People’s Assembly in action
The Hastings People’s Assembly (HPA) will be undertaking an official relaunch on Thursday 10 March (not 13th or 14th, as reported in HIP 194 two weeks ago). An online meeting that evening (via Zoom) will feature both local and national…
Lifting the Ban
The view from Hastings Community of Sanctuary Campaigns Team: Felicity Laurence, Lead for HCoS Campaigns Team, and Jay Kramer, Campaign Lead, Lift the Ban People seeking asylum have been part of our Hastings community for over twenty years, when the…
Tories on Hastings Borough Council vote against Equality
Jay Kramer, Vice Chair of Hastings & Rye Constituency Labour Party and former Deputy Leader of Hastings Borough Council with responsibility for Equality, tells us about a recent HBC meeting at which Conservative councillors refused to agree to a clause…
Lift The Ban: Let Asylum Seekers Work!
By Jay Kramer Hastings & St Leonards took part in a national campaign on 15th June aimed at persuading the Home Office to allow asylum seekers to undertake paid work after six months of residence if their claim has not…