“Save Wellington House” Campaign Makes BBC News

UNISON Brighton & Hove joined protestors outside the council’s offices at Hove Town Hall on the 26th of February to prevent the council closing the day centre for people with disabilities, Wellington House.

Corinna Edwards-Colledge, Brighton & Hove Unison co-chair, told the BBC’s Local Democracy Reporting Service that the closure would be a "disaster".

"These 21 people would not have a service in the community," she said. She criticised the council's proposed cost-cutting as a "false economy".

"People who use the service are likely to end up in residential care which could cost the council hundreds of thousands of pounds," she added.

In Brighton & Hove City Council's annual budget, it is proposing to close Wellington House Day Centre, to save £400,000. More than 2,000 local residents have signed the petition against its closure.