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Brighon, Hove & Diric
Nancy led the successful campaign toprevent the closure of Brighton FireStation and campaigned for the SouthDowns to be granted National Park Status
by the last Labour Government.She has spent most of her working
life campaigning in the voluntary sectoron issues such as affordable childcare,health inequalities, low pay and childpoverty. She led the campaign that
delivered Sure Start centres for everycommunity and a campaign to tackleextortionate energy prices for the leastwell off.
Nancy knows just how tough lifecan be for Brighton Kemptown andPeacehaven residents.
She says: When I was 18 myparents could not afford to send meto university so I gained a degree
level qualification by studying in theevenings after my day job for the firebrigade. At the time I was fortunate towork for an employer that was willing to
help with the cost of studying but mostpeople are not in this position. Whatyou achieve in life should not dependon your postcode or your parents bankbalance. That is something I am verypassionate about.
I have met people whose pay or hours are being cutwhilst their bills are rising. At a time when many o us
are struggling to get by, this Government sees ft togrant a tax cut to millionaires.
Labour will increase training and job opportunities;we will invest in the uture and reduce the defcit bygrowing our economy in a sustainable way.
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Lbour wins hisoricelecion vicoryLabou's esh appoach to localcampaigning has won ove votes inHanove and Elm Gove in a ecent by-election. Emma Daniel, a new ace tolocal politics, dew a shap contast withthe disappointment people now eel withGeen policies and thei epesentatives.So much so that thee was an amazing
11% swing to Labou.Woking mum Emma was delighted
to become the citys newest Labou &
tcklingworkingpovery
Sixty pecent o people who claim beneftsae woking. Millions o people wok ulltime and still cannot aod the basic
necessities such as ent. Thats why Labouwants employes to pay a living wage,enough to live on, not just suvive. A livingwage will bing the welae bill downbecause ewe people in wok will need
benefts, paticulaly housing beneft. Thisis a much bette way o tackling the defcitthan the coalition govenments welaeeoms which ae moe about fndingpeople to blame o thei ailed economicpolicies than addessing the eal poblems.
Paying a Living Wage woks oemployes, too. Fouteen Labou local
authoities acoss the county aeaccedited as living wage employes. InBighton and Hove, ove 80 employeshave signed up to pay a living wage.
Lucho Zuidema, owne o the BightonHouse Hotel, said:
Giving ou employees at the BightonHouse a Living Wage has allowed us toetain qualifed and satisfed sta. This hastanslated into bette levels o customesevice o ou guests, and in tun highelevels o occupancy. To do othewisewould be a alse economy.
Fo moe inomation visit www.
livingwagebighton.co.uk.
Hppy birhdy!Labou celebated the 65th bithday othe NHS by taking a giant bithday cadout to the steets o people to sign. AnnePissaidou, councillo o Wish wad inHove, said So many people wanted tosign in suppot o the NHS that we an outo space on the cad!
Labou ounded the NHS and hasalways been committed to a nationalhealth sevice o the best possible quality.
Let: Passers-by sign the NHS 65th birthday card at astreet stall in Hove
Co-opeative councillo. We wanted to ocuson positive policies and what we would doto addess eal poblems like housing quality,tafc and pesonal debt, she said.
This esult ollows on om Labou's bigcouncil by-election win in East Bightonlast Octobe. It shows that Labou can winall thee o the city's paliamentay seats
om the Geens and Toies at the nextGeneal Election in May 2015, and takecontol o the City Council on the same day.
Hanover & Elm GroveBy-Election (Labour) Swing achieved in July 2013
Swing needed 2015
11.4%
1.9%
1.6%
1.2%
Hove (Conservative)
Brighton Kemptown (Conservative)
Brighton Pavilion (Green)
Emma Daniel with shadow ministerCaroline Flint MP and supporters
Giving our employees atthe Brighton House a LivingWage has allowed us toretain qualied and satisedstaf. This has translated intobetter levels o customer
service or our guests,and in turn higher levels ooccupancy. To do otherwisewould be a alse economy."
