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1st October 2015 by
Green councillors today are delighted to be attending the Brighton & Hove Older People’s Awards ceremony, to recognise and reward the fantastic contributions that older people make to our City. The event, run by local community organisation Impact Initiatives, is being held to mark the UN International Day of older Persons, and will present […]
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25th September 2015 by
Green councillor, David Gibson, has hailed as “a milestone” yesterday’s decision to refer the issue of ‘living rents’ to Brighton & Hove’s new Fairness Commission. It is estimated that in Brighton & Hove 72% of households (88,000) cannot afford their housing costs without help (1) and 10,000 households can only afford to pay social […]
22nd September 2015 by
A public phone box in Grove Street has been brought back into service thanks to a local councillor taking up the issue on behalf of residents. The line had been dead for months, the box had become filthy and it was thought to be a focus for drug-dealing, when Hanover & Elm Grove residents […]
21st September 2015 by
OPINION PIECE by Cllr Ollie Sykes, Green Party spokesperson on finance The city council’s projected £8.5m overspend, largely due to increasing demand in Adult’s and Children’s social care, highlights the impossible balancing act that faces ours and other councils as the fifth successive year of government cuts bites ever deeper and into the bone […]
17th September 2015 by
Brighton & Hove City Council has won the Best Cycle Network Infrastructure Award for the Lewes Road sustainable transport scheme. The announcement was made at the Cycle Planning Awards at Walthamstow Assembly Hall on Monday evening. More than 100 entries were submitted in eight categories and were judged by a panel of respected figures […]
Campaigners today formed a ‘Queue to save Brunswick Town Post Office’ as part of a lunch-time protest at the threatened branch. The action aimed to demonstrate the threatened branch’s popularity and cause it to sell out of 2nd class stamps The ‘queue’, which extended along Western Road, was joined by local ward councillors, Ollie […]
13th September 2015 by
On Sunday September 13th, as hundreds of delegates meet in Brighton at this year’s TUC Congress, a ‘Kill the bill!’ rally was held to oppose the government’s Trade Union Bill. Characterised as the latest anti-union government’s legislation, if passed, the new laws would make official strikes much more difficult and give more advantages to employers while […]
8th September 2015 by
The Green Group of Brighton & Hove councillors has called for an Extraordinary Full Council meeting to discuss the city’s response to the unfolding Syrian refugee crisis. Following a Green Group meeting last night, convenor Cllr Phelim Mac Cafferty today wrote to the Acting Chief Executive of the council, Geoff Raw requesting the meeting. He […]
7th September 2015 by
A Green Councillor has been successful in brokering a deal to save an art gallery, and create hope for its neighbours, following recent news that Madeira Terraces have become structurally unstable. Cllr Tom Druitt, Green spokesperson for Economic Development & Culture, made several visits to the site to see what could be done and […]
3rd September 2015 by
Green councillors have called Labour’s proposals to reduce help for low income households through the Council Tax Reduction (CTR) scheme ‘uncaring and short-sighted’. The CTR scheme subsidises the amount that low income working age households pay towards their Council Tax. Brighton & Hove’s Labour administration is proposing to increase the minimum contribution those affected […]