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BRIGHTON AND HOVE INDEPENDENT
Friday, July 1 2016
Diversity and equality
Fairness Commission report published - pages 5 and 20
Unity in the face of Brexit by city leaders
Raring to go
Albion prepares for new season - pages 59 and 60
Brighton comedian Tackling ‘hidden homelessness’
Brighton and Hove voted to remain in EU Bex Bastable
bex.bastable@jpress.co.uk @BexBastable
On Friday morning as the EU referendum result became clear, Brighton and Hove found itself out of step with the rest of the UK. While 52 per cent of the country voted to leave the European Union, in Brighton and Hove 68.6 per cent wanted to remain. Caroline Lucas, Green MP for Brighton Pavilion, spoke of her ‘disappointment’ over the result and said Britain was in ‘crisis’. Peter Kyle, Labour MP for Hove, said he was ‘shocked’ and ‘frustrated’, while Conservative Simon Kirby,
MP for Brighton Kemptown, said ‘now is the time for all of us to come together’. Meanwhile in the city, hundreds of people joined the Stand Together event at The Level on Tuesday, to show unity from remain and leave campaigners in the wake of the referendum result. On Wednesday, Warren Morgan, leader of the city council, echoed the sentiment, and said: “The leaders of all three political parties of Brighton and Hove City Council have agreed to work closely together to ensure that the economic and social wellbeing of the city is supported through the current period of uncertainty. “At this point the full impact
oftheUKleavingtheEuropean Union is unknown, but our city has a strong track record of economic diversity, growth and community resilience.” “All agree that the council has a vital role in offering civic leadership and all have pledged to do all they can to work with the business community, universities and trade unions to steady investment certainty and job confidence.” But not all in the city accepted the referendum result – an online petition calling for Brighton and Hove to leave the UK and rejoin the EU – and has more than 2,200 signatures. SEE PAGES 11, 16, 19 AND 21
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