Tag archives for Huw Merriman
Home Office Set to Release Northeye Site
HUGH SULLIVAN A senior civil servant at the Home Office confirmed last week that the former prison premises of Northeye on the outskirts of Bexhill are no longer being considered…
LEVELLING UP FUNDS RAIDED TO COMPLETE LINK ROAD
£ Cash Gap Plugged out of Awards to Hastings and Rother HUGH SULLIVAN On 25 March the Westminster government announced that Hastings borough and Rother district will receive targeted cash…
Northeye: Back to Lock and Key
HUGH SULLIVAN As anticipated in HIP 232 (Changing of the Guard?), the Home Office are now proposing to use the former prison site at Northeye, Bexhill for detention of people…
Changing of the Guard?
When Immigration Minister Robert Jenrick told Parliament on 29 March this year that the Home Office was intending to use an unidentified location in East Sussex for the housing of…
Northeye Protestors Blame Merriman and Tory Government
HUGH SULLIVAN A meeting of Bexhill-on-Sea Town Council resolved last Wednesday to oppose the use of the former prison site at Northeye to house asylum seekers. The full Town Council…
Northeye locals air grievances, MP appeals for calm
HUGH SULLIVAN Huw Merriman, MP for Battle and Bexhill, has found himself caught between the demands of the national government, of which he is Rail Minister, and grievances felt and…
Deterred or Detained?
Former Bexhill Prison Site to House Cross-Channel Arrivals HUGH SULLIVAN The former Category C prison of Northeye, on the western fringe of Bexhill, was one of three sites publicly identified…
XR demos target Council budget
Cllr Evans answers back The Hastings and St Leonards branch of Extinction Rebellion (XRHSL) has been out in force on the streets of Hastings to press anew its demand for…
Cash for the Conquest, New Hospital for Eastbourne
Some details of the share that East Sussex NHS Trust (ESHT) is to receive of the government’s pledge to spend £ billion on 40 new hospitals and upgrades around England…
Transport Futures For The South-East: More Road-Building?
Last October, Transport for the South East (TfSE), a forum combining leading local government councillors across southern counties from Hampshire to Kent, with senior representatives of Network Rail and Highways…
Little Gate Farm Creating Jobs In Partnership With HBC
Little Gate Farm has already clocked up five years’ experience in improving the lives of learning disabled, autistic, and vulnerable children and adults in East Sussex, supporting over 40 people…