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Kemptown MP raises awareness of World Mental Health Day

Sarah Green October 9, 2014

Simon Kirby, the MP for Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven, is encouraging his constituents to help raise awareness of the event which is being used this year to raise awareness of Schizophrenia.

Schizophrenia affects around 1 in 100 people throughout their lifetime, and can take a variety of forms, as well as having various symptoms. However, importantly, Schizophrenia is a very treatable disorder.

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Local unemployment falls

Sarah Green September 20, 2014

Employment continues to fall in Brighton and Hove. Figures released by the Office for National Statistics show that the number of unemployed claimants in Hove and Portslade in August 2014 was 1,256. This figure is 617 lower than that of August 2013 and 76 lower than in July 2014. Overall, figures show the jobless total […]

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‘Start-Up Loans’ support new businesses in Kemptown and Peacehaven

Sarah Green September 18, 2014

New published figures show the Government’s Start-Up Loans scheme has so far supported 97 people in Brighton to start a new business with £458,050 of loans to help them get going. Across the UK more than 20,000 Start-Up loans, worth over £100 million, have been awarded to help new businesses get going. Simon Kirby MP […]

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Kemptown MP Kirby welcomes new HIV report

Sarah Green September 4, 2014

Simon Kirby, MP for Brighton Kemptown and Vice Chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group for HIV/AIDS, has today welcomed the report from 2020health entitled Growing Older Positively, which reviews the difficulties that are faced by those who are ageing with HIV. The Growing older positively report describes the challenges facing the estimated 24,510 people over […]

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Kemptown MP welcomes ‘Ten Minute Rule’ Bill on wild animals in circuses

Sarah Green September 3, 2014

Simon Kirby, MP for Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven, has welcomed the passing of the first stage of a Ten Minute Rule Bill on ending the use of wild animals in circuses. Simon has been a strong supporter of this issue which he feels very strongly about, and has raised the matter regularly with Ministers at the […]

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Kemptown MP to call for end to puppy farming

Sarah Green September 3, 2014

Simon Kirby, Conservative MP for Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven, will call for an end to puppy farming during an upcoming Parliamentary debate. Mr Kirby will be putting his further support behind the Pup Aid campaign to end the cruel practice of puppy farming in the UK. Having previously called for a debate on puppy farming […]

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Kirby’s re-election campaign steps up a gear

Sarah Green August 28, 2014

Simon Kirby, MP for Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven will be welcoming several hundred volunteers to Brighton this weekend. The volunteers are coming to support Simon’s campaign for re-election as MP for the Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven constituency and to see what Brighton has to offer to visitors. The visit is part of the Conservative Party’s ‘RoadTrip […]

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