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 »
Defend workers’ rights urge Greens as Labour Council moves to slash Trade Union time despite hundreds of job losses in council budget 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 […] Read more »
Greens condemn lack of consultation with community as colossal council budget cuts loom 30th January 2024 / 30th January 2024 by ExtComms 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 […] Read more »
Greens demand lessons learned by council over school and early years closures as further Labour cuts loom large 26th January 2024 / 26th January 2024 by ExtComms Green councillors are demanding Brighton & Hove City Council learns lessons from the recent “insincere” consultations carried out ahead of Labour’s decision to close two schools and a much-loved nursery in the city. Parents and staff at St Peter’s Community Primary and Nursery School, St Bartholomew’s CE Primary School, and Bright Start nursery have been […] Read more »
Brighton loses a third of social homes to ‘Right to Buy’ 25th January 2024 / 25th January 2024 by ExtComms Siân says let’s buy back New data from Siân Berry, Green MP candidate for Brighton Pavilion constituency, published in the Argus newspaper has revealed that almost a third (32.9%) of social housing in Brighton and Hove has been lost since the introduction of ‘Right to Buy’* in 1980, while Caroline Lucas takes action in Parliament.1,2 […] Read more »
Labour reject call for pesticide ‘opt-out’ scheme that would give residents a say over street glyphosate sprays 23rd January 2024 / 23rd January 2024 by ExtComms Labour must not impose glyphosate spraying on residents who do not want this chemical being used on the street where they live Labour councillors on Brighton & Hove City Council’s Environment Committee have today voted to reintroduce glyphosate, a toxic weed killer, to the city’s streets. Councillors were asked to consider a proposal from the […] Read more »
Dismay as Labour councillors vote against plan to save Bartholomew’s School and Bright Start Nursery from immediate closure 23rd January 2024 / 23rd January 2024 by ExtComms Labour councillors reject alternative proposal to merge sites A last-ditch proposal to explore alternatives to save Bright Start nursery and St Bartholomew’s School from closure has been rejected by Labour Councillors at a meeting of Brighton & Hove City Council’s Children’s Committee yesterday evening. Committee members were asked by the Greens to consider pausing the […] Read more »
