A warm and heartfelt thank you to the small minority of Brighton and Hove councillors who joined the Defend Council Housing lobby of Parliament last Wednesday, or who sent messages of support.

Thanks also to the tenants, leaseholders and others who made the effort to attend and sorry to all those who heard about it too late.

We had a terrific day and, with ministers now sitting down with representatives of the campaign, we are more hopeful than ever that we can win the "fourth option" - of properly-funded direct investment in council housing.

-Ruth Arundell, Defend Council Housing in Brighton and Hove, Brighton