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Greens are delighted with the news that Hove Park School governors have voted against applying for academy status for the secondary school which takes children from across the city. Distinct from Labour and Conservatives, the Green Party has consistently opposed academy status for any school, believing it removes control from the local community and allows […]
40,000 people turned out in London yesterday to march in demand for urgent action on climate change, one of 2,000 events taking place in 150 countries around the world ahead of a United Nations climate summit on 23rd September, at the UN Headquarters in New York. The UN summit, head by Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, […]
Eco-campaigner and council candidate Tom Druitt has voiced his “relief” after another endangered healthy elm tree looks set for a reprieve. The good news came after the planning committee on Brighton and Hove City Council rejected a bid by private school Brighton College to build a five storey study block where a rare healthy elm […]
On news that the some CityClean refuse workers will be taking strike action, Jason Kitcat, leader of Brighton & Hove City Council, said, “We are extremely disappointed that the GMB union is taking strike action in support of a demand by a small number of truck drivers that, if accepted, would undermine equal pay law. […]
The newly opened Holland Road campus for Hove Junior School Green councillors in Brighton and Hove have welcomed the successful opening of new junior classrooms on the site of the former Hove police station. The site will now be run as a satellite campus of Hove Junior after a £2.4 million renovation. The decision to […]
Green councillors have today welcomed the national charity Women’s Aid campaign against the closure of refuges for women fleeing domestic abuse. In Brighton & Hove domestic abuse services remain intact, and have recently expanded to incorporate a service specifically for men experiencing abuse. The crisis of closure of refuges across the UK is compounded by […]
A respected polling expert has put Caroline Lucas, the UK’s first Green MP, on course to hold her Brighton parliamentary seat after a summer of encouraging poll indicators. Peter Kellner, President of the YouGov polling company, has singled out Ms Lucas as the exception to his national predictions of rising support for Labour, saying she […]
Updated 29 August 2014 with a breakdown of Brighton Pavilion expenses [650KB PDF] Lisa Murray, Chair of Brighton and Hove Green Party, said, “It has come to our attention that questions have been raised by an individual regarding the election expenses declarations made by Brighton & Hove Green Party for the 2010 general election. “We […]
Alexandra: “It was a wonderful experience to be married to Tom at the Brighton bandstand, such an iconic landmark not just of Brighton but also of the Regency area that we both hope to represent on the council after May next year. It symbolises the fun and spirit of what we like so much about […]
Following reports that Brighton & Hove City Council’s housing repairs contractor Mears has threatened the GMB with derecognition, Councillor Ruth Buckley, Deputy Leader of the Council said: “We are very concerned about the reported threat of de-recognition of trade unions by Mears Group Ltd. Such action represents a major breakdown in industrial relations. This helps […]
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