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Council Finance
13th February 2025 / 13th February 2025 by Becca H
Green-led Hastings Borough Council has passed what’s been hailed as the most comprehensive and robust budget the council has seen in years. Finance Lead Cllr Darren Mackenzie praised officers, saying, “Our new ‘zero-based’ approach has made a real difference: it shows us the reality of our situation. This is a far more pragmatic approach, allowing […]
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Local Elections
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
The Green Party of Hastings and Rye is pleased to see the trustees of the University of Brighton Academy Trust announce in a letter to staff and parents that they do not have faith in the leadership of the Trust. The leadership are unable to ensure “that every academy is able to deliver the best […]
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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 […]
Climate Change Council
21st November 2024 / 21st November 2024 by Becca H
GREENS GET CLIMATE & NATURE MOTION PASSED At last night’s full council, Green Cllr Amanda Jobson saw her motion for Hastings Borough Council to back the Parliamentary Climate & Nature (CAN) Bill finally voted through, having been delayed since July. In an impassioned speech introducing the motion, Cllr Jobson said, “This bill is already backed […]
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GREENS URGE SUPPORT FOR LETTER TO PM ON GAZA At LAST NIGHT’S Full Council, Green Council Leader Julia Hilton read out a letter to Prime Minister Kier Starmer addressing the crisis in Gaza, Palestine, Israel and Lebanon. The letter – which has so far been agreed by the Labour group leader and the Mayor – […]
Council Southern Water
18th November 2024 / 18th November 2024 by Becca H
Greens get agreement from Southern Water CEO to ‘reconsider’ compensation for householders Green-led Hastings Borough Council called Southern Water to their second public council meeting last Monday, to face further scrutiny over their long-awaited detailed plan for Hastings. In the public meeting, it was clear that Southern Water were trying to move on from past […]
Community Council Finance Transparency
6th November 2024 / 6th November 2024 by Becca H
DOGS PERMITTED RETURN TO OLD TOWN BEACHES IN SUMMER At last night’s meeting, our all-Green cabinet voted unanimously to uphold the results of the dog PSPO consultation, which saw Option 2 – removing the exclusion zone from both Rock-a-Nore and Stade beaches – favoured by 64% of respondents. The news heralded applause from members of […]
9th October 2024 / 9th October 2024 by Becca H
New Capital Assurance Board to give “much needed oversight” to council’s capital finances Tonight’s cabinet meeting announced the creation of a new ‘Capital Assurance Board’ – a cross party councillor and officer working group who will advise and help to develop the council’s capital investment strategy as well as better manage the assets we own […]
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8th August 2024 / 9th August 2024 by davidbowden
Hastings Green Party wholeheartedly condemns the organised racist and Islamophobic acts of violence that we have seen in towns and cities across the country over the past week. Our town was named on a far-right target list: a threat designed to intimidate and cause terror within our local communities of colour, Muslims, refugees and migrants, […]