Brighton and Hove City Council has published its seafront investment prospectus, setting out plans to transform 13 kilometres of coastline including a potential landmark art gallery at Black Rock, a revamped Brighton Centre and 1,000 new homes at the Marina.

Brighton and Hove City Council has reduced its median ethnicity pay gap to zero and made significant progress on disability pay equality, according to new workforce data published in May 2026.

One in four children in Brighton and Hove is living in poverty. The city has the highest homelessness rate in Sussex. A new independent review is recruiting residents with lived experience of poverty to sit on a panel and help shape real solutions. Applications close 19 June 2026.