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 […]
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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 […]
18th March 2022 / 28th May 2022 by hannahclare
A recent comment at the end of an email from Bricycles struck me as really important. In a section named ‘Hove we have a problem’, they highlighted how Hove and Portslade has been increasingly left behind when it comes to ‘active travel’ (walking and cycling) improvements. As someone who gets around by cycling and as […]
9th March 2022 / 9th March 2022 by
The Green Party has voted overwhelmingly to introduce schemes which reunite unaccompanied child refugees with their families and to make permanent the current temporary scheme mandating councils to take unaccompanied asylum-seeking children (UASC). Since July last year, the number of small boat crossings to the UK has increased. This pressure has forced many child refugees […]
Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty takes as its model the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, which has been ratified by 50 United Nations member states The Green Party has today demanded that the UK Government and the Welsh Senedd sign up to the international Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty (FFNPT) to immediately end expansion of new coal, oil and […]
28th February 2022 / 28th February 2022 by
Green councillors have marked the end of LGBT+ history month with a call for continued joint work to promote equality in the city and tackle multiple discrimination people face. Noting recent data showing that homophobic and gender identity hate incidences and crimes reported to the police have increased, Greens say LGBT+ history month sends a […]
7th February 2022 / 7th February 2022 by
Council formally agrees to endorse the creation of a Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty. Brighton & Hove City Council has agreed to endorse the creation of a Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty at a meeting held on Thursday 3rd February 2022. Following proposals from Green Councillors, the council has formally endorsed the creation of a treaty, joining […]
28th January 2022 / 28th January 2022 by
Support for sustainable flood prevention schemes in the city follows serious health concerns around raw sewage discharges in the sea around Saltdean Calls for greater investment and engagement from Southern Water following repeated reports of untreated sewage being dumped into the sea off the city’s coast were agreed by councillors last week. This follows Green […]
