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Cuts to frontline services in our city were not something the local electorate voted for in May 2015. We can do two things in this situation: protest with a placard from the sidelines or look to minimise the impact of these cuts according to Labour’s values of fairness and social...

Brighton and Hove Greens have criticised cuts to nursery services at four council-run nurseries. Staff must choose between pay cuts or redundancy, they said. The Greens said that budget cuts “agreed by Labour and Conservative councillors will have a highly damaging effect on...

Nursery staff in Brighton and Hove are being given extra time to come up with ideas to stave off a shake up that will cut jobs, hours and pay. Staff at four nurseries run by Brighton and Hove City Council have until this Friday (19 August) to submit their proposals. Officials are...

Train company Southern said that it would push on with changes to the role of guards without the agreement of the RMT union. Talks at the arbitration and conciliation service Acas ended without agreement again, prompting Southern’s parent company Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR) to...

A Brighton drug dealer who went on the run for more than a year is back behind bars after being nicked by traffic cops in Croydon. Richard Blackwood, 39, who was living in Greentrees Crescent, Lancing, when he jumped bail, previously lived in Saunders Park View, Hollingdean. He...

The NHS trust that runs Brighton’s main hospital is in crisis as it prepares to receive a critical report from the Care Quality Commission (CQC). More turmoil at the top of the trust is expected as bosses also grapple with a worrying financial deficit while the £485 million...

A Brighton and Hove charity has been given government funding to help disabled people into work and tackle the negative attitude of some employers. The charity, Possability People, is working on the project – known as Recruit Ability – with the Brighton and Hove Chamber of...