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20th September 2024 / 20th September 2024 by ExtComms
Despite an increase in their number, Green councillors on Brighton & Hove City Council will not receive an extra seat on a key scrutiny committee. Since winning an extra council seat at the Brunswick & Adelaide by-election in Hove on 4 July, Green councillors have been due to receive an extra seat on the council’s […]
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18th September 2024 / 18th September 2024 by ExtComms
The call follows recent medal wins from two Brighton & Hove athletes at the Paris 2024 Olympics 17 September 2024 – Brighton & Hove Green councillors are proposing that Brighton & Hove City Council should award the prestigious Freedom of the City to Brighton Table Tennis Club (BTTC), in recognition of the incredible work they […]
8th September 2024 / 8th September 2024 by ExtComms
8 September 2024 – Tributes to Caroline Lucas poured in at Autumn Green Party Conference (6-9 September, Manchester) Green Party conference delegates burst into huge applause and gave a standing ovation for Brighton’s former Green MP Caroline Lucas as she addressed the conference with a passionate valedictory speech about the future of Green politics. Caroline […]
9th August 2024 / 10th August 2024 by ExtComms
Wednesday’s counter-demonstration showed hope will always win against hate in Brighton and Hove 9 August 2024 – Brighton and Hove Green Party were proud to join the thousands of counter-protesters who flooded Queen’s Road in Brighton to protest peacefully against the threat of organised racist and Islamophobia violence on the streets of our city on […]
22nd July 2024 / 24th July 2024 by ExtComms
Pic: Westminster’s newly elected Green MPs L-R: Siân Berry, Carla Denyer, Adrian Ramsay and Ellie Chowns Reacting to the King’s Speech, Adrian Ramsay MP said: “Labour promised change but it has fallen short of the urgent transformative programme we need, and which the Government has the power to deliver. “Our four Green MPs, and the […]
18th July 2024 / 4th August 2024 by ExtComms
18 July 2024 – Part of Siân Berry’s MP’s maiden speech in Parliament Siân said, “It’s a good sign for Green coverage that the BBC News at 10pm included a part of my maiden speech last night. Listening to the wonderful people in Brighton during the election made it SO clear what my mission in […]
5th July 2024 / 6th July 2024 by ExtComms
Siân Berry has won Brighton Pavilion for the Green Party of England and Wales to succeed Caroline Lucas. Greens made history with three other MPs also being elected for the first time: Carla Denyer in Bristol Central, Adrian Ramsay in Waveney Valley and Ellie Chowns in North Herefordshire. Brighton Pavilion result 4 July 2024 (BBC) […]
4th July 2024 / 4th July 2024 by ExtComms
Polls open until 10pm tonight – Thursday 4 July ‘Leap’ waits patiently outside a polling station while a human owner votes inside. Will you spare time to vote today? Polls open until 10pm. Bring original photo ID. You can also bring unposted postal ballots (no ID needed for these). Please remember to vote today. Polls […]
3rd July 2024 / 3rd July 2024 by ExtComms
Anything in the list below works. Polls open 7am to 10pm Thursday 4th July 2024. Thank you if you are able to support the Green Party candidate wherever you live. Guidance from the UK government: the photo ID you show must be the original version. You cannot use a photograph, image on a phone or […]
2nd July 2024 / 3rd July 2024 by ExtComms
Pic: L-R city MP candidates Sophie Broadbent, Sian Berry and Elaine Hills 2 July 2024: The Green Party of Brighton & Hove warmly welcomes and thanks the many Labour voters and activists across the city who are joining us in voting or endorsing one or more of our three Green MP candidates: Sian Berry in […]
27th June 2024 / 2nd July 2024 by ExtComms
Here’s some fact-checker info to help you understand the local context as there’s been a lot of misinformation in the election campaign – last updated 27 June 2024 “The Green Council” – fact: we don’t have a Green council, the city has a majority Labour-run council Bins / missed refuse collections This has been […]
22nd June 2024 / 24th June 2024 by ExtComms
Pic: empty chairs or rather in foreground the empty desk for the city’s three Labour MP candidates at the Workers Question Time hustings. Elaine Hills, the Green MP candidate for Brighton Kemptown & Peacehaven, noted on X/Twitter the absence of the all six (overall total) Tory and Labour city MP candidates at a key local […]
20th June 2024 / 23rd June 2024 by ExtComms
