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The Temporary-Accommodation Crisis Behind the 2026/27 Budget
Explain how rising demand, limited supply and nightly-paid accommodation affect families and council finances.
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Clear explanations of local government, public services, population and democracy.
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The Council Plan 2023–2027: Promises, Measures and Accountability
Turn the council’s headline priorities into a readable guide to commitments, delivery measures and public reporting.
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Community Safety Strategy 2026–2029: Priorities and Evidence
Describe the partnership’s agreed priorities and how crime, harm and resident experience inform them.
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What the JSNA Tells Us About the City’s Needs
Explain how the Joint Strategic Needs Assessment combines population, health and service evidence to guide local decisions.
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Preventing Violence Against Women and Girls: The 2025–2028 Strategy
Explain prevention, survivor support, perpetrator accountability and safer-public-space commitments using trauma-aware language.
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How Brighton & Hove Fits Into NHS Surrey and Sussex After April 2026
Map the responsibilities of the integrated care board, local NHS providers, council public health and adult social care.
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Neighbourhood Policing: How Priorities and Crime Data Should Be Read
Show how neighbourhood priorities are set and why recorded-crime figures need geographic and reporting context.
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Community Pharmacy and Primary-Care Access: What the 2025 Needs Assessment Found
Summarise citywide access, need and geographic coverage without profiling individual commercial providers.
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Fire, Rescue and Citywide Emergency Planning: Who Does What
Map the responsibilities of the council, emergency services, health bodies and resilience partnerships before and during incidents.
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The Health and Wellbeing Strategy to 2030
Explain the strategy’s life-course priorities and how council and health organisations share responsibility for delivery.
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The Health Gap Across Brighton & Hove
Use official evidence to show how healthy life expectancy and outcomes vary between communities without stereotyping them.
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From 277,200 to 283,870: Understanding Population Estimates and Revisions
Explain why Census 2021, mid-year estimates and revised official series can give different population totals.
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Mental Health and Suicide Prevention: Reading the Local Evidence Responsibly
Present trends, risk factors and prevention work with careful context, signposting and no sensationalism.
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A Younger City in an Older Region: Brighton & Hove’s Age Profile
Compare the city’s age structure with regional and national patterns and connect it cautiously to service demand.
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Sexual and Reproductive Health: The City’s Public-Health Priorities
Explain prevention, testing, contraception and inequality priorities at population level rather than reviewing providers.
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Density by the Sea, Open Downland to the North
Use small-area census evidence to show how settlement density varies sharply within the local-authority boundary.
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Alcohol, Drugs and Multiple Compound Needs: How Services Connect
Describe the public-health and safeguarding response to overlapping substance use, homelessness, trauma and mental ill-health.
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How Brighton & Hove’s Ethnic Mix Changed Between 2011 and 2021
Present census change using comparable categories while acknowledging that identities and questions evolve.
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Adult Social Care: Assessment, Eligibility and Personal Budgets Explained
Guide readers through needs assessments, national eligibility rules, financial assessments and care-planning choices.
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Migration, Country of Birth and Languages Spoken
Use official statistics to explain the city’s international population without treating birthplace, nationality and ethnicity as interchangeable.
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Prevention, Reablement and Hospital Discharge: Why They Matter
Show how short-term support and joined-up discharge planning aim to preserve independence and reduce avoidable readmission.
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Why Brighton & Hove Is a Unitary Authority
Explain which local-government responsibilities sit with the city council and how that differs from two-tier areas.
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A City Where Most Residents Report No Religion
Explore the 2021 census result while explaining that the voluntary question measures self-identification, not belief or practice.
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Think Carer: The 2026 Direction for Unpaid-Carer Support
Explain how the city’s emerging approach seeks to identify, involve and support unpaid carers across services.
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