Huge contract with Mears company beset with complaints should be brought ‘in-house,’ say Greens 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 […] Read more »
It’s tenants who lose out when councils sell off properties, say Greens 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 […] Read more »
Don’t forget the homeless, say Greens as council-run night shelter closes 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. […] Read more »
Greens call for good work on night shelter to continue year-round 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 […] Read more »
Does local Government work for women? Three steps forward for a healthier democracy #PressforProgress 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 […] Read more » #pressforprogress Gender equality InternationalWomensDay2018
Brighton and Hove Labour Council Leader resigns: comment 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, […] Read more » #Brighton #Labour
Labour and Conservatives vote down Green proposals to reverse cuts and fund homeless prevention at Council budget setting meeting 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 […] Read more »
Greens find over £2m to boost housing, environment and reverse cuts in Council’s budget 22nd February 2018 / 12th February 2019 by 22 February 2018 Green budget proposals plan for future of city in face of housing crisis and climate change Work by the Green Group of Councillors on the Labour Council’s budget has identified fresh income that the Greens want to see used to prevent homelessness, protect services and boost environmentally friendly initiatives that will leave […] Read more »
£2m to prevent homelessness in Green budget proposals 21st February 2018 by hannahclare The council can bring costly emergency accommodation services ‘in-house’ and reduce rough sleeping, say Greens. The Green Group of Councillors have revealed budget proposals that fund solutions to the homelessness crisis gripping the city. Greens are calling on the council to use funding found by their budget proposals to purchase emergency accommodation for people at […] Read more » #BHCCbudget homelessness
Councillors should give up parking perks to plug cut in home-to-school transport, say Greens 21st February 2018 by hannahclare Green amendments identify £30k from scrapping Councillors’ free car parking spaces across the city Greens are calling on Councillors from all parties to give up their free parking spaces, saying the money saved could be used to protect home-to-school transport for disabled children. An amendment from the Greens to the budget meeting on Thursday (22nd […] Read more »