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24th August 2022 / 19th March 2024 by juliahilton
We are one of the wealthiest countries in the world and yet this summer we are facing both an energy and a water crisis. A decent home that provides refuge from both extreme heat and cold and access to food and clean water are basic human rights and yet we are facing a winter where […]
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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 […]
19th July 2022 / 19th March 2024 by juliahilton
Just too hot It’s been a tough week in Hastings if you struggle with the heat. Hastings missed the worst of the UK’s first “red heatwave” warning. Even so, Friends of the Earth research shows over 16,000 households in Hastings could be vulnerable to extreme heat. Often these will be the same households who suffer […]
24th June 2022 / 19th March 2024 by juliahilton
First of all, thank you to the Observer for offering me this weekly column on all things Green. I will use this space to celebrate all the community initiatives that are already under way to green our town and reduce our carbon footprint, but also to issue an urgent call to action. We need the […]
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 […]
