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Labour council leadership fails to back Green call for a review of animal welfare charter Opposition to a Green request for a review of the council’s animal welfare charter met with anger from the public gallery at a meeting of Full Council today (31st January). A petition signed by over 5,000 people calling for an end […]
More support is needed to combat youth anxiety, depression and low self-esteem, say Greens The Green Group of Councillors are urging the Council to press for greater resources to boost mental health support for children and young people at school. Greens say that the positive work already delivered by schools and local mental health partnerships […]
Over 1000 people call for action after Greens push for climate emergency declaration The Green Group of Councillors have responded to a petition signed by 1,310 people calling on Brighton and Hove City Council to commit to zero carbon emissions by 2030. Councillor Ollie Sykes, who successfully called on Brighton and Hove City Council to […]
Developers say Brexit deal deadlock “does not provide the basis for major investment decisions” A major leisure centre development project between Brighton and Hove City Council and developers Crest Nicholson has run aground due to ‘Brexit uncertainty.’ A letter from developers citing Brexit as a major issue to the project’s feasibility was handed to Councillors […]
15 January 2019 Speak out for anti-Brexit Brighton and Hove Labour Party leadership: support a People’s Vote, Greens urge The Labour Council must speak out against a damaging Brexit deal for the city and back a People’s Vote, Greens have said this week. Council reports have revealed that Brighton and Hove faces a local funding […]
15 January 2019 Missed collections soar Overflowing bins throughout Christmas and New Year Recycling burned at incinerator Failing waste deal costing £1bn Recent images (attached) show rubbish and recycling sitting uncollected during the festive period despite recent claims from Labour Councillors that they are overseeing improvements. A pledge by the Labour Council to improve the […]
14 December 2018 December 14th UPDATE: Green MEP calls on EU to intervene over ‘potentially illegal’ Oxford Expressway plans A senior Green Party politician has called on the European Commission to investigate the legality of the controversial plans for the Oxford to Cambridge Expressway, for which the government has today reconfirmed its support. Keith Taylor, […]
12 December 2018 Greens challenge Government to reinstate funding for police, fire and council services crippled by years of cuts The Green Group of Councillors in Brighton and Hove will this week challenge the Conservative Government to reverse cuts made to public services following the announcement that ‘austerity is over.’ [1] In a […]
12 December 2018 Greens call on Council: Declare climate emergency and take action on environmental disaster City Council urged to halt further CO2 emissions by 2030 and address species extinction as environmental crisis deepens Green Councillors are calling for Brighton and Hove to become the latest council to declare a state of ‘climate emergency’ following […]
11 December 2018 Brighton and Hove Green party have launched a petition calling for all major events in the city to be ‘single-use plastic-free’. Greens have been amazed by how quickly this has taken off, in a few weeks over 3120 people have signed the petition that calls on the Labour Council and the organisers […]