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Brighton & Hove City Council to tackle GP shortage in the city

Besi Besemar July 8, 2017

On July 13 2017, Brighton & Hove councillors on the city’s policy resources and growth committee will be asked to consider applying for a government loan that would turn one of its city- centre owned buildings into a GPs’ surgery. It would mean that an existing practice, Ardingly Court, would move from its current location and expand its services as well as increasing patient numbers from 8,500 up to 12,000.

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Council leader issues challenge to Theresa May

Besi Besemar June 28, 2017

Council Leader calls for £150 million to be spent on the city, equivalent to the sum given to Northern Ireland this week. Following the announcement that a billion pound payment has been given to Northern Ireland by Theresa May as part of the deal with the DUP to prop up her Government, Cllr Warren Morgan, Leader of Brighton and Hove City Council, has called for an equivalent share to be spent on Brighton & Hove and its residents.

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In The South

Manchester terrorist attack – A joint statement from political leaders in Brighton & Hove

Besi Besemar May 23, 2017

The leaders of the three political groups on Brighton & Hove City Council have released a collective statement about the terrorist attack in Manchester last night.

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Community News

Brighton & Hove Council leader condems Chechen Government

Besi Besemar May 18, 2017

Cllr Warren Morgan, the Leader of Brighton and Hove City Council condemned the Chechen Government and its leader Ramzan Khadyrov at the IDAHOBIT event at the Dorset Gardens Methodist Church yesterday, (May 17)

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Community News

IDAHOBIT demonstration brings St James Street to a standstill

Besi Besemar May 18, 2017

The public vigil marking International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia (IDAHOBIT) was moved indoors to the Dorset Gardens Methodist Church yesterday due to the pouring rain.

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Community News

Brighton IDAHOBIT Vigil moves indoors due to adverse weather forecast

Besi Besemar May 17, 2017

Brighton & Hove marks International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia (IDAHOBIT) on Wednesday, May 17, 2017. IDAHOBIT commemorates the day in 1990 the World Health Organisation removed homosexuality from its list of mental diseases and this year will give everyone in the city the opportunity to stand in solidarity with our brothers and sisters being persecuted in Chechnya.

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Community News

Brighton & Hove Council respond to Chechnya concentration camp reports

Besi Besemar April 13, 2017

Following media reports that gay men are being arbitrarily detained and killed in Chechnya and that a ‘concentration camp’ has been established in the Chechen town of Argun, the Labour administration running Brighton & Hove City Council have issued a statement.

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Government refuse grant to help regenerate Madera Terraces

Besi Besemar April 3, 2017

Plans to regenerate Madeira Terraces suffer setback after government refuse grant of £4 million to seed fund the project. Council leader Warren Morgan has written today to the Tory MP for Brighton Kemptown, Simon Kirby expressing his anger at the decision and saying the government had let the city down badly.

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In The South

Greens angry at Labour ‘U-turn’ on council tax rise

Besi Besemar January 29, 2017

At a full meeting of Brighton & Hove City Council on Thursday, January 26, questions were raised by the Green Group as to why the Labour Council leadership were seeking to introduce Council tax rises they had previously opposed during the Green administration.

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