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7th February 2015 by hannahclare
‘PASSENGERS BEING ROUTINELY FAILED TWICE-OVER – DELAYED TRAINS AND PITIFUL COMPENSATION’ Caroline Lucas MP held talks with the Rail Minister and train bosses this week, calling for urgent improvements to services. She called for the summit last month amid further fare hikes and continued disruptions for passengers across the South East. Passengers were being routinely failed twice-over she […]
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6th February 2015 by hannahclare
Focus of Green budget is to protect services for the elderly, adults in care, children and those living below the poverty line. The Green administration on Brighton & Hove City Council today published for the first time its full proposals for the 2015/16 city council budget, including details of the essential services that can be […]
The Conservative-led government is imposing huge cuts to Brighton and Hove’s funding for the fourth year running and the city is facing a £26m budget gap this year. Over the past four years the coalition government has cut funding for our city services by a frightening 32% in cash terms. Deputy Leader of the Council […]
16th January 2015 by hannahclare
Brighton & Hove Greens announce that the Green Party membership in the city shot well past the 1200 mark yesterday and continues to climb. The news came as the national Green Party’s UK membership passed that of Ukip and Lib Dems(1), making the Green Party the third largest party across the UK(2). Brighton & Hove […]
3rd January 2015 by hannahclare
Rail privatisation has become characterised by poor services, cramped trains and extortionate fares. It’s ripping off passengers, harming the economy and failing the environment… Caroline Lucas Brighton Pavilion MP to join Brighton Passengers in rally against rail fare rises: UK railways £1 billion better off in public hands Her Bill for a public railway recieves […]
18th December 2014 by
Lord Ashcroft, the Tory polling strategist, has released a new poll into voting intention in Brighton Pavilion constituency which suggests that MP Caroline Lucas has opened up a 10 point lead over Labour in the general election likely next May. The 1,001 voter sample puts Caroline on 38% with Labour trailing on 28% and Tories […]
16th December 2014 by
Greens have celebrated the official opening of a new school in Holland Road, Hove. Open since September, the school is the result of a major £2.4 million refurbishment to convert the old Hove Police Station into a modern school. The school currently has 90 Year 3 pupils, but within four years, the school will be […]
4th December 2014 by
Green councillors have today condemned what they describe as a ‘Labour-Tory stitch-up’ nearly doubling the council tax Brighton & Hove’s poorest working households must pay. A council committee meeting this afternoon (4th December) is set to consider the ‘Council Tax Reduction Scheme’, which ensures that those on the lowest incomes only have to pay a […]
3rd December 2014 by
Brighton & Hove Greens today voiced their reaction to the Autumn Statement by Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne. The Autumn Statement and its associated Local Government Financial Settlement, details of which are to emerge over the coming two weeks or so, dictate how much income local government will receive from central government and the […]
28th November 2014 by
Today the draft city council budget for 2015-16 is to be announced. And this time, warn Brighton & Hove Greens, the coalition government cuts are sadly going to hurt. In 2015-16 alone the city is losing £18M of core government grant funding Laying out the background to the budget, Councillor Ollie Sykes, Green lead member […]