Brighton MP elected on to 1922 Committee
Brighton Kemptown’s MP Simon Kirby has been elected on to the influential 1922 committee. He was one of 12 MPs to join the committee for backbench Conservative MPs, which collectively…
Labour tell Brighton’s Tories to stop whinging
Labour’s leader in Brighton and Hove has told the city’s Conservative party group to stop ‘whinging’ and get on with being ‘an effective opposition. Cllr Gill Mitchell‘s comments come after…
Caroline Lucas steps down as Green Party leader
Brighton Pavilion MP Caroline Lucas has announced she is stepping down as leader of the Green Party. Ms Lucas, who became the party’s first member of parliament in the 2011…
Local Tories slam Labour for ‘disingenuous’ comments on gay marriage
Senior Labour councillors in Brighton and Hove have been accused of trying to ‘play politics of the past’ with ‘disingenuous’ comments on the subject of gay marriage. The local Conservative…
Hove MP demands action to stop money being wasted on EU bureaucracy
The Member of Parliament for Hove and Portslade has demanded that the UK lead the way in ending EU bureaucracy that could be wasting billions of pounds. Mike Weatherley has…
Brighton’s i360 project to receive government loan
The proposed i360 observation tower on Brighton’s seafront is to receive a £3m loan from the Government’s ‘Growing Places’ fund. The i360 is a proposed 183-metre (600ft) observation tower, which…
Scout Community Week supported by local MP
Next week sees the start of Scout Community Group, which will be better known by many as ‘Bob a Job Week’, and the scheme is being supported by Brighton Kemptown…
Brighton MP concerned at UK aid money corruption threat
Brighton MP Caroline Lucas has raised concerns over the potential for corruption with UK aid money following a case highlighted by whistleblower Dotun Oloko, who now lives in the city.…
Councillor’s judgement questioned over ‘murdering, raping and looting’ tweet
Councillor Ben Duncan‘s determination to nail the down the title of ‘Brighton’s most controversial councillor’ reached new heights this weekend with a satirical tweet that many will judge as coming…
Green councillor asks if Brighton should fill Amsterdam ‘coffee shop’ void
In the wake of Amsterdam’s decision to ban tourists from smoking cannabis in Coffee Shops, Green Councillor Ben Duncan has asked if Brighton should step up to fill the void…
Cllr accuses government of putting profit ahead of safety
A member of the Brighton and Hove City Council cabinet has accused the government of putting business profit margins ahead of workers’ right to be safe at work. Green Councillor…
Green councillor to join counter protest against anti-abortion group
A Green Party councillor is to join a counter-protest opposed to an anti-abortion group, which is holding a ‘kerb-side vigil’ near to Preston Park in Brighton. Brighton Pro-Choice has organised…
Hove MP urges Osborne to rethink Listed Building VAT reform
Conservative MP Mike Weatherley has spoken out against his party’s proposed changes to the VAT exemption on listed buildings work. It has been proposed by the coalition government to remove…
What is the Brighton Declaration?
If you think of Geneva you are more than likely going to think of the convention that happened there in 1949, so is Brighton now going to be associated with…
Hove MP celebrates news of Abu Qataba’s imminent deportation
Hove MP Mike Weatherley has celebrated the news that hate cleric Abu Qataba is soon to be deported from the United Kingdom. The cleric is to be deported to Jordan…
Residents extremely angry over travellers, says Hove MP
Brighton and Hove residents are ‘extremely angry at the Green Party and their lackadaisical policies’, according to Hove MP Mike Weatherley. The MPs comments follow a public meeting he organised…
Greens announce European election candidates
The Green Party has announced its candidates for the 2014 European elections and thrown up the possibility of a by-election in Brighton and Hove. The party’s current MEP Keith Taylor,…
Greens fume at Labour as budget recriminations begin
After one of the most fascinating council budget setting meeting’s the minority Green administration has pledged to ‘minimise Blue Labour and Tory tax damage’. The Greens saw their budget passed,…
Opposition parties urged to see sense ahead of budget meeting
The Labour and Conservative groups in Brighton and Hove have been urged to ‘see sense’ by the Green Party ahead of Thursday’s potentially tempestuous council budget setting meeting. The city’s…
Conservatives unveil alternative budget proposals
Ahead of Thursday’s budget setting council meeting the Conservative group in Brighton and Hove has revealed its alternative proposals to the budget plan laid out by the Green administration. The…
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