask the Minister to look agai By Sarah Green • 1 min read
News Employment Minister visits Brighton Simon Kirby, MP for Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven welcomed Employment Minister Esther McVey to Brighton today. The Minister visited the Brighton Swimming Centre to meet with Swim UK, an organisation that offers free accredited coursed for unemployed people in areas like life guarding, customer se By Sarah Green • 2 min read
News Kemptown MP says Autumn Statement “good news” for Brighton and Peacehaven Simon Kirby, MP for Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven, is backing a number of the measures announced in the Autumn Statement. The MP, who has successfully campaigned for a new hospital in the constituency and for improvements to the A27, voiced his support for increased funding for the NHS and a £15 By Sarah Green • 2 min read