Greens criticise Labour’s rushed decision-making on Brighton & Hove Council’s schools closure Picture from December 2023: St Bartholomew’s Church of England Primary School (central Brighton). Greens call for a change of course, as children are left without school places for September start of the school year. 20 June 2024: The Labour city council administration repeatedly […]
14th June 2024 / 14th June 2024 by ExtComms
England and Wales Greens launched their national manifesto at Sussex County Cricket Ground in Hove – 12 June The Green Party’s manifesto is designed to “invest to mend broken Britain.” The Party says that a fairer, greener tax system will raise tens of billions of pounds by asking super-rich multimillionaires and billionaires to pay more, equalising […]
11th June 2024 / 12th June 2024 by ExtComms
11 June 2024: The Green Party MP candidate for Brighton Pavilion constituency has issued a challenge to all other candidates to sign up to a ‘Clean Campaign Promise’. Siân Berry said: “Now we have the final list of people standing, I would like to challenge all the other candidates in Brighton Pavilion to agree to […]
2nd June 2024 / 12th June 2024 by ExtComms
Former councillor Ollie Sykes selected as Green Party candidate in Brunswick & Adelaide by-election Brighton and Hove Green Party has selected former Brunswick & Adelaide councillor, Ollie Sykes, as the Green Party candidate for the Brunswick & Adelaide by-election on Thursday 4th July. This council by-election will be held on the same day as the […]
13th May 2024 / 13th May 2024 by ExtComms
13 May 2024 In March, Labour-run Brighton & Hove City Council proposed to merge the Health Overview and Scrutiny Committee (HOSC) into a ‘People’ Scrutiny Committee, under new governance arrangements. Following objections from Green Councillors, they quietly reversed their proposals and HOSC is to remain as its own committee. The purpose of HOSC is to […]
6th May 2024 / 7th May 2024 by ExtComms
Green candidates congratulated the new Labour councillors on being elected to represent the people of Kemptown and Queen’s Park wards on Brighton & Hove City Council. The results, which were announced Sunday afternoon, showed a drop in support for Labour and an increase in support for the Greens. There was a 8.5% swing from Labour […]
30th April 2024 / 1st May 2024 by ExtComms
30 April 2024 – Green Party candidates for the Queen’s Park and Kemptown city council by-elections Thursday 2 May, Luke Walker and Ricky Perrin, are calling on the Labour Party to be honest with residents and apologise for the involvement of Labour councillors in reinstating employees sacked for bullying at CityClean, the troubled council-operated waste collection […]
13th April 2024 / 16th April 2024 by ExtComms
13 April 2024 – The Green Party has chosen former BBC journalist Jonathan Kent as its candidate for Sussex Police and Crime Commissioner. Voters across Sussex, including Brighton & Hove, will go to the polls on Thursday 2 May to pick the new Police and Crime Commissioner, the same day as two Brighton & Hove […]
2nd April 2024 / 13th April 2024 by ExtComms
2 April 2024 – Ricky, 45, is a community campaigner, disability sports teacher and a dad. Brighton-born, he has lived in the city for most of his life and in east Brighton for the last eight years. “Every penny counts right now for schools, social care, charity, community and third sector organisations in the city. […]
27th March 2024 / 27th March 2024 by ExtComms
27 March 2024 Local teacher Luke Walker is the Green Party’s candidate for the Queen’s Park by-election on Brighton & Hove City Council. The by-election in the central Brighton neighbourhood will take place on Thursday 2 May. Luke, 46, is a green campaigner, a writer and a keen gardener on his allotment. A dad, Luke […]
26th March 2024 / 18th April 2024 by ExtComms
26 March 2024 – Steve Davis, convenor of the Green group of councillors on Brighton & Hove City Council, has called for the Labour Party to pay the cost of the two by-elections that have been announced for Thursday 2 May in Queen’s Park and Kemptown wards. “Labour have themselves suggested that their two councillors, […]
25th March 2024 / 14th April 2024 by ExtComms
25 March 2024 – The Green Party is delighted to announce that local members have selected two more parliamentary candidates in Brighton and Hove. Sophie Broadbent and Elaine Hills will represent the party in the next general election alongside Sian Berry, the firm favourite to replace Green Party MP Caroline Lucas in Brighton Pavilion. Elaine […]
