Around 50 adult learners in Brighton are being fast-tracked into professional counselling careers through a new partnership between the University of Brighton and Varndean College, with students now taught at the Moulsecoomb campus from September 2026.

Brighton and Hove City Council has been awarded the Sutton Trust Fair School Admissions Gold Award for the second consecutive year, recognising reforms including open admissions and free school meals priority that saw 83.5% of families get their first choice secondary school in 2026.

Book your appointment slot at Councillor Bella Sankey's leader's surgery in West Hill and North Laine ward at Jubilee Library on Tuesday 6 October, 1pm to 3pm.

Councillor Bella Sankey has written to the East Sussex Pension Committee demanding immediate divestment from companies on the UN list operating in illegal West Bank settlements, following the UK government's sanctions announcement on 8 September 2026.

A £6.4 million government grant will help Brighton and Hove City Council break the cycle of crisis-led spending on adult social care and homelessness, funding prevention, early intervention and digital improvements across both services over two years to 2027/28.

Councillor Bella Sankey has written to the Home Office with eight specific demands after a Brighton hotel housing asylum-seeking women and families was announced for closure, with residents facing dispersal within weeks.

Brighton and Hove City Council has submitted a £41 million bid to the Department for Transport to repair and strengthen 38 more Victorian seafront arches beneath King's Road, focusing on the arches east of Shelter Hall. Cabinet met on 3 September to approve the council's £4 million contribution. A decision from the DfT is expected in autumn 2026.

Brighton and Hove City Council voted on 17 September 2026 to close Wellington House Day Centre, the last council-run day service for adults with learning disabilities in the city. Dozens of protesters gathered outside Hove Town Hall before the vote. The 21 current service users will be moved to external providers once individual transition plans are in place.

Brighton and Hove City Council wants your views on the next stretch of the A259 Active Travel Scheme between Fourth Avenue and West Street. The plans replace the wand-separated cycle lane with one two-way lane, add around 70 parking spaces and reinstate a westbound traffic lane in places. The survey closes at midnight on 25 October 2026.

Contractors are clearing almost 600 drains and gullies across 237 flood risk roads in Brighton and Hove this autumn. More than 46,000 residents live in areas at risk of surface water flooding, and the consultation on the city's new Local Flood Risk Management Strategy closes at midnight on Saturday 26 September 2026.

Brighton and Hove City Council has granted a lease for the return of the Brighton Wheel to Madeira Drive. The 45-metre observation wheel closed in May 2016 and could be back and running by summer 2027.

Western Road faces 45 days of major reconstruction from 28 September, with a Red Route to follow if Cabinet approves it in September. Traders have handed in two petitions against the parking crackdown, totalling thousands of signatures, and a community campaign is now threatening a High Court challenge.

A new council campaign brings together 18 walks across Brighton and Hove, every one reachable by bus. Leave the car at home, catch a bus, and let it drop you at the start of a beautiful walk.

Brighton & Hove's summer Park & Ride is still running on five dates this August, including the bank holiday weekend. Park at Falmer, ride the 25 into the city for £6.50 a car. Here are the dates and how it works.

Councillors have agreed to consolidate Hove Park School onto its Nevill Campus from September 2028, closing the Valley Campus. The move responds to falling pupil numbers and promises improved SEND facilities.

Brighton & Hove has opened its City Plan Scoping Consultation, running 14 July to 7 September. Residents, businesses and community groups are invited to help shape housing, green space and development across the city for the next 15 years.

Brighton and Hove City Council has set out a three-year plan to expand specialist support for children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities, with new support bases, more help in mainstream schools and a refocused approach to alternative provision.

Brighton and Hove City Council has ruled out a costly rebuild of New England House and will instead open more than 30,000 square feet of workspace at Phoenix House and Lyndean House for creative businesses, while beginning the long-term regeneration of the site.

Brighton and Hove City Council is investing a further £1.3 million to improve bin collection reliability and reduce missed bins, while continuing to explore a possible future move from weekly to fortnightly rubbish collections. No decision has yet been made.

Brighton and Hove City Council is forecasting a potential overspend of almost £20 million this year and is asking government for up to £30 million in extra support, as rising social care costs squeeze budgets. Opposition councillors have questioned the figures.