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a few fcs...Wh did he Lbour governmen do for he
environmen?
The Climate Change Act o 2008 set
in law the commitment to educeemissions by 80% om 1990 to 2050.This was the wolds fst legallybinding climate change act. A thid oeconomic gowth since 2011 has beenin geen sectos.
Labou set tagets o 30% o electicityto be enewable by 2050, andcommitted enegy companies to put asmat mete in evey home by 2050.
While the coalition governmentbacks away rom its climate changepromises, many people are stillbeneftting today rom Labourspolicies which have promoted greenjobs, more energy-efcient homes,a cleaner environment, access to thecountryside and conservation.
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The London Array, the world's biggestwind arm. Photo: London Array Limited
In 2001 the Countyside and rights oWay Act established the ight to oamacoss thousands o aces o land. In2008 the Maine and Coastal Access Actenshined in law public access to thecoastline. New national paks includedthe South Downs. EU-unded countysidestewadship schemes wee set up oames, esulting in a evesal in thedecline o many species unde theat.
Animal potection was impoved by the
Animal Welae Act 2006. Ai, ive andbeach pollution was damatically educedollowing EU legislation, which also sawecycling ates incease om 15% to 37%.
Labou set a taget o 75% o new housingto be built on bownfeld sites. Planningand building laws impoved the efciencyo new buildings. In 2006 the govenmentset an ambitious plan that all new homesbuilt ate 2016 would be zeo cabon.
Co-operion inBevenden
Labou councillos, membes and
suppotes have given thei suppot tothe Bevendean, which is being set up as aco-opeative pub o the community. Itsgeat to see the community come togetheto ceate something that will eallyanswe a need, and a antastic exampleo how a co-opeative appoach can givepeople moe say, said Labou and Co-opeative councillo o Moulsecoomb andBevendean Leigh Faow. In this difculteconomic climate, many small businessesae stuggling and pub closues have isen.Labou has campaigned o a statutoycode egulating pubcos and making it
easie o small landlods to opeate.
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Local hospital sevices ae acing 30mo cuts and waiting lists ae going up.
Labou will potect the NHS so that it isalways available o people in BightonKemptown and Peacehaven.
Nancy says: Bighton KemptownConsevative MP Simon Kiby needs tobe held to account. He voted o thisgovenments Health and Social Cae Billwhich has wasted a staggeing 2billionon eoganising and pivatising the NHS.
How can this be justiied when thesecuts ae being imposed? The royal
Sussex County Hospital has aleadycut heaing sevices, it is poposed totanse kidney sevices out o Bightonand sexual health sevices ae alsounde theat.
Please join my campaign to potect oulocal hospital om moe cuts by using theContact Us om on page 3 o contacting methough the details on the ont page.
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What this government has planned for the NHS is chilling. We only have to lookat the cuts locally to see what a Tory government means for our NHS. Nancy hasworked on national health campaigns she knows the issues. She has my votebecause she's the best candidate to defend our NHS.Glady Mundowa, local NHs nure
Nancy Platt, upporting the community
The Govenment have just
announced a 4.1% ise in ailaes om 1st Januay 2014. Thismakes the cost o tavelling byail even moe expensive whenso many Bighton Kemptownand Peacehaven people aealeady eeling a eal squeezein thei incomes.
Nancy wants to seeaodable ail aes withina netwok which is publiclyowned and un solely o thebeneft o passenges insteado competing companies.
Nancy went to the Woodingdean Canival in June. She said:The canival is a abulous coming togethe o the local
community and it aises vital unds o local goups andoganisations. I eally enjoyed meeting eveyone and watchingall the wondeul displays.
Nancy mached with thousands o othes at Bighton Pide,commenting: Fo me, Pide is a celebation o ou pogesstowads equality but also a eminde that moe still needs to bedone, both in the UK and aound the wold.
Nancy spends a lot o time
out on the doostep meetingpeople to fnd out moe aboutthei issues and concens.The ising cost o childcaecame up time and time againon the doostep in QueensPak. I will be campaigning oquality, aodable childcaeo all, she said.
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