20th May 2022 / 20th May 2022 by greengroup
An urgent meeting of senior Brighton & Hove City Councillors agreed to endorse the new governance arrangements for the NHS today. Green Councillors have today cautiously welcomed the introduction of new governance arrangements for the local NHS, which sees the chair of the city’s Health & Wellbeing Board appointed to a key decision-making body. The […]
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17th May 2022 / 20th July 2023 by greengroup
Greens have criticised the Conservative government for once again failing to maintain their 2020 pledge to ban conversion practices despite acknowledging the practice as “absolutely abhorrent” and “has no place in this country”. May 17th is the anniversary of the 1990 decision of the World Health Organisation to remove homosexuality from the Classification of Diseases […]
26th April 2022 / 26th April 2022 by greengroup
Green Councillors have once again called on the Government to do more for Ukrainian refugees Green councillors have once again challenged the Government’s flagship ‘Homes for Ukraine’ scheme. This follows a story in The Guardian of a Ukrainian who was left homeless in Brighton & Hove as her placement fell through. Greens say that […]
24th April 2022 / 24th April 2022 by greengroup
Libby Darling, the Green Party candidate in the upcoming by-election in Rottingdean Coastal ward, has raised alarm at the closure of St Luke’s Surgery in Saltdean Greens have today raised alarm at the closure of St Luke’s Surgery in Saltdean, announced last week by Sussex NHS commissioners. Although in practice, patients will be supported by […]
22nd April 2022 / 22nd April 2022 by greengroup
Green Councillor Sarah Nield has today written to the secretary of state for education, Nadhim Zahawi calling on measures to protect schools and communities from the ongoing impacts of covid-19. Green Councillors in Brighton & Hove have today called for the introduction of a better plan to manage the ongoing impacts of the pandemic in […]
21st April 2022 / 22nd April 2022 by greengroup
Greens welcome decision to grant a lease to Brighton & Hove City Mission. Work to support the city’s emergency food network has today been given a further endorsement, as councillors agreed to support the granting of a lease in a council-owned building to Brighton & Hove City Mission. Estimates quoted in a report to councillors […]
Following a joint letter from Cllrs Clare and Powell to Health Overview and Scrutiny Committee, NHS England have confirmed plans to improve access to trans healthcare in Sussex. Green Councillors have today celebrated news that NHS England are intending to open a gender identity clinic in Sussex by the end of the year. It follows […]
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 […]
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 […]
