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The number of people rough sleeping in Brighton & Hove has risen over the last year. The council budget for 2020/21 includes funding of £30.9million for homelessness and rough sleeping services to help people in need in the city.

Residents and visitors in Brighton & Hove could soon find themselves being ferried around the city in a new electric taxi.

The budget for 2020/21 has been set, with councillors deciding how to allocate more than £900 million. The budget includes an increase of the council’s element of council tax of 3.99 per cent. A new all party amendment was passed to secure up to £13.4m towards the restoration of Madeira Terraces.

Four members of staff ran the Brighton Half Marathon on 23 February to raise money for Amaze, a local charity supporting families looking after disabled children and young people.

A man has been convicted of a public order offence for abusing a Brighton & Hove City Council parking enforcement officer.

The planning application for a package of works at Black Rock including both access and ecological improvements.

Brighton & Hove's climate assembly will bring together 50 residents and an independent panel to recommend actions for making the city carbon neutral by 2030.

Overnight repair and resurfacing work will begin next month as part of the Valley Gardens project to create new public spaces and improve travel.

As construction continues at Stanmer Park, the first new recruits are finding their feet, working at the forefront of the Restoration Project. 

We’re holding a public meeting on Wednesday 26 February about last summer’s fire at the Hollingdean waste transfer station. We'll be looking at causes of the fire, the actions taken and what we’re doing to try to prevent it happening again.