Phelim Mac News Today

Today’s launch of a new electric bike rental scheme will see hilly Brighton feel more like smooth Holland.

Brighton and Hove faces “tough times ahead” as councillors prepare to debate millions in cuts for this year’s budget.

Brighton and Hove City Council leader says there has never been more urgency in relation to climate action.

Tributes have been flooding in after death of a former Green party leader

A SENIOR councillor has set out the extent of an investigation into expense claims for child care made by councillors during the coronavirus…

CAMPAIGNERS who warned against an NHS merger say their fears have been confirmed following a damning report into hospital services.

Councillors have been attending virtual meetings during the Covid pandemic COUNCILLORS are to start meeting in person again this month after a year of virtual meetings in response to the coronavirus pandemic. But meetings of the full Brighton and Hove City Council will be smaller with a maximum of only 14 out of 54 councillors likely to gather in the town hall chamber. The changes are being made after the expiry of a temporary change in law which allowed meetings and votes to take place o...

THE BOSS of a teaching union said the Prime Minister has "failed to learn of his previous mistakes," as an opening date for schools is…

PARENTS and carers are being urged to use playgrounds "sensibly" amid fears that groups are gathering at the sites. Brighton and Hove City Council leader Phelim Mac Cafferty warned that playgrounds in the city could be closed if people do not use them more responsibly during lockdown. "We really don’t want to close our playgrounds, but our concern is that as the new strain of the pandemic is spreading at a worrying speed, they’re becoming unsafe," Cllr Mac Cafferty said. "This is beca...

THE MAJORITY of the city’s primary schools are to remain closed tomorrow, The Argus can reveal. Green Party Brighton and Hove City Council leader Phelim Mac Cafferty wrote to headteachers and advised them not to reopen as coronavirus infections continue to soar. That was despite the Prime Minister’s advice today that primary schools in Brighton and Hove should stay open and that schools are safe. But within hours of Cllr Mac Cafferty sending a letter to Education Secretary Gavin Wi...