Green Councillors challenge Labour's cuts budget 7th December 2015 by Green Councillors this week expressed despair at the Labour Council for pressing ahead with massive cuts to city services. Greens said cuts to children’s centres, youth services and adult social care would drive up costs for the Council, while decisions to cut services such as subsidised buses, street cleaning, toilets and seafront staff would […] Read more »
“Gimmicks” won’t save Labour as it cuts support for the poorest, say Greens 4th December 2015 by Greens today expressed scepticism over Labour’s plans for the City Innovation Challenge 2016, announced yesterday, offering cash prizes for innovative ideas to meet the council’s budget challenges. According to Green Councillors, the idea is “too little too late”, and cannot substitute for the cuts the administration have made to consultation, engagement and scrutiny of […] Read more »
‘More bombs won’t help Syria – or people here!’ Brighton & Hove Green Party 2nd December 2015 by Brighton & Hove Green Party yesterday came out alongside Caroline Lucas, Green MP for Brighton Pavilion, in support of the demonstration against British bombing of Syria called by peace campaigners at Brighton War Memorial, Old Steine. Called by ‘Stop the War Brighton & Hove’, the demonstration took place from 5.30pm Tuesday 1 December, at […] Read more »
Greens to remember lives lost at World Aids Day vigil 1st December 2015 by Green Councillor Phélim Mac Cafferty will join campaigners, charities, friends and family today (Dec 1st) in commemorating the lives lost to HIV/AIDS in Brighton & Hove, as part of a programme of events to mark World AIDS Day. The candlelit vigil, organised by Terence Higgins trust South, will take place in new Steine Gardens […] Read more »
Greens respond to "alarming" cuts in Labour Council budget 27th November 2015 by This week saw the Labour Council in Brighton and Hove set out their proposals for budget cuts over the next four years, which will see 540 job losses and significant reductions in services for its most vulnerable citizens. Viewed in full, the Labour council’s budget proposals show a devastating cut to vital services. The […] Read more »
Greens dismayed by Labour plans to push even more residents out of the city 26th November 2015 by Greens have shared their dismay following the Labour Council’s plans to push ahead with its 33% increase in the amount of council tax paid by the city’s poorest households, amid revelations on Monday that council officers are now asking some low income families to move out of Brighton and Hove. This approach to supporting […] Read more »
Greens call for more creative investment in cycling 23rd November 2015 by Green councillors are calling on Brighton and Hove City Council to adopt more creative and cost-effective approaches to increasing cycling in the city, in order to improve health, reduce traffic and cut deadly vehicle emissions. This follows a report from Public Health England which estimated that exhaust emissions result in 175 premature deaths in […] Read more »
Greens express outrage over "social cleansing" caused by welfare cuts 20th November 2015 by Greens have expressed outrage at devastating welfare reforms introduced by national government, as the Council announces plans to ask its poorest residents to move out of Brighton & Hove or face homelessness. In a report to the Neighbourhoods, Communities and Equality Committee on Monday [1], which looks at the likely impact of planned welfare […] Read more »
Green Councillors slam youth services cuts 20th November 2015 by Green Councillors condemned proposals at yesterday’s Children, Young People and Skills Committee to outsource youth work services amid a 25% reduction to next year’s youth work budget, saying the proposals would inevitably lead to poorer outcomes for the city’s young people. The proposals in the 2015 Youth Work Review were co-produced by young people, […] Read more »
Local Greens take to Downing Street to challenge cuts to local government 19th November 2015 by Councillor Dick Page joined fellow Green councillors and Brighton Pavilion MP Caroline Lucas this week in a high-profile bid to Downing Street, challenging massive cuts to local government funding proposed by the Conservatives. Greens delivered a letter addressed to Prime Minister David Cameron urging him to plug the estimated £9.5m funding gap faced by […] Read more »