25th May 2018 by
25 May 2018 25th May Greens condemn UK appeasement of Israeli forces’ massacre of unarmed Palestinians Green MEP Keith Taylor, a member of the European Parliament’s Palestine Delegation, has responded to the UK Government, White House and other prominent actors’ responses to the Israeli security forces’ “massacre” of more than 50 unarmed Palestinian people on […]
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4th May 2018 by
4 May 2018 4th May Green MEP on Customs Union: Amber signal for stay or go? Keith Taylor, Green MEP for the South East, is calling on the Government to commit to Customs Union membership post- Brexit, after the Home Secretary Amber Rudd suggested the Government’s Customs Union position was up for discussion. Responding […]
1st May 2018 by
1 May 2018 The Green Group of Councillors have commented on news that The Bridge Community Centre has closed down. Convenor of the Green Group, Councillor Phélim Mac Cafferty said: “Greens are deeply saddened to hear of the closure of one of the city’s most important community centres – the Bridge, in Moulsecoomb. The Bridge […]
27th April 2018 by
27 April 2018 27th April Dieselgate: ‘Some real victories in new EU rules but UK consumers could lose out,’ Green MEP In the wake of the Dieselgate scandal, the European Parliament voted on Thursday [19 April] for new legislation on type-approval and EU market surveillance of motor vehicles. Responding to the vote, Keith Taylor, Green […]
25th April 2018 by
25 April 2018 Greens have repeated their call for action on GP shortages following news that another surgery in the city faces closure. Hove Park Villas surgery, which has a list of4,350 patients, could shut its doors in October 2018 due to a shortage of doctors. A letter from the Clinical Commissioning Group to local […]
20th April 2018 by
20 April 2018 Greens are supporting the campaign to end immigration detention after a local resident demanded the Council speak out against the practice. The ‘These Walls Must Fall,’ proposal, which calls on the Government to find alternatives to indefinite detention, was backed by all parties on Brighton and Hove City Council. Figures estimate that […]
18th April 2018 by
18 April 2018 Greens have called on rail companies to do more to engage with the public, following news that there will be no direct trains between London and Brighton during the opening weekend of the Brighton Festival and Fringe. Councillor Phélim Mac Cafferty has spoken in support of a Brighton and Hove Friends of […]
18 April 2018 The Green Group of Councillors are calling on the Council to do more to make local government accessible to women and those with caring responsibilities. A year-long study from the Fawcett Society’s Local Government Commission, which asked, ‘Does Local Government Work for Women?,’ found that more than three quarters of councils had […]
11th April 2018 by
11 April 2018 Green Councillor Phélim Mac Cafferty has responded to claims made by Councillor Gill Mitchell, Labour’s lead member for environment, that the council is ‘in discussions’ about changes needed to recycle plastic waste. The Green Group recently urged the Labour Council to ‘come clean’ about the failings of the city’s recycling contract, struck […]
28th March 2018 by
28 March 2018 Greens have called for stronger action on plastic waste, urging the Labour Council to act swiftly to prevent more plastic pollution. A successful proposal from the Greens in November last year called on the Council to introduce a range of measures to end the use of single-use plastics (SUPs) in Brighton and […]