22nd July 2016 by
Green Councillors will join hundreds of people on the streets of Brighton this weekend to show their support and solidarity for this year’s Trans Pride solidarity march on Saturday 23rd July. 2016 marks the fourth TransPride march, which is an opportunity to promote equality and celebrate the gender diversity, history and identity of the city’s […]
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21st July 2016 by
Greens have seized on the appointment of Justine Greening as the new Secretary of State for Education as an opportunity for the Government to go back to the drawing board with its plans to turn all schools into academies. Green councillors in Brighton and Hove have consistently campaigned against removing schools from local authority control, […]
Green councillors have submitted a motion to the next meeting of Brighton and Hove City Council on Thursday, requesting that the council maintain existing protections for workers and the environment in the event of the UK leaving the EU. Greens say while they respect the outcome of the referendum nationally, steps should be taken that […]
Green Councillors have said Brighton & Hove City Council should intervene directly in the growing crisis affecting rail services for commuters and visitors to the city, as concerns are raised over impacts of inadequate rail services to the Pride festival in August. At a meeting of Brighton and Hove City Council on Thursday, Labour councillors […]
7th July 2016 by
Brighton and Hove Green Party has selected local campaigner and activist, Mitch Alexander, as its candidate in the forthcoming East Brighton by-election. Mitch is an active campaigner from neighbouring Bevendean for what she believes is fair and right for all the city’s residents. She was one of the leading campaigners in the fight to stop the Labour […]
29th June 2016 by
“I was at the count for the referendum in the Corn Exchange and walked out of it early on Friday morning with a very sad feeling. I moved here from Ireland and have lived and worked in this country for more than half of my adult life and it really felt that this was […]
10th June 2016 by
At this time of year I look longingly at the sea, waiting for a hot day to take my first dip. As someone who loves swimming off Brighton beach as well as in nearby rivers, I value the direct contact with nature this gives me. Last year a mackerel leapt out the water beside […]
23rd May 2016 by
April’s General Meeting of Brighton and Hove Green party: Noted with considerable alarm that the NHS has been forced into yet another major top-down re-organisation, imposed by Government and NHS England with no political mandate and no public consultation;with the requirement that 5-year plans for each area must include proposals to balance the regional […]
18th May 2016 by
The Queen’s speech today outlined the Government’s programme of legislation for the following year. The Speech included a raft of measures which will impact on local government services, and outlined plans to continue the reduction in funding for local government within the plans to allow council to retain business rates. Convenor of the Green […]
12th May 2016 by
Councillor Phélim Mac Cafferty has been re-elected unopposed as the Convenor of the Green group of councillors on Brighton and Hove City Council. This is his second year in the post and follows a vote by local Green Party members. Deputy convenor roles were also voted on, with councillors Alex Phillips and Lizzie Deane […]