Councillors Blog
19th April 2016 by hannahclare
Learning disability accommodation deemed not cost-effective amid Council cuts April 18th, 2015 Greens are urging the Labour Council to think again on proposals to outsource learning disability accommodation and care services, which could see some of the most vulnerable residents forced out of homes they have lived in for decades. Currently, despite most learning disability […]
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18th April 2016 by hannahclare
Brighton & Hove City Council – Green Group of Councillors PRESS STATEMENT FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 15th, 2016 Green Councillors have expressed their anger over a report to be presented at next week’s Health & Wellbeing Board which recommends councillors close the Tower House Day centre and make “alternative arrangements” for its disabled users. […]
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8th April 2016 by
On 5 May, in addition to the local elections, the country will vote to elect Police and Crime Commissioners in 41 Police Areas. Across the SE Region, only one Green Party candidate is standing. Please support our candidate, Worthing councillor, James Doyle. The Green Party has the right policies on crime and justice: opposing […]
5th April 2016 by
Green Councillors today declared they will fight “tooth and nail” against Government plans to convert all schools into academies, ahead of a public meeting to plan a city-wide campaign against the plans. The Government announcement at the budget in March declared that all schools in the country would be required to have a plan […]
Green Councillors will join hundreds of local campaigners and trade union members tomorrow in a high-profile protest march to support Junior Doctors across the country, who will be holding a 48-hour strike action from the 6th-7th April. The protest, which has been organised by the Brighton Trades Council, will assemble at 8.00am in Barts Square in Brighton and will […]
2nd April 2016 by
The Green Party launched its regional ‘Greener In’ campaign this morning in Brighton, highlighting how vital Green supporters in the South East will be in order to win the vote for the UK to stay in the EU. Brighton Pavilion MP Caroline Lucas was joined on Brighton beachfront today by the Green Party MEP […]
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1st April 2016 by hannahclare
The Carnegie library in Lambeth is the subject of a sit-in protest by campaigners calling for the library to be kept open in its current form. Following the Council approval of the libraries plan in Brighton and Hove last week, which is set to see the Hove library Carnegie building close, I have written to […]
31st March 2016 by
The Green Party has selected Worthing resident and local councillor James Doyle as its candidate in the forthcoming election for Sussex Police and Crime Commissioner. ‘I am honoured and delighted to have been chosen for this role,’ said James. ‘I will fight to protect policing as a public service. Under this and the previous […]
24th March 2016 by hannahclare
BY CLLR PHELIM MAC CAFFERTY In 2004, campaigners breathed a collective sigh of relief when a proposal to close Hove Library and move the service to Hove Town Hall was dropped, following extensive opposition from local residents. The campaign by Christopher Hawtree to Save Hove Library is remembered to this day. At the time, the Labour […]
23rd March 2016 by
Green Councillors have secured a victory for local residents by preventing further growth of late-night alcohol outlets in the North Laine area of the city. The Council’s new Statement of Licensing Policy, to be approved this week, was set to give the green light to new licenses for cafe bars in the area, which […]