Statement Following Southern Water meeting 24th July 2024 25th July 2024 / 25th July 2024 by davidbowden One of the first actions of new Green Council Leader Julia Hilton on her election in May was to call Southern Water to council to face questions on their performance. Yesterday evening CEO Lawrence Godsen and three other senior representatives attended a meeting with the public and councillors for the first time. Julia said, “As […] Read more »
HIGHLIGHTS FROM FULL COUNCIL – 17 JULY 25th July 2024 / 25th July 2024 by davidbowden Here are some highlights from last night’s full council: HOUSING We’ve approved Phase 2 of the council’s Housing Programme which will provide around 134 new council-owned homes to help our residents most in need. This includes: This programme will not only significantly reduce our temporary accommodation costs, but all these homes will have to meet […] Read more »
Council Leader Julia Hilton’s Speech to Annual Full Council. 23rd May 2024 / 23rd May 2024 by davidbowden Hastings can be a place where residents are proud of their town and feel safe, valued and heard; where housing is available, affordable and energy efficient, and people can live healthy fulfilling lives. Read more » Council Julia Hilton
Water outage 9th May 2024 / 10th May 2024 by juliahilton Southern Water will be offering local businesses more than the company’s standard level of compensation for the massive disruption, in particular those who rely on the May Day weekend for a huge portion of their income. The Southern Water team should be thanked for their hard work on the ground to resolve this emergency but […] Read more »
Eight new Green councillors! 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 […] Read more »
Landslides in Old Roar Gill and Caves Road. 2nd March 2024 / 5th April 2024 by juliahilton This has been a devastating week for some Hastings residents, who have had to leave their homes due to landslides in both Old Roar Gill and Caves Road. On Wednesday evening Deputy Leader Glenn Haffenden and I, along with other councillors and senior officers, met with residents who have been affected by the landslip at […] Read more »
HBC Budget 2024-25 20th February 2024 / 5th April 2024 by juliahilton Next week we will finalise the budget for the council. The good news is that, thanks to hard work by officers to identify additional savings after years of government cuts to our budget, Hastings Borough Council is NOT going bankrupt. The situation is still challenging, requiring savings of £3.9 million because of the expenditure required […] Read more »
Press Release — Hastings Green Party 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 […] Read more »
Big challenges in 2024 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 […] Read more »
Is your pension propping up fossil fuel? 5th January 2024 / 19th March 2024 by juliahilton 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 […] Read more »
