Brighton & Hove Green Party

Catchment chaos: Greens condemn stress for families as Labour Council u-turn

10th January 2018 by hannahclare

Greens have welcomed news that the secondary school catchment areas for the city will remain unchanged, following months of lobbying from local parents and students concerned about the negative impact of new proposals. Local Green Councillors have slammed the Labour Council for failing to adequately manage a ‘chaotic’ schools allocations process, after proposals to change […]

Alex Phillips catchments children and young people schools

Ed Baker is the Green Party candidate for East Brighton by-election

28th December 2017 by

28 December 2017 The Brighton & Hove Green Party has selected Ed Baker as its candidate for the upcoming East Brighton by-election, to be held in spring 2018. It is taking place as a result of Lloyd Russell-Moyle MP standing down as councillor. Ed Baker lives in the ward, works in digital marketing. He is […]

Drum out abuse

19th December 2017 by hannahclare

Councillors Alex Phillips and Amanda Knight comment on the issue of violence against women and girls following a march in aid of local domestic abuse charity, RISE, this month Councillor Alex Phillips Domestic and sexual violence has never in my memory received so much media attention, with waves of recognition such as the #metoo campaign […]

Greens demand answers on what Brexit will mean for Brighton and Hove – and call for ratification referendum

18th December 2017 by

18 December 2017 Local Green Councillors will this week demand a ratification referendum on Brexit as part of proposals seeking greater clarification on the impact any ‘Brexit deal’ will have on Brighton and Hove. Proposals being put to a meeting of Full Council this Thursday 14th December from the Greens will ask the Council […]

Green success as local Council formally backs call for Brexit ‘final deal’ referendum

15th December 2017 / 31st March 2019 by

15 December 2017 Brighton and Hove City Council becomes first in country to vote in support of ratification referendum Brighton and Hove city Council has become the first in the UK to endorse a call for a referendum to ratify any final deal on Brexit after a proposal from the Green Group of Councillors received […]

Nobel Peace Prize winner from Hove, actually

14th December 2017 by

14 December 2017 You can be forgiven for missing the fact that a British person collected the Nobel Peace Prize on December 10th in Oslo. For some reason it was not widely reported in the UK (full marks to the Argus for picking up this news story). Rebecca’s SPEECH FOR ICAN AT TORCHLIGHT PROCESSION, NOBEL […]

Greens react as number of city’s rough sleepers rises by 24% in a year

8th December 2017 by

8 December 2017 Figures released today (Friday 8th December) from Brighton and Hove City Council have shown an increase in the number of people living on the streets –with 178 people sleeping rough compared to 144 last year, a rise of twenty-four percent. Green Councillors have expressed deep concern for those sleeping on the streets, […]

Greens call for action on alarming GP shortage

5th December 2017 by

5 December 2017 Greens on Brighton and Hove City Council have expressed concern over a lack of action to address the low and worsening number of GPs in Brighton and Hove. Official figures from the CCG (Clinical Commissioning Group) in April revealed a worrying shortage of GPs, with only one GP to every 1,587 people, […]

Greens lambast proposal to cut Brighton’s sexual health services ahead of World AIDS Day

30th November 2017 by

30 November 2017 Greens will join the community in marking World AIDS Day, raising concern about cuts budget to local sexual health services Green Councillors will join local HIV organisations this Friday to mark World AIDS Day, a worldwide event to commemorate those who have lost their lives to AIDS and to support continued efforts […]

Greens react to Brighton and Hove Budget Proposals 2018-19

22nd November 2017 by hannahclare

Brighton and Hove’s Labour Council leadership have now published the blueprint for the city’s budget (Policy, Resources and Growth Committee papers, available here: P&R Papers). Green Councillors have reacted to the announcements, raising concerns about the number of services and members of staff facing damaging cuts. The Green Group Finance Lead, Councillor Ollie Sykes commented: […]