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 »
Greens urge people to register to vote now to prevent 10 more years of Tory government 18th November 2015 by Green Councillors today called on unregistered voters across the city to register to vote by the end of this week, in order to avoid losing fair representation in Parliament. The move came as part of the last ditch cross-party effort to register everyone who can vote, before Parliamentary boundaries are redrawn by the Conservative […] Read more »
Green Councillors and campaigners stand firm against Children’s Centres closures 17th November 2015 by Green Councillors on the Children, Young People and Skills Committee joined forces with over 600 parents from Brighton Children’s Centres Campaign yesterday to condemn massive cuts to children’s centres in the city. Despite Labour’s initial proposals being revised to keep certain centres open a few hours a week as “delivery points”, there are still […] Read more »
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 »