Reverb Politics Show Jan 2018 - Setting the Council budget

General Election Special - Greens, Labour and analysis

Our political correspondent Geoffrey Bowden interviews Ollie Sykes from the Green Party, Lloyd Russel-Moyle from the Labour Party, and features a panel discussion with The Argus' Jody Doherty-Cove and Brighton & Hove News' Frank Le Duc.

General Election Special - Conservatives, Liberal Democrats & Brexit Party.

In the leadup to the General Election on December 12th, Geoffrey Bowden interviews Joe Miller from the Conservatives, Ben Thomas from the Liberal Democrats, and Andy Wood from the Brexit Party.

Reverb Politics Show March 2018 - countering religious intolerance

This month's edition of RadioReverb's Politics Show tackles the rise of religious intolerance in the UK and in our own city of Brighton and Hove.   The guests are Sidi El Alami, a Muslim community linguist and trustee of Sussex Interpreting Services, the inter-faith minister the Reverend Anthea Ballam and, from the Brighton and Hove Progressive Synagogue, Peter Bennett-Speck. They discuss the causes and explore how religious interollance can be countered. #Brighton #Hove #Religion #Politics

Reverb Politics Show East Brighton By-Election Special

With Lloyd Russell-Moyle finally standing down from the council six months after he was elected to serve as the Member of Parliament for Kemptown, a by-election has been triggered in his old East Brighton ward. We speak to the candidates about the issues facing residents of one of the city's most deprived wards. The by-election takes place on Thursday, 8th February.  #Brighton #Hove #By-Election #Council #Politics

Reverb Politics Show Jan 2018 - Setting the Council budget

This month we delve into the challenges faced by Councillors to set a budget against a background of continued central government funding cuts. A legal budget must be set, otherwise government officials will impose one. However, with a decrease in funding from the government, it can only mean cuts in services, job losses and an increase in Council Tax bills. We talk to the politicians at the heart of the decision-making. Joining us are Councillor Les Hamilton, Labour; Councillor Ollie Sykes, Green Party and Councillor Andew Wealls, Conservative Party. #Brighton #Hove #Budget #Council #CouncilTax