Hastings’ Conservative MP Amber Rudd has been out and about in her constituency meeting people who make things happen in the community. In the last week she has met Southdown, a group providing housing, care and support for vulnerable people living in Hastings and she also met up with representatives of the local Citizens Advice […]
The battle to save the walk-in centre at the Station Plaza health centre took to the airwaves of BBC Radio Sussex last night. In an interview with drive-time presenter Sarah Gorrell leader of Hastings Borough Council (HBC) and Labour Parliamentary Candidate for Hastings and Rye Peter Chowney said he was not just opposed to the […]
Speaking yesterday on the BBC’s new daily politics programme Politics Live Hastings MP Amber Rudd said the Prime Minister’s ‘Chequers Deal’ was the ‘best shot’ the country has at a successful Brexit. She roundly condemned the former Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson’s intervention in the debate yesterday as a ‘fervent short term approach’. She said that what […]
The future of the Station Plaza Walk-In Medical Centre in Hastings is becoming a real political hot-potato. Today Peter Chowney leader of Hastings Council and Labour Parliamentary Candidate for Hastings & Rye has joined the call to keep the centre open in the face of plans – due to be considered later this month – […]
Plans to increase rail fares by more than three per cent cannot be justified according to Hastings MP Amber Rudd who says she will be writing to Secretary of State at the Department for Transport with her concerns. It was confirmed earlier this week that rail fares would increase by up to 3.2 per cent in […]
At a time when retail giants are seen to be struggling on the high street there’s a new competition designed to celebrate the best of small shops and independent retailers. Just walk through Hastings old town and parts of St Leonards and there are plenty of unique, quirky and one-off shops and boutiques that this […]
Were you one of those who endured commuter hardship when the mass overhaul of train timetables was introduced in May? The chaos caused by the biggest overhaul in train timetables has been well documented and commuters in the south east were among the hardest hit. Now the Government has asked the Office of Rail and […]
Last week leader of Hastings Borough Council Peter Chowney had his long awaited meeting with Sheikh Abid Gulzar the new owner of Hastings Pier, after the meeting Mr Chowney said: “I was pleased I was able to meet Mr Gulzar this week. He has some interesting ideas to develop the pier as a major attraction, […]
It’s essential that local fisherman play a part in determining the future shape of their industry according to local MP Amber Rudd. She was speaking after a meeting in Hastings yesterday afternoon attended by Environment Secretary Michael Gove, who sat down with local fisherman and tried to allay some of the fears they had over […]
