I get a lot of correspondence from people of faith, and indeed those without faith commenting on faith issues. Faith issues have been in the news a lot recently and it is one of the exciting things about Brighton: we have a vibrant faith community. Over the past weeks and months I’ve spent ... Read more »
It was a pleasure to join the West Hill Action Team at their first meeting on Wednesday night. Residents raised lots of issues that need to be tackled including noise, fly-tipping, graffiti, dog fouling and speeding traffic. It was great to see so many people there. I would like to pay tribute ... 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 »
Last week I went to meet parents at Downs Junior School just before the parents' assembly about 'The History of the Harvest Festival'. And last Friday, it was a real pleasure to join everyone at the official opening of The YMCA Dialogue Centre in Windlesham Road for tea, cakes and the ... Read more »
One of the great opportunities that Conference offers is that the Cabinet are in town and I've been making the most of that today when I spent over an hour with Hilary Benn of DEFRA talking about food waste and the brilliant work that Brighton based charity FareShare do in Sussex. I learnt all ... Read more »
Amnesty International contacted me today and asked me to support a letter writing campaign. I sent the letter below which calls for Mr Yukio Takasu, the President of the UN Security Council,to ensure that those responsible for war crimes in Gaza and southern Israel are held accountable. Dear ... Read more »
After work, I went out meeting residents in Hanover before going to a meeting at the Hanover Community Association about Hanover Day. I was really sad to hear that it won’t run this year due to lack of funds. It’s a wonderful community event attracting thousands of people and last year on our ... Read more »
Local residents collected more than 400 signatures in a week to prove that a road-crossing planned for Carden Hill was going to be in the wrong place! Despite being told the position could not be changed, because planning permission had already been granted, local mothers formed a campaign group ... Read more »
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