Labour turn their backs on climate emergency education in city’s schools 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 […] Read more »
Green councillors on the 2024 Brighton & Hove Council budget: “These are Tory cuts but Labour choices.” 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 […] Read more »
Greens’ dismay at Labour’s city council power grab 22nd February 2024 / 22nd February 2024 by ExtComms Green councillors react with dismay to Labour-run Brighton & Hove City Council’s latest plan to introduce a ‘cabinet’ decision-making system. Labour wants a handful of powerful councillors to take most decisions rather than the more open committee system that has operated for decades according to news outlet Brighton and Hove News. Green convenor and leader […] Read more »
Greens urge Labour to U-turn on cuts to treasured local bus routes or risk cutting the poorest off from South Downs 13th February 2024 / 13th February 2024 by ExtComms Labour is being asked to U-turn on planned cuts at Brighton & Hove City Council to two much-loved local bus routes by Green councillors who argue axing services to Devil’s Dyke and Ditchling Beacon risks cutting people off from the South Downs. The Labour-run council is being asked to U-turn on planned cuts to two […] Read more »
Greens urge Labour to use extra £510,000 to help shield city’s most vulnerable from widespread cuts 12th February 2024 / 12th February 2024 by ExtComms Labour Party councillors on Brighton & Hove City Council are being urged to use a last-minute grant of more than half a million to shield the city’s most-vulnerable from devastating incoming service cuts. Brighton & Hove City Council’s Labour administration published its budget proposals last week – with tens of millions of pounds set to […] Read more »
Siân Berry: Brighton deserves a strong voice in Parliament, unafraid and unwhipped 10th February 2024 / 10th February 2024 by ExtComms Siân revealed what voters in Brighton have said they want from their next Green MP at an evening event held today. The event was hosted by Zack Polanski, Deputy Leader of the Green Party, alongside the MP for Brighton Pavilion, Caroline Lucas. Kiri, from the youth-led ‘Green New Deal Rising’, spoke to the urgency felt […] Read more »
Green city councillor Steve Davis on openness and transparency in Brighton’s council-run services 5th February 2024 / 6th February 2024 by ExtComms In his regular column for the Brighton Argus newspaper Green councillor Steve Davis calls for more transparency from Brighton & Hove’s Labour-controlled council on a workplace bullying culture in the city’s street cleaning services. Steve highlights two areas where Labour are falling short: the recent report into workplace bullying and other problems at the city’s […] Read more »
Siân Berry joins 100th year anniversary celebration for Patcham Memorial Hall 3rd February 2024 / 5th February 2024 by ExtComms Siân Berry, Green MP candidate for Brighton Pavilion, showed her support for Patcham Memorial Hall and all of the city’s community spaces attending the centenary celebrations for the hall to celebrate its opening 100 years prior on the 2 February 1924. Patcham Memorial Hall was opened by Colonel Campion, then MP for Lewes, after the […] Read more »
Labour votes to ignore young people amid widespread and damaging cuts to vital local services 2nd February 2024 / 3rd February 2024 by ExtComms Labour-run Brighton & Hove Council published its budget on Wednesday, revealing huge cuts to local services – including many directly impacting the city’s younger residents. Labour councillors have been accused of ignoring children and young people after amending a council motion to remove the need to listen to young people impacted by widespread cuts. Green […] Read more »
Lack of consultation has robbed residents and community groups of opportunity to fight Labour cuts to council services 1st February 2024 / 1st February 2024 by ExtComms Labour’s decision not to share details of huge cuts to public services until the last possible minute has robbed residents and community groups of the chance to campaign for vital services to be saved, according to Green councillors. Labour’s decision not to share details of huge cuts to public services until the last possible minute […] Read more »
