Green Councillors say no to Gatwick expansion 13th November 2015 by Conservative and Labour groups in Brighton and Hove City Council voted today to give formal council support to building a second runway at Gatwick airport. The vote comes after Conservative-led councils in Kent and West Sussex both registered their objection to the airport expansion. Green councillors provided the only opposition to the move, saying […] Read more »
Green MEP presents ‘Green Vision of Europe’ to residents in Brighton & Hove 11th November 2015 by Keith Taylor, Green Member of European Parliament for the South East, is to speak at a public meeting on Friday 13th November about why the Greens are campaigning to remain in the EU. The meeting, organised by the Dialogue Society in Brighton [1], comes in the same week that David Cameron outlined his negotiation […] Read more »
Green Councillors win temporary reprieve for popular day centre 10th November 2015 by Green Councillors are calling on service users and carers to respond to an upcoming consultation on the closure of the Tower House Day Centre service. This follows the special meeting of the Policy and Resources committee last week, where Greens won a measure of reprieve for the centre, by requiring the Council to provide […] Read more »
Greens call for “votes at 16” at local student's Question Time 9th November 2015 by Local Green councillor Alex Phillips visited Brighton & Hove’s Cardinal Newman Sixth Form today to take part in a Question Time event organised by young politics students at the college. The event saw students put a range of political questions to a cross-party panel of elected representatives from the local area. Students were particularly […] Read more »
Green Councillors challenge short-sighted cuts to Children's Centres 6th November 2015 by Green Councillor and group spokesperson on children and young people, Alex Phillips, spoke out today against the Labour-run Council’s plans to close at least five children’s centres in response to government cuts. The plans, released in full today, identify centres including Cornerstone and City View as likely to be cut in a significantly reduced […] Read more »
Greens condemn short-sighted cuts to support for elderly and disabled people 28th October 2015 by The Brighton & Hove Health & Wellbeing Board was beset by protest from older people’s groups last week as they voted 6 to 1 to cut a massive £22m from adult social care services over the next 4 years. The cuts were outlined in the seemingly innocuously-titled “Future direction of Adult Social Care Services”, […] Read more »
Labour Council determined to continue £171 million investment in major fossil-fuel corporations 26th October 2015 by Labour and Conservative councillors blocked a Green Party motion today calling for the Council to end its million-pound pension investments in corporate fossil fuel giants such as Exxon Mobil. Currently, Brighton and Hove City Council provides employee pensions through a fund managed by East Sussex County Council, which invests over £171 million in fossil-fuel […] Read more »
Council supports Green move to offer further support to Syrian refugees 26th October 2015 by The Council yesterday approved a motion put forward by the Greens calling for the Council to work with the community and voluntary sector to provide a coordinated response to support Syrian refugees. The motion also called for the Council to request further financial and practical help so that the city can accommodate refugees for […] Read more »
Greens denounce “callous” Post Office move to close local branch 15th October 2015 by The Post Office this week announced it would move ahead with plans to merge Western Road Crown Post Office in Hove with the branch in Melville Road, despite petitions signed by a total of 7,400 residents opposing the move. According to a Post Office statement, the closure is necessary “to achieve commercial sustainability” for […] Read more »
Greens call for mental health services to be protected at World Mental Health Day event 12th October 2015 by Green Councillors joined mental health campaigners, practitioners and residents from across the city this weekend to mark World Mental Health Day, with a “Festival of the Mind” at the Friends Meeting House in Brighton. World Mental Health Day is led by the World Federation of Mental Health, and encourages a global effort to raise […] Read more »