Brighton and Hove

But many locals and tourists in particular who contribute to the city's main economy have no idea what's going on right under their noses.

Like the Brighton & Hove Food Partnership, whose slogan is food has the power to change lives through cooking together and accessing healthier food.

Tourists often walk right past the restaurants and cafes which source their ingredients locally and seasonally and support a local food economy.

Many locals have no idea of the diversity of our food cultures across the city.

Radical Discussions is a programme of talks led by local thought leaders with national and sometimes international impact and speakers from the city and beyond sharing ideas on how we can all change the conversation.

For example, Sustainable Food Cornwall and the Food Foundation will tell us about From the Ground Up, a citizen-led report on how a city or a town can create a fairer food system.

And we want to talk about how we're already on the way there with Brighton & Hove Food Partnerships working schools and communities.

Nick Saltmarsh of Hodmerdods is joining VegPower to talk about Bangin' Some Beans, the UK-wide campaign to double the consumption of beans by 2028 for human and planetary health.

Well, I first got on her track at Torquay.

From there, I drew Weymouth, Bournemouth, Portsmouth, Bognor, Worthing, Hove, Brighton, and...

I

trust you drew the obvious conclusion.

So I was there when Angela Rayner, the Secretary of State for Housing, Local Government and Communities, announced a rapid review of its local government reorganisation programme.

What does this mean? Well, it means decisions already made in several parts of England are being withdrawn, while plans across other groups of areas, including East Sussex, Brighton & Hove and West Sussex, are being paused and put back under review.

Now, East Sussex and Brighton & Hove, a decision had been made.

West Sussex, it hadn't.

But all of it is going back to the drawing board.

And so there's some, you know, dynamic good jobs there.

But you're also right to say that economically we tend to look northwards.

So it feels quite a long way to Brighton.