5th February 2025 / 5th February 2025 by Becca H
“People are being denied their right to decide what happens in Hastings” Green Leader for Hastings Borough Council Julia Hilton says, following today’s Government announcement that the East Sussex County Council elections in May have been cancelled. “People must be allowed to vote at the local elections in May. The big parties in Westminster claim […]
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21st January 2025 / 21st January 2025 by Becca H
9th January 2025 Cllr Julia Hilton, Leader of Hastings Borough Council, condemns Tory plans to cancel East Sussex County Council’s elections East Sussex Conservatives today voted to use the government’s recently announced shake-up of local councils as a means to suspend the May 2025 County elections. If agreed by Government, this would keep them in […]
9th May 2024 / 9th May 2024 by juliahilton
At last week’s local elections, Hastings residents gave the local Green Party eight new councillors, bringing the total to twelve. We feel honoured by your trust and energised by the responsibility that entails. Throughout the campaign you told us you’d had enough of bickering between parties, disliked all negative campaigning and wanted us to work […]
18th January 2024 / 5th April 2024 by juliahilton
Yesterday evening at an Extraordinary Full Council meeting, Green Group Leader Julia Hilton was voted in as Leader of the council to lead an interim administration until the local elections in May. Julia said: ‘This solution has been reached after lengthy discussions with all political groups. I had hoped to be able to form a […]
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 […]
17th October 2022 / 24th July 2023 by juliahilton
An open letter from Hastings Green Party to the people of Hastings and St Leonards. Hastings Green Party is ending the cooperative alliance it formed with Labour to run Hastings Council. After Greens won three additional council seats in May 2022’s local elections and took the council into No Overall Control[1], Green and Labour Group leaders agreed […]
28th February 2021 / 3rd December 2021 by juliahilton
On May 6, local voters will be going to the polls to elect councillors for Hastings Borough Council and East Sussex County Council. There are sixteen seats up for re-election at Hastings Borough Council, and eight at East Sussex County Council. Hastings Green Party will be standing candidates in every seat, so every voter in […]
