Brighton & Hove Green Party

16th July 2013 by

  Pic: Caroline Lucas with Commons Speaker John Bercow and Martyn Lewis  Caroline Lucas, Brighton’s Green MP, has picked up a prestigious award in Parliament in recognition of her work to represent deprived and minority communities in the city and across the country. The awards, organised by the Patchwork Foundation in association with Mosaic Associates, Three […]

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3rd July 2013 by

  Pic: Former Labour councillor for Hanover & Elm Grove Joyce Edmond-Smith backs David Gibson, the Green Party candidate in the Hanover & Elm Grove by-election Joyce Edmond-Smith, a well-known former Labour councillor, who represented the Hanover neighbourhood for many years, has announced she will be voting for David Gibson, the Green Party candidate in the […]

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11th June 2013 by

  Senior members of Brighton & Hove Green Party have issued statements in response to the GMB’s stated intention for their members in cityclean to go on strike for a week starting this Friday 14th June. Leader of the council and convenor of the Green administration,Jason Kitcat, said: “I am disappointed by the GMB decision to begin industrial […]

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26th May 2013 by

  Pic: A street in Hanover neighbourhood, Brighton Brighton and Hove Green Party has selected David Gibson to contest the Hanover & Elm Grove by-election following the resignation of Matt Follett. David works in housing and community regeneration. David said, “I’ve been a community campaigner all my life, both locally and nationally, where I set up […]

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13th May 2013 by

  In September 2012, Caroline Lucas MP will reach the end of her second term as national Leader of the Green Party of England and Wales, and has announced today that she will not be seeking re-election for another two-year term, in order to broaden opportunities for the range of talent in the Party and […]

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10th May 2013 by

  A meeting of Brighton and Hove Green Party earlier this week overwhelmingly agreed that it could not support any Brighton & Hove City Council pay offer now being made that would leave staff worse off. The council’s pay offer, which it suggests will affect about 10% of staff, varies from employee to employee, so […]

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10th May 2013 by

  Pic: King’s House, Hove, council headquarters Green councillors on Brighton & Hove City Council have fulfilled their party’s pledge to introduce a policy saying that no city council tenant should be evicted from a council-owned home just because they cannot afford to pay their bedroom tax. Brighton & Hove was the first city in […]

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2nd May 2013 by

  Delivering fairness and support to the trans community in Brighton and Hove Pic: Transgender Pride flag Pioneering measures to help make Brighton & Hove a better place for trans people to live, work and socialise in the city were agreed today (Thursday 2nd May). The project, run by the council’s apolitical ‘scrutiny’ department, aimed to highlight the […]

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22nd April 2013 by

  Pic: the endangered elm at Seven Dials A much-loved elm tree with some years of life ahead of it was at risk of being felled as part of safety improvements to a dangerous round-about in central Brighton and Hove. Green politicians are welcoming the tree’s likely reprieve by Brighton & Hove City Council. City […]

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16th March 2013 by

  In the week when the Liberal Democrats were in Brighton to defend their support for Conservative welfare legislation, the Brighton and Hove Green Party, Brighton Pavilion MP and the Brighton & Hove City Council’s Chair of Housing today announce their intention that no city council tenant should be evicted from a council-owned home just […]

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