Firstly, I want to congratulate Caroline Lucas and her team on winning the election in Brighton Pavilion. In my personal dealings with Caroline she has always been pleasant and I wish her all the very best in Westminster. I also want to thank everyone who voted for me. I’m pleased we ran a ... Read more »
Don’t be confused. Brighton Pavilion is a Labour held seat. Labour has a majority of nearly 6000 at the last General Election. I’ve been campaigning hard for nearly three years to be your next Labour MP. You know me. I’m passionate about Brighton. I’m keen to take up your causes. I’m ... Read more »
Last Friday, Gordon Brown was in Brighton on the campaign trail. I was pleased to join him at BHASVIC where he spoke to students from all over Berighton and Hove. He received a genuinely warm welcome and answered loads of questions. Afterwards the Prime Minister popped down to the seafront to ... Read more »
Last week I spent a very enjoyable evening with freelancer group, The Farm at the Florist pub with Simon Burgess. Not only was it a great opportunity to enjoy a convivial drink with a group of fascinating people but it was also very useful to have some in depth discussions with experts ... Read more »
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 »
I was delighted to join the Brighton and Hove Chinese Society in celebrating the New Year at Hove Town Hall last weekend. It was a tremendous celebration of all that the Chinese community contribute to our city. A wonderful day with some great dancing from the children! I was also pleased to ... Read more »
On Monday, Simon Burgess and I joined parents, students, nursery workers and children outside Mithras House to protest at the proposed closure of the Phoenix Nursery. The University of Brighton are planning to close Phoenix nursery in July 2010, which would mean a loss of 20 childcare places. ... Read more »
Nancy visited Coldean School a few weeks ago to see how it is teaching literacy and using National Literacy Trust programmes to boost reading and writing. She saw local schoolchildren taking part in a range of lessons to support literacy skills and build a lifelong love of reading and ... Read more »
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 pleased to visit the YMCA’s Sleep Easy event in Brighton last week. With nearly a quarter of a million residents in the city and an estimated social housing provision of 10,000 homes we need to work very hard to prevent and improve the situation for those finding themselves homeless, of ... Read more »
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