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A six-hour meeting to set the budget and council tax for Brighton and Hove City Council ended in stalemate this evening (Thursday 27 February). The Green Party’s proposal to put up council tax by 4.75 per cent from April was voted down by opposition Conservative and Labour...

The Home Secretary Theresa May will be visiting Brighton tomorrow afternoon (Friday 28 February). The Conservative MP for Brighton Kemptown Simon Kirby is hosting the visit, one of a number in the past year by government ministers to the marginal constituency.

The Greens’ proposed 4.75 per cent rise in council tax has been rejected at the annual budget and council tax debate at Hove Town Hall. Members of Brighton and Hove City Council are debating the Green Party’s proposal to put up council tax 4.75 per cent and ask for...

The cost of building the i360 on Brighton seafront has more than doubled, with the final bill now estimated to be more than £46 million. The Latest website reported that the sum was included in a heap of commercially sensitive information presented to Brighton and Hove...

The voluntary sector organisation Community Works is due to hold a protest outside Hove Town Hall this afternoon (Thursday 27 February). Parents and carers are concerned about proposed cut to grants as Brighton and Hove City Council meets to agree a budget and set the council tax...

By Jenni Davidson A woman driver was held up at knifepoint as she drove home in east Brighton. The 40-year-old victim was driving north in Wilson Avenue at about 1am on Saturday (22 February). A man opened the front passenger door of the blue Ford C-Max while the car was stopped...