20th October 2023 / 19th March 2024 by juliahilton
Before and after photos of infill sites for housing in Eastboune Last Friday my councillor colleague Glenn Haffenden, organised a research trip to Eastbourne for the cross party Hastings Housing Taskforce to visit some exciting examples of modern energy efficient council housing using awkward sites like car parks, old light industrial units and old garages. […]
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6th October 2023 / 19th March 2024 by juliahilton
Becca Horn will be the Green Party prospective parliamentary candidate for Hastings and Rye, offering a fresh and energetic alternative to the current two party race. Becca says “I am delighted and honoured to be selected to represent Hastings & Rye Green Party in the next General Election. I stood because I’m so disillusioned by […]
25th September 2023 / 19th March 2024 by juliahilton
Written by HUGH SULLIVAN for Hastings Independent. Original article : https://www.hastingsindependentpress.co.uk/articles/news/hotel-costs-soar-but-council-committed/ The construction of a Premier Inn hotel on the former Cornwallis Street car park site owned by Hastings Borough Council (HBC), politically controversial since it was first mooted in 2019, has run into major budgeting problems. A report to cabinet issued by the council’s Chief […]
Observer article for September After the news this week of Owens shutting its doors for who knows how long due to health and safety concerns, and the fact that the council is seemingly locked in to a commitment to build a hotel for a huge international chain, whether it covers its long term costs or […]
Across the country our public infrastructure is at breaking point. In Hastings one of the starkest indicators of that is our broken housing market which is about to break the council’s finances with a forecast spend this year of £5.6 million on temporary accommodation. It is surprising then that one of the council’s responses to […]
24th July 2023 / 19th March 2024 by juliahilton
The world is witnessing a colossal decline in global biodiversity, with one million animal and plant species threatened with extinction. In 2019, a State of Nature report by the UK State of Nature Partnership presented an overview of how UK wildlife is faring, looking back over 50 years of monitoring. It found the UK to […]
15th June 2023 / 19th March 2024 by juliahilton
Observer article June 2023 Last week the Hastings Labour cabinet discussed a report that sets out the current situation with Hastings United Football Club. They concluded that the current proposal to develop a new football stadium at Tile Kiln is not financially viable. We have had to wait 6 months for a report which, while […]
25th May 2023 / 19th March 2024 by juliahilton
Press statement Hastings Green Party – issued by Councillor Julia Hilton Green Group Leader. Contact 07714443221 Green Leader Councillor Julia Hilton denounces Labour power grab At last night’s Annual Council in Hastings, Labour turned its back on collaborative working and relied on the votes of a councillor recently expelled from the Conservative Party, now sitting […]
24th May 2023 / 19th March 2024 by juliahilton
Observer Article May 2023 Last week the water companies of England issued what seemed to be a coordinated and belated apology for repeated sewage spills and pledged to invest £10bn this decade in an attempt to quell public anger over pollution in seas and rivers. It sounded good until discovering that all this will be […]
25th April 2023 / 19th March 2024 by juliahilton
As this year’s 40th anniversary Jack in the Green celebrations start this weekend so does the local tourist season, but this has been a matter of much discussion and concern in the town recently. Hastings Borough Councils finances have stood on a cliff edge for some time, due to a perfect storm of poor decision […]
