So far, it's looking like a victory for treehuggers! Brighton and Hove City Council has responded to the calls from Clyde Road residents to save their wonderful trees. Nancy was swift to act when contacted by concerned residents of the St Peter’s and North Laine area, about mature plane trees ... Read more »
I was alarmed to read about cuts to some publicly funded bus routes in the City. It’s just one aspect of the massive programme of cuts that the Conservatives are undertaking in Brighton and Hove. Routes that serve residents in Westdene, Hangleton and East Brighton are under threat. Some school ... Read more »
Over the past few weeks I haven’t met anyone in Brighton who thinks the Conservative–led Council have done a good job of tackling the snow and ice we experienced before Christmas and again in the past few days. In particular, I feel for older people and disabled people who can’t get out in ... Read more »
Before Christmas I attended a meeting focused on preventing and tackling hate crimes and violence in Brighton and Hove. It was organized by Spectrum and a follow-up to the candlelit vigil held in November where I and others pledged support to the LGBT community. Crime and the fear of crime are ... Read more »
I was proud to join GMB union members on the picket line this Monday morning to support the refuse workers’ strike. The mismanagement of labour relations by the Conservative Brighton and Hove Council has plunged the city into a full scale dispute with workers which I hope can be resolved soon and ... Read more »
Residents in Carlyle Street, fed up with the noise of large vehicles speeding up their road disturbing their sleep in the early hours of the morning contacted me to ask for help after being told by Brighton and Hove City Council they would have to wait until 2011 until a review was completed and ... Read more »
Here's a fun little video of the Comic Relief cake sale that the Tories tried to ... Read more »
My Labour colleagues on the City Council have been hard at work in North Brighton, cleaning up the monument in Wild Park. Check out the video on ... Read more »
Promoted by David Arnold on behalf of Nancy Platts, both of 179 Preston Road, Brighton BN1 6AG
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