Lewes MP James MacCleary has this week secured a ministerial commitment to provide a full briefing on improving safety at HMP Lewes, following the most recent report which revealed soaring levels of violence, drug misuse, and self-harm at the prison.
James MacCleary, MP for the Lewes constituency, today pressed ministers in the House of Commons over the worsening gridlock on the A259 at Newhaven – and secured a commitment from the Roads Minister to meet and discuss urgent solutions.
"Over a decade of boarded-up shopfronts, scaffolding, and broken promises has done real damage to our town. Seaford deserves better..."
Lewes’ Liberal Democrat MP, James MacCleary, has voted in Parliament to introduce a new ‘blue flag’ status for rivers and chalk streams. Labour and Conservative MPs failed to vote for the motion, blocking it.
Cllr Kevin West and Lewes Liberal Democrats are urging that the office of the newly proposed Sussex Mayor be established in Lewes, the historic county town of Sussex.
Cllr Lesley Boniface has received a number of complaints following traffic issues which have been ongoing for a while and came to a head on Sat 5th April when SGN set up traffic lights to work on the gas network on the junction of Rose Walk and the A259.
