17th February 2017 by
Green MEP warns Brexit is no escape from toxic trade deals as CETA gets the green-light Keith Taylor MEP is warning that Brexit will not free the UK from toxic trade deals as the European Parliament votes to green-light CETA, the controversial EU-Canada trade deal. The deal, which has been long opposed by trade justice […]
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15th February 2017 by
Work by the Green Group of Councillors on the Council’s budget has identified fresh income that the Greens want to see used to protect key services such as the Youth Service and Elderly Care. Green finance lead, Councillor Ollie Sykes, stated: “Years of Conservative Government policy have damaged Council finances up and down the country […]
10th February 2017 by
Green Councillors have been approached by a commercial landlord with an offer of short-term use of a building in Brighton as a temporary respite for the homeless. The news follows a successful Green Group motion to full council, which called for all empty Council buildings to be made available for use as temporary shelters for […]
Green MEP slams Government as EU prepares to take UK to court over air pollution failures Keith Taylor, Green MEP for the South East, has slammed the Conservative government for its consistent failure to tackle the air pollution crisis, as the EU prepares to escalate action against the UK for breaching air quality laws. Keith […]
2nd February 2017 by
Councillor Phélim Mac Cafferty commented: “Labour have now published the blueprint for their budget: P&R papers here “Further to a written question I submitted to last full council [1], we know that 309 staff are engaged in consultation exercises which could result in around 39 redundancies. Further consultation exercises will start in the near future affecting […]
1st February 2017 by
The Council’s Labour administration faced hard hitting questions about their budget proposals as young people gathered last weekend to protest against planned cuts to youth services. The protest followed a meeting of Brighton and Hove City Council last week, where young people presented a petition of more than 2,000 signatures opposing the 80% cuts to […]
30th January 2017 by
Friends, It is brilliant to see so many people here this evening. We stand shoulder to shoulder with protesters at airports at Los Angeles, San Francisco, Washington, Dallas, New York’s JFK, Raleigh, Houston, Seattle, Portland, Atlanta. Over a million people in Britain – and 5.4% of Brighton and Hove’s population, have now signed a petition […]
27th January 2017 by
Questions were raised at a meeting of full Council on Thursday as to why the Labour Council leadership seek to introduce Council tax rises they had previously opposed during the Green administration. Responding to a question from Councillor Dick Page, Brighton & Hove Labour’s finance lead Cllr Les Hamilton could not explain why plans to […]
A Green Group motion calling for all empty council buildings to be made available for use as homeless shelters was unanimously supported at a meeting of Brighton and Hove full Council yesterday. [1] The proposals will give voluntary and community sector groups that are ‘able and willing’ access to currently vacant Council buildings and the […]
The Green Group of Councillors have secured a win in the Council’s Housing Committee that may avoid the sale and loss of Brighton’s dwindling social housing stock. In an amendment to current Housing Revenue budget proposals last week, the Greens gained a firm commitment that the Council will explore ways to raise funds without selling […]