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//February 23, 2023
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Council tax to go up 5 per cent as council agrees £1.1bn budget

Brighton and Hove City Council has agreed a £1.1 billion budget for the coming year and voted to put up the council tax by 4.99 per cent. Proposed cuts to spending on public toilets have been reversed. The ruling Greens said that they had listened and responded to the feedback...
Posted On 23 Feb 2023 at 11:09 pm
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What the Conservatives said in the council’s budget debate today

The Conservatives have responded to the Greens’ £1.1 billion budget for Brighton and Hove City Council for the coming financial year. They are due to vote on a proposal to put up the council tax by 4.99 per cent for the 2023-24 financial year which starts in April. Here is what...
Posted On 23 Feb 2023 at 10:19 pm
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Police object to licence for Churchill Square pub

Police have criticised a pub company for a “lack of local knowledge” after it applied for a licence to serve alcohol at a proposed new city centre venue. The New World Trading Company has been granted planning permission to convert the old Top Shop store, in Churchill Square,...
Posted On 23 Feb 2023 at 9:25 pm
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‘Unplugged Saturday’ at Hastings Fat Tuesday Music Festival 2023

‘VARIOUS ARTISTS’ – ‘UNPLUGGED SATURDAY’, ‘FAT TUESDAY’, HASTINGS & ST. LEONARDS 18.2.23 Hastings Fat Tuesday CIC (HFT) is a not for profit organisation based on the south coast that delivers a year round programme of activity to support and showcase the local music...
Posted On 23 Feb 2023 at 8:19 pm
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Former leader steps down as councillor

A former leader of the council is stepping down after 30 years’ service as a councillor because of ill health. Conservative councillor Mary Mears, 75, is due to stand down tomorrow (Friday 24 February). Councillor Mears was first elected in 1992 – to the old Brighton Borough...
Posted On 23 Feb 2023 at 7:39 pm
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What Labour said in the council’s budget debate today

Labour has responded to the Greens’ £1.1 billion budget for Brighton and Hove City Council for the coming financial year. They are expected to vote for a proposal to put up the council tax by 4.99 per cent for the 2023-24 financial year which starts in April. Here is what Labour...
Posted On 23 Feb 2023 at 6:48 pm
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What the Greens said in the council’s budget debate today

The Greens have put forward a £1.1 billion budget for Brighton and Hove City Council for the coming financial year. They also propose putting up the council tax by 4.99 per cent for the 2023-24 financial year which starts in April. Here is what Green councillor Tom Druitt said as...
Posted On 23 Feb 2023 at 5:50 pm
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Stalker told victim he was an MI6 agent, court hears

A martial arts coach who convinced his partner he was an MI6 agent had a fake passport in the name of his fictional alter ego, a court heard this week. The woman said Peter Moran, 56, used spyware on her phone to “track my every move” during their five-year...
Posted On 23 Feb 2023 at 5:47 pm
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Skate park bodge blamed for Level flooding

Flooding at the Level which has closed its cafe for almost two years is partly due to a Victorian brick aquifer being damaged when the skate park was built. The multi-million pound revamp of the city centre park ten years ago won a clutch of awards – but the flagship cafe...
Posted On 23 Feb 2023 at 5:37 pm
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Consultation opens on plans to replace Portslade Village Centre with new council homes

A community centre could be demolished to make way for a dozens of new council homes in Portslade, residents have been told. Brighton and Hove City Council is planning to knock down the Portslade Village Centre, also known at the Courthope, and build two blocks of flats for...
Posted On 23 Feb 2023 at 3:20 pm
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