Welcome to the website of Des Turner MP and Simon Burgess, Labour's candidate for Brighton Kemptown at the next General Election. Brighton Kemptown constituency includes: Albion Hill, Bevendean, Bristol Estate, Coombe Road, Craven Vale, Eastern Road, Kemp Town, Manor Farm, Meadowview, the Marina, Moulsecoomb, Ovingdean, Queens Park, Peacehaven, Roedean, Rottingdean, Saltdean, St James's Street, Tarner, Telscombe Cliffs, Whitehawk and Woodingdean. Please use the...

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Tory control of Brighton & Hove - a wasted year
Labour City Councillors challenge Tory CouncilAdministration on lack of action and drift. The firstyear of Conservative control of the City Council has been marked bya lack of direction and action on key issues, cuts to valuedservices and broken promises say the Labour OppositionGroup. After oneyear, the new Conservative Administration has failed to get togrips with the major challenges facing the city on transport,housing and city regeneration and they show no sign of having anyplans ...

Kemptown Labour in London
 Last week Simon took a minibusof Brighton Kemptown Labour activists to Greenwich to help in theLondon elections. "It's a great pity that Ken lost as he has doneso much to tackle crime and congestion, improve public transportand the supply of affordable housing. In contrast Boris has shownhe is a Thatcherite at heart, backing Bush's opposition to theKyoto Treaty, he wants to dump the 50% target for new cheaper homesto rent or buy and he has called for "real savings" in the policebudget", sa...

Des joins campaign on club licencing
 Des has backed thecampaign to close a loophole in the law which prevents councilsfrom regulating lap-dancing clubs. The campaign, led by Labourleader on the city council Councillor Gill Mitchell and supportedby all three of the city's Labour MPs as well as the parliamentarycandidates NancyPlatts and Simon Burgess, calls on the Government to change thelaw so that lap dancing clubs and strip clubs are regulated in thesame way as sex shops and sex cinemas.The "Stripping The Illusion" campaign...

Des backs new equalities campaign
 Des Turner is backing a new campaign in Parliament againstdiscrimination and abuse towards the gay and lesbian community.Des said "despite the huge advantages made in equalitieslegislation over the past decade, including equalising the age ofconsent, civil partnerships and adoption, there is still much todo. Homophobic bullying and discrimination in schools and in theworkplace needs to be challenged. I fully support this campaignwhich calls on the Government to take steps to tackle thecont...

Tories block wind turbines
 Conservative councillors voted today to block wind turbines - similar to the one pictured here - from being installed on the Tory-run council HQ. Simon Burgess, who proposed the wind turbines when leader of the council, said: "I championed this proposal for the turbines at King's House not only as a practical move to cut the council's carbon emissions and cut costs to the taxpayer, but as a vital symbol of the commitment of this city to tackling climate change. I am angry that th...

Tarner Community Clean Up
 The Tarner Area Community Clean-up and Eco-fair was held today. "It was good to take the children to something constructive where they could see the community pulling together, during the school holidays. We all enjoyed clearing up rubbish around Kingswood and Milner Flats, planting some herbs around Nelson Place and building a solar powered toy boat at the eco-fair. The sense of community around Tarner remains strong and it was good to see local residents, police, councillors and cou...

Support for Des on drugs law debate
"Dear Mr Turner
 
I would like to convey my support for your brave comments in yesterday's Argus. I fully support the decriminalisation and regulation of currently illegal drugs in the interests of public health and in order to severe the prohibition induced link between drugs and organised or acquisitive crime.  
 
You may be aware already of the excellent work undertaken by Transform Drug Policy Forum. If you are not then  suggest you ...

Des & Simon at climate demo
 Des and Simon joined Friends Of The Earth and the World Development Movement members at a demonstration organised to highlight the need to toughen the Climate Change Bill currently going through Parliament. Des said "this groundbreaking Bill is very welcome but I want to see aviation emissions included in carbon emission reduction targets." Pictured above are Simon Burgess, Hove MP Celia Barlow, Des and Labour leader on the city council Gill Mitchell....

Tackling domestic violence
 Des has spoken out in support of new courts designed to help tackle the under reporting of domestic violence crime. The new courts - one of which is in Brighton - will have separate entrances for victims and offenders, and magistrates who are experts in dealing with domestic violence cases. Des said "This is a very welcome development. Sadly domestic violence is a problem in Brighton and Hove, just as it is pretty much everywhere." "Under reporting of domestic violence and many other ...
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