Tag archives for Robert Jenrick
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…
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…
No Asylum Accommodation at Pontins
Following the report in HIP 219 of hotels in Hastings being used as asylum hostels, it has emerged that the Home Office approached Rother District Council and East Sussex County…
SAVE THE CHILDREN!
Refugee aid group highlights safeguarding failures BY HUGH SULLIVAN On 24 January the UK Parliament debated allegations published in the national Observer newspaper the previous weekend that dozens of unaccompanied…
Urgent help needed for private renters
Trade union, Unite, has called on the government to ensure renters get the protection they need. The situation is particularly acute in Hastings and St Leonard’s with 40% of its…
Tight Schedule For Potential £25m Towns Fund Boost
Hastings is one of just three towns in Kent and East Sussex – the others are Margate and Newhaven – that have been selected to bid for up to £25m…
Historic High Streets: Another Regeneration Fund For Hastings Town Centre
With considerable media fanfare the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) announced last Saturday that a £95m regeneration fund is being released to “revitalise” historic high streets in…