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15th March 2024 / 15th March 2024 by ExtComms
Taxpayer to foot £1.5m bill thanks to Labour’s decision to close schools, say Greens Labour’s decision to close two much-loved local schools could end up costing the taxpayer £1.5million, according to opposition Green councillors on Labour-run Brighton & Hove City Council. Labour councillors had ignored last-minute pleas from parents and teachers and voted overwhelmingly to […]
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5th March 2024 / 5th March 2024 by ExtComms
Green Leader of the Opposition on Brighton & Hove City Council Councillor Steve Davis has reacted to news that two former Labour councillors, Bharti Gajjar and Chandni Mistry, currently under investigation into claims of electoral fraud, have stated they will resign. Councillor Davis said “This announcement is long overdue. It’s a disgrace that thanks to […]
1st March 2024 / 1st March 2024 by ExtComms
Labour-controlled Brighton & Hove City Council is scrapping a pioneering environmental school project without providing any replacement. The ‘Our City Our World’ project worked with schools throughout the city to raise awareness of climate change but saw its £41,000 council funding scrapped by Labour last week as part of £30 million of cuts to local […]
22nd February 2024 / 22nd February 2024 by ExtComms
Green councillors voted against more than £20 million in cuts to vital local services. They told Labour councillors responsible for the plans they will have to take full responsibility for the devastating impact of their budget on the most vulnerable people in Brighton and Hove. Labour councillors refused all opposition amendments to their budget at […]
Green councillors react with dismay to Labour-run Brighton & Hove City Council’s latest plan to introduce a ‘cabinet’ decision-making system. Labour wants a handful of powerful councillors to take most decisions rather than the more open committee system that has operated for decades according to news outlet Brighton and Hove News. Green convenor and leader […]
13th February 2024 / 13th February 2024 by ExtComms
Labour is being asked to U-turn on planned cuts at Brighton & Hove City Council to two much-loved local bus routes by Green councillors who argue axing services to Devil’s Dyke and Ditchling Beacon risks cutting people off from the South Downs. The Labour-run council is being asked to U-turn on planned cuts to two […]
12th February 2024 / 12th February 2024 by ExtComms
Labour Party councillors on Brighton & Hove City Council are being urged to use a last-minute grant of more than half a million to shield the city’s most-vulnerable from devastating incoming service cuts. Brighton & Hove City Council’s Labour administration published its budget proposals last week – with tens of millions of pounds set to […]
10th February 2024 / 10th February 2024 by ExtComms
Siân revealed what voters in Brighton have said they want from their next Green MP at an evening event held today. The event was hosted by Zack Polanski, Deputy Leader of the Green Party, alongside the MP for Brighton Pavilion, Caroline Lucas. Kiri, from the youth-led ‘Green New Deal Rising’, spoke to the urgency felt […]
5th February 2024 / 6th February 2024 by ExtComms
In his regular column for the Brighton Argus newspaper Green councillor Steve Davis calls for more transparency from Brighton & Hove’s Labour-controlled council on a workplace bullying culture in the city’s street cleaning services. Steve highlights two areas where Labour are falling short: the recent report into workplace bullying and other problems at the city’s […]
3rd February 2024 / 5th February 2024 by ExtComms
Siân Berry, Green MP candidate for Brighton Pavilion, showed her support for Patcham Memorial Hall and all of the city’s community spaces attending the centenary celebrations for the hall to celebrate its opening 100 years prior on the 2 February 1924. Patcham Memorial Hall was opened by Colonel Campion, then MP for Lewes, after the […]
2nd February 2024 / 3rd February 2024 by ExtComms
Labour-run Brighton & Hove Council published its budget on Wednesday, revealing huge cuts to local services – including many directly impacting the city’s younger residents. Labour councillors have been accused of ignoring children and young people after amending a council motion to remove the need to listen to young people impacted by widespread cuts. Green […]
1st February 2024 / 1st February 2024 by ExtComms
Labour’s decision not to share details of huge cuts to public services until the last possible minute has robbed residents and community groups of the chance to campaign for vital services to be saved, according to Green councillors. Labour’s decision not to share details of huge cuts to public services until the last possible minute […]
