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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 […]
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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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
30th January 2024 / 30th January 2024 by ExtComms
Strike action on the cards if Labour push ahead with compulsory redundancies Public service workers facing job cuts and redundancy proposals will have their access to trade union advice and support curtailed, after it was revealed Labour-controlled Brighton & Hove Council plan to slash trade union facility time (where union reps can help members in […]
Cuts have been ‘shrouded in secrecy’ with public left in dark over future of services Decisions that will affect the services and jobs that hundreds of people in the city rely on are being made behind closed doors, Greens say, condemning Labour for jettisoning a council consultation process that would have given community groups more […]
