Village people tell Brighton council: ‘Go West’

It could almost be an episode of Yes Minister. Brighton and Hove City Council, with 280,000 residents, is desperate to hit Whitehall’s arbitrary threshold of 300,000 for unitary councils. Their solution? Annex the villages of Kingston Ward to the east – a 1,900-strong community near Lewes and inside the South Downs National Park. Last Wednesday […]