Councillors Blog
1st June 2019 / 14th June 2019 by hannahclare
This post is written by Cllr Steph Powell, Councillor for Hanover and Elm Grove Ward. Every year in June we celebrate Pride month. We do this to remember the Stonewall riots which occurred in 1969, which happened in response to a police raid at the Stonewall bar in New York. From that moment the gay, […]
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28th May 2019 / 14th June 2019 by hannahclare
Today is Menstrual Hygiene Day, which takes place on 28th May each year. The day raises awareness of the importance of menstrual health and highlights the issues faced by those who don’t have the access they need to period products. Since last year, the work to eradicate period poverty has come on significantly. In Brighton […]
24th May 2019 / 14th June 2019 by hannahclare
This post is written by Cllr Phélim Mac Cafferty, Convenor of Brighton & Hove’s Green Group of Councillors The city council held its annual meeting on Wednesday night to determine the roles of all councillors and this is my first column as the newly elected leader of the official opposition. I was immensely proud to […]
21st May 2019 / 14th June 2019 by hannahclare
This post is written by Cllr Elaine Hills, Councillor for Hanover and Elm Grove Ward. Every weekday morning in term-time, a massive queue of cars crawls along outside my daughter’s school in Brighton. The entire line grinds to a halt each time the car at the front stops and kids burst out. The kids go […]
13th May 2019 / 14th June 2019 by hannahclare
This post is written by Cllr Martin Osborne, Councillor for Hollingdean and Stanmer Ward. his May I was honoured to be elected as one of the 19 Green councillors to Brighton and Hove City Council. As a 25-year-old, I am pleased to be representing the younger generation. I was particularly proud of the other two […]
Cllr Sarah Nield is a newly-elected councillor on Brighton and Hove City Council. This week, children in year 6 will sit their Standardised Assessment Tests (SATs). To me, they quite simply make no sense: created to assess schools, not children, they assume that schools can be measured against each other in some meaningful way by […]
12th May 2019 / 14th June 2019 by hannahclare
This post has been written by newly-elected Green Councillor Clare Rainey, councilor for Queens Park ward. On Sunday we are celebrating National Children’s Day which is all about the importance of a healthy childhood, and the need to protect the rights and freedoms of children in order to ensure that they can grow into happy, […]
10th May 2019 / 14th June 2019 by hannahclare
The votes are in and the message could not be clearer: residents want a much stronger Green voice on our city council. Thank you to everyone who voted Green and helped us win so magnificently. Leaping from 11 to 19 councillors overnight, Greens took seats from both Conservative and Labour Parties – winning back seats […]
9th May 2019 / 14th June 2019 by hannahclare
This post is written by Cllr Marianna Ebel, Councillor for Goldsmid Ward. Today we are celebrating the European Union and all that it gives us. To me the EU means peace, guaranteed human rights, freedom of movement and building friendships, relationship & families across borders. Borders that have become more and more irrelevant in our […]
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7th February 2019 / 17th April 2020 by greengroup
Response to city development plan from Green Group made public Green Councillors have published their response to Brighton and Hove City Council’s development plan, City Plan Part Two, including new ideas for affordable housing and sustainable transport they say will enable the city to thrive into the future. The response submitted by Green Councillors is […]
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6th February 2019 / 6th February 2019 by greengroup
Proposals left domestic violence groups facing uncertain future, say Greens Plans by the Labour Council to cut £50,000 from domestic and sexual violence budgets have been dropped. [1] Greens had repeatedly called on the Labour Council to scrap the cut, raising concerns at several meetings of Full Council and council committees. Following pressure, details in budget […]
14th December 2018 / 14th February 2020 by hannahclare
City Council becomes latest to commit to action on climate change and species extinction Brighton and Hove City Council has become the latest council to declare a state of climate emergency following a call from the Greens. Green plans for council action on climate change and protection of the natural environment were agreed by all […]
12th December 2018 / 14th February 2020 by hannahclare
City Council urged to halt further CO2 emissions by 2030 and address species extinction as environmental crisis deepens Green Councillors are calling for Brighton and Hove to become the latest council to declare a state of ‘climate emergency’ following a UN report that revealed there are just 12 years left to limit the damage of […]
5th December 2018 by hannahclare
Set up a council-run litter enforcement service for the city, say Greens Brighton and Hove could soon have a council-run litter enforcement service after pressure from Green Councillors led the Labour Council to u-turn on outsourcing to private company 3GS. Greens raised repeated concerns about Labour’s management of the litter contract with 3GS after the […]
16th October 2018 by hannahclare
Popular Green Party petition will be heard by all parties and triggers Council debate Thousands of Brighton and Hove residents have signed a petition calling for a ‘People’s Vote’ on any Brexit deal. The petition, started by Green Party Councillor Pete West, states: “The government and parliament were given a mandate to negotiate a Brexit […]
12th October 2018 by hannahclare
Fight against cuts to NHS and other services ‘a matter of life and death’ Green Councillors will march in solidarity with communities defending public services at a public rally organised for this Saturday, October 13th. Coordinated by Sussex Defend the NHS and the Brighton and Hove Trades Council, the ‘Matter of Life and Death’ march […]
9th October 2018 by hannahclare
Council can and must act now say Greens as climate scientists give 12 year ultimatum The Green Group of Councillors have reaffirmed their call for an end to fracking and called for ‘immediate action’ on climate change following a damning report from the UN on global warming. A report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate […]
21st September 2018 by hannahclare
We have every right to be anxious about the impact of Brexit on our Council and its services, writes Councillor Phélim Mac Cafferty following a speech on the People’s Vote Just this week further details of the Brexit mess have been unveiled: The National Audit Office has slammed government departments for their inadequate planning for […]
26th July 2018 / 28th May 2022 by hannahclare
Today we wear the symbol with pride – but despite progress, we know that our activism must continue
4th June 2018 / 28th May 2022 by hannahclare
Litter is piling up in the city – a depressing visual reminder that the Labour Council has failed to get a grip on waste, writes Councillor Leo Littman
28th March 2018 by hannahclare
Come clean on why city’s residents are stopped from recycling plastics, say Greens FOI reveals Veolia ‘not willing’ to adapt £1bn contract to include plastics recycling 28/3/18 Greens have called on the Labour Council to come clean about plastics recycling in the city after a Freedom of Information Request from Materials Recycling World magazine revealed […]
Labour Council’s plastic waste measures don’t go far enough, say Greens Response to campaign for plastic free city a step in the right direction but slow progress holds city back 28/3/18 Greens have called for stronger action on plastic waste, urging the Labour Council to act swiftly to prevent more plastic pollution. A successful proposal […]
8th March 2018 by hannahclare
Councillor Alex Phillips This International Women’s Day will be my first as a mother. I have been a councillor for almost a decade but this year I have a newborn in tow too. I am neither disabled nor BAME and so have never experienced the inherent discrimination that women councillors pertaining to those two groups […]
27th February 2018 / 28th May 2022 by hannahclare
Greens have responded to news that the Labour leader of Brighton and Hove City Council, Warren Morgan, has resigned. Convenor of the Green Group of Councillors, Councillor Phélim Mac Cafferty, commented: “Labour’s Council leader has been ousted by his own divided party. But look around the city and signs of Labour’s self-implosion are everywhere. Graffiti, […]