20th April 2022 / 22nd April 2022 by greengroup
Ahead of a protest against sewage pollution held in Worthing this weekend, Green candidate in the Rottingdean by-election Libby Darling has called for Rottingdean to get access to its own water quality monitoring. The Green Party has today called for the Environment Agency to ‘designate’ Rottingdean beach as bathing waters. At present, Rottingdean beach does […]
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8th April 2022 / 20th May 2022 by greengroup
A joint letter from Cllrs Clare and Powell to Health Overview and Scrutiny Committee next week calls for councillor investigation on ‘state of trans healthcare’. Green Councillors have called on the NHS in Brighton and Hove to review how it can improve healthcare for people who are trans. In a letter to April’s meeting of […]
4th April 2022 / 4th April 2022 by greengroup
Libby Darling, the Green Party candidate in the upcoming by-election in Rottingdean Coastal ward, has welcomed the news that BTN bikeshare will introduce electric cycles and more hubs in 2023. The Green Party has welcomed a recent announcement that BTN Bikeshare, the city’s cycle hire scheme, looks set to expand next year. Brighton & Hove […]
31st March 2022 / 30th March 2022 by greengroup
The Brighton and Hove Green Party is proud to stand with our trans and non-binary siblings. We will not tolerate exclusion, discrimination or gender-based violence. Councillor Steph Powell co-Chair Tourism, Equalities, Communities and Culture committee says: “During the pandemic transphobic abuse has increased with four in five trans people in the UK experiencing a hate crime in the previous 12 months. We owe it to our trans siblings to […]
28th March 2022 / 28th March 2022 by greengroup
Brighton & Hove Green Party have launched a petition calling on Southern Water to stop releasing sewage into our seas and rivers Brighton & Hove Green Party have launched a new petition calling on Southern Water to commit to reducing sewage dumps into our waters to zero. Between 2010-2015, Southern Water knowingly dumped untreated sewage […]
24th March 2022 / 23rd April 2022 by greengroup
Brighton and Hove Green Party have announced Libby Darling as their candidate in the upcoming by-election in Rottingdean Coastal ward. Brighton and Hove City Council’s ruling party, have confirmed their candidate for the upcoming by-election in Rottingdean Coastal ward. It follows the announcement of Conservative Councillor Joe Miller’s resignation. Libby Darling previously stood for the […]
21st March 2022 / 21st March 2022 by greengroup
APPROACH TO SAFE PASSAGE & ADEQUATE SUPPORT FOR REFUGEES Dear Secretaries of State, We write as Leader of Brighton & Hove City Council in conjunction with local charity Sanctuary onSea which, alongside other community groups, is committed to the welfare of refugees. Together,we are deeply concerned about the approach being taken to ensure safe passage […]
16th December 2021 / 11th October 2023 by greengroup
Tories refuse to heed advice on reducing contacts as other councils pull meetings in face of public health warnings Green Councillors have hit back at Conservatives for refusing to prioritise public health as Brighton & Hove follows other councils cancelling in-person meetings in the face of Omicron. Green, Labour and Conservative leaders previously lobbied the […]
9th December 2021 / 9th December 2021 by greengroup
Government failure to plan for new variants scuppers council plans to boost in-person options for staff and public Greens have criticised opposition councillors after two proposals to Brighton and Hove City Council next week were published yesterday, 8 Dec, calling for council services to ‘get back to work.’ Their publication comes on the same evening […]
22nd November 2021 / 11th October 2023 by greengroup
Work now progresses to the next stage, where council will develop initial list of locations for first 100 covered cycle racks. 2,053 responses were received to a survey, which finished on Sunday 14th November, where residents were asked to input where they would like to see a covered cycle hangar on their street. It follows funding […]
