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5th January 2024 / 19th March 2024 by juliahilton
Green View Column – January 2024 2024 presents big challenges but also opportunities for the council, our town and the whole country as we head for both local and general elections this year. At the last council meeting in December an outline budget was passed which commits the council to making radical changes and huge […]
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If you live in Hastings and work in the public sector – eg the local council, or the fire service – then your pension may be propping up fossil fuel companies. In April 2016, thanks to campaigning by Divest East Sussex Group, Hastings became the first council in East Sussex to call on our County […]
In February 2019 Hastings declared a climate emergency thanks in part to pressure from Hastings Green Party. Other councils have taken a similar step. Now an independent agency, appropriately called ‘Climate Emergency UK’ and funded by a variety of charitable bodies and private donations, has quizzed councils across England and Wales to assess their progress. […]
15th December 2023 / 19th March 2024 by juliahilton
The local Labour party has been riven by tensions for some time now with many former activists either being expelled or leaving as the party moves to the right. I am not surprised that half of the Labour councillors have finally decided to leave an increasingly autocratic Labour Party however their timing leaves much to […]
19th November 2023 / 20th March 2024 by juliahilton
Today we have launched our Crowdfunder to raise £10,000 to win big in May 2024 and become the largest group on Hastings Borough Council. We’ve grown so fast in the last two years and now we want to go even further, aiming to go from five councillors to at least twelve in May 2024. To do that […]
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. […]
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 […]
26th July 2022 / 26th July 2022 by juliahilton
Make 20mph the default speed on our residential streets across Hastings and St Leonards where we live, work, shop, play and learn. by Zelly Restorick In St Leonards, Amanda Jobson – a newly elected Green Councillor for Gensing Ward – was listening to residents’ concerns last spring about speeding. Amanda says: “I’ve lived here for 15 […]
27th May 2022 / 27th May 2022 by juliahilton
The Green group of councillors on Hastings Council has made the decision to enter into a co-operative alliance with Labour to run the council. Hastings Borough Council was left in No Overall Control following the 5 May local elections. Greens won three seats from Labour, meaning that the 32-seat council now consists of 15 Labour, […]
16th May 2022 / 19th March 2024 by juliahilton
Hastings Greens celebrate May 2022 local election wins with co-leader Adrian Ramsay @Stuart Griffiths Hastings Green Party made spectacular gains in the May 2022 local elections, winning three seats from Labour. Central St Leonards, Gensing and Tressell all fell to the Greens, whilst in Castle Becca Horn came within a hair’s breadth of taking a […]
22nd March 2022 / 22nd March 2022 by juliahilton
After the Labour Party issued a leaflet this weekend making misleading claims about the Green Party, I am making a public commitment as Green Group leader that I and all our candidates will be running a positive and honest election campaign, focussing on the skills and energy of our candidates and our ideas for change […]
We thought you might like to know what we have both been up to since Claire joined the Greens in December and we became a Green Group on Hastings Council. Council Budget At the recent full council meeting to agree the budget, two of our amendments were supported. One to make sure climate risk was […]
21st March 2022 / 23rd March 2022 by juliahilton
Caroline Lucas MP visited St Leonards on 19 March to launch Hastings Green Party’s campaign for the 2022 local elections. She met with members and supporters, and spent time door knocking around Central St Leonards, reporting a very positive response on the doorstep. Caroline talked about the impact a Green presence can have on local […]
8th February 2022 / 8th February 2022 by juliahilton
Green Party co-leader Carla Denyer visited Hastings on February 3-4 to support the party’s campaign for the upcoming local elections. Carla was elected as co-leader of the Green Party in October 2021, alongside Adrian Ramsay. She is a councillor in Bristol, where the Green Party made huge gains in the May 2021 local elections, and […]
3rd December 2021 / 3rd December 2021 by juliahilton
Hastings Borough Council’s Labour councillor for Castle ward has announced that she has defected to the Green Party. Councillor Claire Carr, who was elected to HBC in May 2021, says, “I have reached the conclusion that I will never be treated fairly or have my voice properly heard on behalf of the residents of Castle […]
29th November 2021 / 3rd December 2021 by juliahilton
By JULIA HILTON, Green Party councillor for Tressell and Old Hastings, and TONY COLLINS, Green Party campaigner The news is full of environmental doom as COP 26 unrolls. You may feel anger, despair, or confusion at the way our politicians are failing to seize the initiative. We need our leaders to lead, recognising that time […]
On 4, 11 18 November 2021, Cllr Julia Hilton was a panelist on a series of United Nations Association webinars during COP 26. https://www.facebook.com/unaclimateoceans/videos/858652611489618
6th November 2021 / 3rd December 2021 by juliahilton
Julia Hilton reported on the work she is doing to support local residents in Old Town Hastings and Roddy Crockett from Sustrans gave a presentation and workshop on how we change priorities on our streets. It was great to see both local Labour and Conservative councillors turning up to hear Roddy Crockett from Sustrans. The […]
31st October 2021 / 3rd December 2021 by juliahilton
Keen to encourage local people to get involved in decision-making about transport choices, Sustrans, the walking and cycling charity, has arranged a meeting to discuss these issues on Saturday 6 November. Julia Hilton, Green Party councillor for Old Hastings and Tressell, explains the background. Hastings has one of the lowest percentages of car ownership in […]
21st October 2021 / 3rd December 2021 by juliahilton
On 21 October 2021, Julia Hilton was a panelist on the ITV meridian politics show The Last Word. Panelists were asked ‘who should foot the bill for climate change?’. Cllr Julia Hilton said there will be costs, but unless those costs are addressed soon, they’ll become all the more significant if we postpone the awkward decisions.
16th October 2021 / 3rd December 2021 by juliahilton
Julia proposed a motion calling for the government to introduce a UK wide Carbon Tax combined with a citizens Carbon Dividend to make polluters pay. This was seconded by Councillor Heather Bishop and supported by Labour councillors but not the Conservatives. The motion ‘Concentrations of CO2 in the atmosphere continue to rise despite international agreements. Whilst targets […]
