Tag archives for Brighton & Hove
Greens call for a new course on social care – UK Green news round up issue 58
Greens call for new course on social care Image credit: Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung, Creative Commons The UK government this week included deaths from coronavirus taking place outside hospitals in its national figures…
Now is the time to end the shame of rough sleeping
It has been said at times of transformation that “all that is solid melts into air.” Our world is changing. After being told it would take a ten-year government plan,…
Winning free bus travel for under 18s – UK Green news round up issue 50
Scottish Greens win free bus travel for under 18s Image credit: Creative Commons: Ric Lander The Scottish Green Party achieved a major victory this week. As part of its negotiations…
Funding a Green New Deal for Brighton and Hove
Image Credit: Creative Commons: Brighton Pavillion This week, Brighton and Hove councillors meet to debate and vote on the city’s budget. Our city faces three challenges in this budget: a…
Brighton and Hove still has a way to come to being the perfect LGBTIQA+ city
On a Friday afternoon at the end of January, I sat with nine other councillors for Trans Awareness Training. It was delivered by the brilliant The Clare Project, a small…
This energy co-op is generating clean energy while tackling fuel poverty
Operating in the traditionally male dominated energy services arena, BHESCo (Brighton and Hove Energy Services Cooperative) is an organisation led by women bringing a new approach to the reduction of…
The Green Party’s radical conscience – an interview with Alex Phillips MEP
Often political interviews are dull affairs. A politician runs through a series of rehearsed points, refusing to deviate from them. In some instances, they will have a staffer present, lingering…
The battle against privatisation of a Sussex school is stepping up a gear
Last week, the results of a parental ballot at Moulsecoomb Primary in Brighton were announced - 96% of parents said no to academisation at their school. The ballot was the…
The joy of public libraries
When I was growing up in London we would regularly visit the local public library and spend hours choosing and reading books. I loved the high-ceilinged Victorian building, the sense…
Jenny Jones to join campaign to stop a Brighton school becoming an academy
Image credit: Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung, Creative Commons The campaign to stop a Brighton school becoming an academy is about to be boosted by a high profile backer. Jenny Jones, the Green member…