Tag archives for Brighton & Hove
Now is the time for rent controls
House prices and rents are rising. The cost of living is soaring. And residents are already reeling from the last two years of the Covid pandemic. For many, they are…
Brighton & Hove Greens call for improvements to trans healthcare
Green Councillors in Brighton & Hove have called on the NHS in their city to review how it can improve healthcare for trans people. Two Green Councillors - Hannah Clare…
Why are Labour and the Tories joining forces to undermine active travel in Brighton & Hove?
Despite previous commitments to tackling the climate crisis, Labour and the Conservatives in Brighton and Hove voted together to scrap Old Shoreham Road cycle lane this week. This was a…
Matt Hancock’s proposals for our NHS are bad news
The NHS, if you ask me, is pretty much the best thing this country has ever achieved. But it is so woven into the fabric of our lives that we often take…
Number of UK universities committed to divest from fossil fuels reaches 86
The total number of UK universities to publicly commit to not investing in fossil fuels has reached 86. The university of Brighton has joined the majority of universities in the…
Where should Policy Fest sit in the Green Party’s broken policy making structures?
This year's edition of the Green Party of England and Wales' Policy Fest felt very different to previous years and, naturally, in depth interaction was limited. At the same time,…
Greens back teachers’ call to close schools and move learning online
The Green Party of England and Wales has today backed calls from teaching unions to take steps to protect the safety of staff and students by moving to online learning…
How the Green Party is transforming Brighton & Hove
In July, Green councillors in Brighton and Hove became the largest party on the council and the second Green administration in the city began. Despite winning the popular vote in…
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,…