Cllr Gill Mitchell at the Black Rock site in Brighton

£10Million pounds lie unallocated while growth has flatlined

Sites like Rochester Riverside in Medway and Black Rock in Brighton are missing out on valuable regeneration investment because a lack of Government coordination.

Euro MP Peter Skinner is calling on the Tory-led Government to get a grip and sort out the mess surrounding EU funds for regional growth, which is putting £10million for the South East at risk.

The unallocated funds are part of the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), which exists to boost growth and jobs regionally, particularly in disadvantaged areas. Read the rest of this article »

Dan Chapman

Local commuter Dan Chapman, 25, and Peter Skinner MEP have hit out at Government approved rail price hikes.

Rocketing rail fares are hitting local commuters and rail users. South East Euro MP Peter Skinner is asking Ministers to rethink their price hike plan.

Fares have gone up by 6% for 2012, costing commuters hundreds of pounds.

Fares are set to rise by 22% by 2015 – that’s over £1000 more for some season tickets.

The Euro MP is calling for a rethink of rail price plans and has been demanding a meeting with Ministers for months. Read the rest of this article »

Peter Skinner

Peter Skinner’s support for the Equal Love campaign has won the backing of Brighton & Hove LGBT rights activist Chris Cooke.

The campaign seeks to end the twin legal bans on same-sex civil marriages and opposite-sex civil partnerships.

The Sussex Euro MP signed a pledge to back the campaign along with all other Labour members of the European Parliament.

After that unanimous support from Labour MEPs for the Equal Love campaign, LGBT campaigner Peter Tatchell said “Huge appreciation to Labour MEPs for supporting the Equal Love campaign. Read the rest of this article »

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