All I need is the air that I breathe… 20th June 2019 / 20th June 2019 by hannahclare This post has been written by Cllr Lizzie Deane, Councillor for St Peter’s and North Laine Ward and Chair of the Health, Overview and Scruitiny Committee. Today, Thursday 20th June, is Clean Air Day. This is the day when we remind ourselves there is no such thing as pure, clean air, the day we push […] Read more »
Clean Air Day: Slow progress on air pollution putting residents’ health at risk, say Greens 19th June 2019 / 14th February 2020 by hannahclare Urgent need for action as Brighton and Hove remains pollution hotspot The Green Group of Councillors has repeated its call for urgent action on poor air quality in the city this Clean Air Day (20th June) saying that slow progress on air pollution is putting residents’ health at risk. Government reports indicate that around 40,000 […] Read more » climate
Ways to go Plastic Free this National Refill Day 19th June 2019 / 18th June 2019 by hannahclare This post has been written by Cllr Tom Druitt, councillor for Regency Ward. Today is National Refill Day – just the second National Refill Day ever. Today we are all being asked to carry a water bottle with us wherever we go, and to make it a habit. Keys, wallet, phone, water bottle… that’s what […] Read more »
Baroness of Moulsecoomb joins Green Councillors against forced academisation of Moulsecoomb Primary 17th June 2019 / 17th June 2019 by hannahclare Baroness Jenny Jones, Green Party Member of the House of Lords, announces her support for the campaign against the conversion order at Moulsecoomb Primary School. Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb will join the public meeting held at Moulsecoomb Primary at 7pm on Tuesday 18th June [1]. She will be joined by other Green Party colleagues, including […] Read more »
“If stranger, no longer be”: welcoming refugees in Brighton & Hove 17th June 2019 / 14th June 2019 by hannahclare This post has been written by Cllr Siriol Hugh-Jones, councillor for Preston Park Ward. The UK is deeply divided over its place in the world and on how it should treat others. Since 2016, we have had the Brexit referendum and the Windrush scandal. There is also the ongoing sore of “immigration removal centres”, such […] Read more »
Greens call for tougher regulation two years on from Grenfell 14th June 2019 / 14th June 2019 by hannahclare Greens say housing regulation is still desperately needed Green Councillors in Brighton and Hove have repeated their call for better national housing regulations and fire safety measures two years on from the Grenfell Tower fire in London. Greens say that years of deregulation under the Conservative Government has left tenants of both social and private […] Read more »
Why I’m celebrating Bike Week 14th June 2019 / 14th June 2019 by hannahclare This post has been written by Cllr Jamie Lloyd, councillor for Withdean Ward and member of the Environment, Transport and Sustainability Committee. This week we celebrated Bike Week, an annual event that celebrates and encourages the use of the bicycles as a form of transport, freedom and liberation. It is a great event as it […] Read more »
Greens demand answers as another GP surgery in the city set to close 10th June 2019 / 10th June 2019 by hannahclare Proposed ‘merger’ and closure of Matlock Surgery will affect local community, say Greens Green Councillors say plans to close another GP surgery in the city could have a ‘serious impact,’ on the local community. Proposals to close Matlock Surgery, Withdean as part of a ‘merger,’ with Beaconsfield Medical Practice in Preston Park were announced by […] Read more »
The Green Group will fight academy plans tooth and nail 7th June 2019 / 14th June 2019 by hannahclare This post is written by Cllr Phélim Mac Cafferty, Convenor of Brighton & Hove’s Green Group of Councillors This week we heard the news that the Government is intent on pushing Moulsecoomb Primary to become an academy. Evidence tells us we must challenge this move. Analysis from the Institute of Education has revealed two-thirds of […] Read more »
World Environment Day: Council can do more to back local projects tackling our climate emergency, say Greens 4th June 2019 / 14th February 2020 by hannahclare Council must back pioneering work to turn food waste into community energy say Greens. Ahead of World Environment Day 5th June, Greens are urging the council to do more to back a ‘food waste to community energy,’ project run by Brighton and Hove Energy Services Cooperative (BHESCo) that could reduce the fuel bills of hundreds […] Read more » climate
