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23rd March 2018 by
23 March 2018 23rd March Green MEP lambasts Government’s ‘open borders’ Brexit plan Responding to the Government’s plans for an ‘open borders’ Brexit, Keith Taylor, the Green MEP for Kent, said: “Astonishingly, in the face of repeated warnings from the Port of Dover, haulage firms and industry experts that leaving the EU Customs Union will […]
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21st March 2018 / 20th July 2023 by
Time to commemorate the city’s women’s suffrage pioneers say Greens Greens call for local suffrage movement to be commemorated by blue plaque outside historic former offices Green Councillors are calling on the Labour Council to commemorate the movement for women’s votes in Brighton and Hove. Councillor Phélim Mac Cafferty has written to Policy, Resources and […]
20th March 2018 by
20 March 2018 Local Green Councillors have called for better, long-term flood risk planning for the city, following news that plans to install flood gates and doors at 63 properties in Hove and Portslade cost around £430,000. [1] A report going to a meeting of Environment, Transport and Sustainability Committee today (20th March) identifies the […]
19th March 2018 by
19 March 2018 A repairs contract costing over £200m should be overhauled and brought back under council management, say local Greens.[1] Greens have raised repeated concerns over the multi-million pound housing repairs contract with Mears PLC, which has been beset with complaints. High-profile pricing scandals revealed the company charged up to twice the cost of […]
14th March 2018 by
14 March 2018 Greens have called for lessons to be learned on future sales of council housing stock as the Labour Council prepares to buy back a property it previously sold for £190k at a cost of £1.2m in order to meet housing demand. The property in Queens Park ward was sold by the Council […]
13th March 2018 / 8th February 2019 by hannahclare
Greens call for good work on night shelter to continue year-round Green Party Councillors in Brighton and Hove are calling for year round support to end rough sleeping as the Brighton Centre Night Shelter closes its doors. Last January Green Councillors successfully called on the council to use its empty buildings to accommodate rough sleepers. […]
13th March 2018 by
13 March 2018 Green Party Councillors in Brighton and Hove are calling for year round support to end rough sleeping as the Brighton Centre Night Shelter closes its doors. Last January Green Councillors successfully called on the council to use its empty buildings to accommodate rough sleepers. The temporary shelter, which has supported 102 people […]
Councillors Blog
8th March 2018 by hannahclare
Councillor Alex Phillips This International Women’s Day will be my first as a mother. I have been a councillor for almost a decade but this year I have a newborn in tow too. I am neither disabled nor BAME and so have never experienced the inherent discrimination that women councillors pertaining to those two groups […]
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27th February 2018 / 28th May 2022 by hannahclare
Greens have responded to news that the Labour leader of Brighton and Hove City Council, Warren Morgan, has resigned. Convenor of the Green Group of Councillors, Councillor Phélim Mac Cafferty, commented: “Labour’s Council leader has been ousted by his own divided party. But look around the city and signs of Labour’s self-implosion are everywhere. Graffiti, […]
23rd February 2018 / 12th February 2019 by hannahclare
Greens have condemned a decision by the Labour Council to vote against their budget proposals, which put forward more than £2m of funds that would have seen the Council able to protect social work services, fund more homelessness prevention work and support environmentally friendly energy options for the city. An additional Green proposal that sought […]