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2nd April 2024 / 13th April 2024 by ExtComms
2 April 2024 – Ricky, 45, is a community campaigner, disability sports teacher and a dad. Brighton-born, he has lived in the city for most of his life and in east Brighton for the last eight years. “Every penny counts right now for schools, social care, charity, community and third sector organisations in the city. […]
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27th March 2024 / 27th March 2024 by ExtComms
27 March 2024 Local teacher Luke Walker is the Green Party’s candidate for the Queen’s Park by-election on Brighton & Hove City Council. The by-election in the central Brighton neighbourhood will take place on Thursday 2 May. Luke, 46, is a green campaigner, a writer and a keen gardener on his allotment. A dad, Luke […]
26th March 2024 / 18th April 2024 by ExtComms
26 March 2024 – Steve Davis, convenor of the Green group of councillors on Brighton & Hove City Council, has called for the Labour Party to pay the cost of the two by-elections that have been announced for Thursday 2 May in Queen’s Park and Kemptown wards. “Labour have themselves suggested that their two councillors, […]
25th March 2024 / 14th April 2024 by ExtComms
25 March 2024 – The Green Party is delighted to announce that local members have selected two more parliamentary candidates in Brighton and Hove. Sophie Broadbent and Elaine Hills will represent the party in the next general election alongside Sian Berry, the firm favourite to replace Green Party MP Caroline Lucas in Brighton Pavilion. Elaine […]
20th March 2024 / 1st April 2024 by ExtComms
Green Leader of the Opposition on Brighton & Hove City Council Steve Davis has written to the council’s Chief Executive Will Tuckley to ask him to find ways to prevent the recent scenario where two former Labour councillors together claimed £23,000 in expenses while barely attending any meetings. Letter to Will Tuckley Council Chief Executive […]
17th March 2024 / 17th March 2024 by ExtComms
Controversial changes to how decisions are taken at Brighton & Hove City Council should be put to residents before being finalised, say Green councillors. The Labour-run council recently unveiled plans to scrap the existing committee system and instead replace it with a ‘cabinet’ system. If approved, the changes will mean key decisions could be left […]
15th March 2024 / 15th March 2024 by ExtComms
Taxpayer to foot £1.5m bill thanks to Labour’s decision to close schools, say Greens Labour’s decision to close two much-loved local schools could end up costing the taxpayer £1.5million, according to opposition Green councillors on Labour-run Brighton & Hove City Council. Labour councillors had ignored last-minute pleas from parents and teachers and voted overwhelmingly to […]
5th March 2024 / 5th March 2024 by ExtComms
Green Leader of the Opposition on Brighton & Hove City Council Councillor Steve Davis has reacted to news that two former Labour councillors, Bharti Gajjar and Chandni Mistry, currently under investigation into claims of electoral fraud, have stated they will resign. Councillor Davis said “This announcement is long overdue. It’s a disgrace that thanks to […]
1st March 2024 / 1st March 2024 by ExtComms
Labour-controlled Brighton & Hove City Council is scrapping a pioneering environmental school project without providing any replacement. The ‘Our City Our World’ project worked with schools throughout the city to raise awareness of climate change but saw its £41,000 council funding scrapped by Labour last week as part of £30 million of cuts to local […]
22nd February 2024 / 22nd February 2024 by ExtComms
Green councillors voted against more than £20 million in cuts to vital local services. They told Labour councillors responsible for the plans they will have to take full responsibility for the devastating impact of their budget on the most vulnerable people in Brighton and Hove. Labour councillors refused all opposition amendments to their budget at […]
