Brighton & Hove City Council has secured £155,000 from government to back the Sussex Six campaign, encouraging local shops and restaurants to stock more Sussex food and drink. Here's how the pledge works and what it means for the city.

The Sussex & Brighton Strategic Authority has secured £564,000 from government to study how buses across the region could be improved, including the option of franchising. Here's what the money pays for and what happens next.

The government has confirmed Brighton and Hove will absorb Peacehaven, Telscombe Cliffs and East Saltdean from April 2028, creating a council of 308,000 people. Lewes District Council is considering a legal challenge.

Brighton and Hove City Council has launched a Civic Leadership Programme with Operation Black Vote, aimed at getting more Black and Asian residents into roles as councillors, magistrates, school governors and trustees. The programme launched at Afrori Books on 9 July.

Brighton and Hove City Council is backing local charity Pelican Parcels with new pilot funding to help more families access essential items for babies and young children, following a warehouse visit from Council Leader Bella Sankey and Councillor Mitchie Alexander.

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 Albion Women reached the Women's FA Cup final for the first time in the club's history last weekend, playing in front of 43,917 fans at Wembley. The council leader says the impact on girls across the city will last a generation.

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.