Introducing the swift brick. 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 […] Read more »
Hastings United Football Club 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 […] Read more »
HGP statement on Labour power grab at Annual Council 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 […] Read more »
Taking water back into public hands. 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 […] Read more »
Jack in the Green 40th anniversary 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 […] Read more »
Hastings as a Community of Sanctuary 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, […] Read more »
Keep Well and Warm 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 […] Read more »
Observer article Jan 31 2023 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 […] Read more »
No Overall Control 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 […] Read more »
Bringing grounds maintenance in house. 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 […] Read more »