30th January 2024 / 30th January 2024 by ExtComms
Strike action on the cards if Labour push ahead with compulsory redundancies Public service workers facing job cuts and redundancy proposals will have their access to trade union advice and support curtailed, after it was revealed Labour-controlled Brighton & Hove Council plan to slash trade union facility time (where union reps can help members in […]
Cuts have been ‘shrouded in secrecy’ with public left in dark over future of services Decisions that will affect the services and jobs that hundreds of people in the city rely on are being made behind closed doors, Greens say, condemning Labour for jettisoning a council consultation process that would have given community groups more […]
26th January 2024 / 26th January 2024 by ExtComms
Green councillors are demanding Brighton & Hove City Council learns lessons from the recent “insincere” consultations carried out ahead of Labour’s decision to close two schools and a much-loved nursery in the city. Parents and staff at St Peter’s Community Primary and Nursery School, St Bartholomew’s CE Primary School, and Bright Start nursery have been […]
25th January 2024 / 25th January 2024 by ExtComms
Siân says let’s buy back New data from Siân Berry, Green MP candidate for Brighton Pavilion constituency, published in the Argus newspaper has revealed that almost a third (32.9%) of social housing in Brighton and Hove has been lost since the introduction of ‘Right to Buy’* in 1980, while Caroline Lucas takes action in Parliament.1,2 […]
23rd January 2024 / 23rd January 2024 by ExtComms
Labour must not impose glyphosate spraying on residents who do not want this chemical being used on the street where they live Labour councillors on Brighton & Hove City Council’s Environment Committee have today voted to reintroduce glyphosate, a toxic weed killer, to the city’s streets. Councillors were asked to consider a proposal from the […]
Labour councillors reject alternative proposal to merge sites A last-ditch proposal to explore alternatives to save Bright Start nursery and St Bartholomew’s School from closure has been rejected by Labour Councillors at a meeting of Brighton & Hove City Council’s Children’s Committee yesterday evening. Committee members were asked by the Greens to consider pausing the […]
17th January 2024 / 17th January 2024 by ExtComms
Nine Labour Councillors, Cllrs Robinson, Williams, Fowler, Evans, Grimshaw, Miller, O’Quinn, Wilkinson and Alexander are signatories to Pesticide Action Network UK’s pesticide pledge Nine Labour Councillors, Cllrs Robinson, Williams, Fowler, Evans, Grimshaw, Miller, O’Quinn, Wilkinson and Alexander are signatories to Pesticide Action Network UK’s pesticide pledge Greens have hit back at the Labour Council for putting […]
6th December 2023 / 6th December 2023 by ExtComms
Green city councillors call on Brighton & Hove City Council to offer support to those affected by the violent events in Israel and in Palestine, ahead of a meeting of all councillors on 14 December. Green Councillor Chloë Goldsmith, who will propose the notice of motion on behalf of the Green Group on Thursday 14 December, […]
23rd November 2023 / 24th November 2023 by ExtComms
The Green Group of Councillors on Brighton & Hove City Council have responded to the resignation of Labour Councillor Les Hamilton. They said: “Les Hamilton has been a councillor for 52 years – an incredible record of public service. His devotion to championing the needs of his residents in Portslade is unquestionable. He is respected […]
20th November 2023 / 23rd November 2023 by ExtComms
Councillor Steve Davis, Green Party convenor of the Green Group of Councillors and leader of the opposition on Brighton & Hove City Council, said: “We welcome the publication of the independent King’s Counsel report into conduct at the Cityclean depot and thank Aileen McColgan KC for her hard work, diligence, and professionalism. “Each of the […]
9th November 2023 / 10th November 2023 by ExtComms
Green Councillors in Brighton & Hove appeal for the end of destruction and loss of innocent life in Israel and Gaza, and express their support for all local communities. Brighton & Hove Green Councillors stand with all of our city’s communities affected by the horrific events in Israel and Gaza. Our thoughts are with the […]
8th November 2023 / 9th November 2023 by ExtComms
Greens express dismay as Labour confirm plans to introduce school transport charge for 16+ year olds with disabilities – despite negative consultation result. Parents flag concerns charges will prevent post-16s with ‘SEND’ from attending college An announcement that post-16 year olds with special educational needs and disabilities will now be asked to pay towards the […]
