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Geoffrey interviews candidates from two parties and hosts a panel discussion with the Argus and Brighton & Hove News.

Geoffrey talks to candidates from three parties standing in Brighton & Hove.

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.



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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. 



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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.



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The end of year Politics Show is in two parts. It kicks off with satirist, comedian, journalist and political activist Mark Thomas giving his unique assessment of the current political landscape. Mark will be performing at Hove’s Old Market on Monday 30th January: http://theoldmarket.com/shows/mark-thomas-showtime-frontline/



In the second half of the Show two of Brighton & Hove’s best known journalists, Frank le Duc and Andrew Kay, look back at the highs and lows of the 2017 local political scene.