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Hastings Observer Articles
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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
24th March 2023 / 19th March 2024 by juliahilton
In the cold sunshine of a February afternoon The Stade Open Space is filled with the beautiful sound of Ukrainian songs as we stand together with those who came to Hastings to seek safety from the war in Ukraine a year ago. In my hand is a placard made by one of the Ukrainian children, […]
24th February 2023 / 19th March 2024 by juliahilton
Observer Article February 2023. This winter has been extremely tough for many people and there has been an explosion in demand for help accessing services and funding. It is heartening to see Green councillors coming up with innovative neighbourhood solutions to providing help and support. Last week saw the first Keep Well and Warm event […]
30th January 2023 / 19th March 2024 by juliahilton
Observer article Jan 31 2023 January has been quite a month for Hastings, with strikes, fire and flooding reminding us of the reason for investment in the public sector, both workers and infrastructure. Our sewage and drainage systems are not up to the task of dealing with extreme rainfall events, which are likely to be […]
24th December 2022 / 19th March 2024 by juliahilton
For many years Hastings Borough Council was run by a majority Labour administration. At the elections last May that authority was lost, and the council is now in ‘no overall control’. Until a few weeks ago Labour and the Greens ran the council as an alliance, but interference from Labour’s National Executive put paid to […]
24th October 2022 / 19th March 2024 by juliahilton
Observer article for October 2022 – Julia Hilton By the time you read this article, Hastings Borough Council will have voted on whether to bring back in house the maintenance of our town’s astonishing 690 hectares of green space. For the last decade the care of our parks, gardens and wild land has been contracted […]