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Future of Work and Employment

We are living through a transformation in our economy that is unprecedented in its scope and pace, and this presents both exciting opportunities and serious challenges. I am working hard to ensure that as a nation are able to take full advantage of the evolving economic environment. In fact, I’m taking…

Police Funding

Whenever I get time I love to spend it with people in the frontline of our public services. It really helps me understand how things work and what the challenges are. So I jumped at the chance to do a shift with a team of frontline police officers and it…

WASPI Campaign

What seems like many years ago now I was contacted by a brilliant campaign, Women Against State Pension Inequality (WASPI), who had just discovered that the government had changed their retirement age without warning them. The impact on their lives was profound and disturbing. The most shocking thing is that…

Sticking Up For Animal Welfare

I’m always trying to speak out for animals and animal welfare and I’m really proud that Labour is the party of animal welfare. From bringing forward the landmark Hunting Act to protecting the treatment of domestic animals under the Animal Welfare Act, Labour has always placed the welfare of animals high…

Trains

A huge amount of my energy is devoted to fighting for the reliable, comfortable and efficient rail service all passengers deserve. I became an MP right at the time our train service plummeted into crisis. Long-term underinvestment and crumbling infrastructure was compounded by a driver shortage, London Bridge upgrade works,…

Fighting Climate Change

The Labour Party has a long history of taking action to protect the environment. However, the climate crisis and environmental sustainability is likely to be the biggest issue we’ll face in our lifetimes, and we need to take urgent and radical action to protect our planet, before it’s too late.…

Supporting Students in Hove and Portslade

When parliament goes into recess for August I have to admit it is amazing! It’s the only time of the year I get to spend 100% of the time here in our community. I only left Hove for four days over the whole summer, it was heaven!! Being around so…

BEIS Committee

As you may know I’m on the Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) Select Committee which is a group of MPs that has a constitutional right to examine, challenge, and comment on different aspects of government policy but also that of the business community too. Normally we do detailed inquiries…

Patient Transport

If you have used our city’s patient transport system in the last two years unfortunately the chances are that you’ve experienced severe problems. This has been especially upsetting for patients anxious about their treatment or those needing special care. Coperforma was the private ambulance firm which was contracted to provide the…

School Funding

The National school funding formula is the method used to distribute money to ‘mainstream schools’ in England. The Conservative government have pledged to reallocate money so that there is a smaller disparity in spending between schools. Although a fairer national distribution of school funding is to be welcomed, this can…

Our NHS

Before becoming an MP I thought I knew quite a bit about the health issues we face as a society and the challenges our NHS has in adapting to meet them. But after spending quality time with the people charged with leading our hospitals, then observing and talking to doctors,…

Homelessness

The latest government statistics on rough sleeping and homelessness have been made available and make for depressing reading. Brighton and Hove show the second highest number of recorded cases with 178 rough sleepers in their count in November, this is a 24% increase on the previous year. Additionally, outreach workers…

Domestic Abuse in Family Courts

The very first person who turned to me for help when I became an MP was a woman who had just fled her abusive relationship and felt that she had nowhere else to turn. Since becoming an MP in 2015 I have had the chance to meet, support, and listen…

Donate

Every penny of donations go to fund the work and campaigning I do in Hove & Portslade, such as the work on family courts and lowering the voting age to 16. It enables me to run an open and accessible constituency office in central Hove – a place where anyone…

What can’t we help with?

If you have a problem which is the responsibility of local government, such as your local council, you should contact the local councillor. If you have tried to seek support without success we may be able to look into the matter for you. You can find your local councillor HERE…

Help from Peter

Peter has surgeries with constituents on Fridays, usually in the constituency office in Hove. This is run on an appointment system – you can email (please include your name and address) at hove.portslade@parliament.uk Alternatively, our specialist caseworker, Stella Pentecost, can see you Monday – Thursday. Please email hove.portslade@parliament.uk or call…

Work Experience

Peter runs a very busy and accessible constituency office in Hove. It’s fantastic to think that people are interested in being involved and helping. At the moment we get a lot of requests so Peter is having to prioritise applications from his own constituency of Hove and Portslade. If you’re…

Emergency Help

EMERGENCY HELP You can often get immediate help in an emergency from these contacts; Council Website and switchboard – www.brighton-hove.gov.uk or 01273 290 000 Refuse and Recycling, Roads Pavements, Street Cleaning, Street Lighting, Parks – 01273 292 929 Reporting Anti-social behaviour to the Council – 01273 292 735 Parking Services…