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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 […]
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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 […]
3rd December 2021 / 3rd December 2021 by juliahilton
Hastings Borough Council’s Labour councillor for Castle ward has announced that she has defected to the Green Party. Councillor Claire Carr, who was elected to HBC in May 2021, says, “I have reached the conclusion that I will never be treated fairly or have my voice properly heard on behalf of the residents of Castle […]
29th November 2021 / 3rd December 2021 by juliahilton
By JULIA HILTON, Green Party councillor for Tressell and Old Hastings, and TONY COLLINS, Green Party campaigner The news is full of environmental doom as COP 26 unrolls. You may feel anger, despair, or confusion at the way our politicians are failing to seize the initiative. We need our leaders to lead, recognising that time […]
On 4, 11 18 November 2021, Cllr Julia Hilton was a panelist on a series of United Nations Association webinars during COP 26. https://www.facebook.com/unaclimateoceans/videos/858652611489618
6th November 2021 / 3rd December 2021 by juliahilton
Julia Hilton reported on the work she is doing to support local residents in Old Town Hastings and Roddy Crockett from Sustrans gave a presentation and workshop on how we change priorities on our streets. It was great to see both local Labour and Conservative councillors turning up to hear Roddy Crockett from Sustrans. The […]
31st October 2021 / 3rd December 2021 by juliahilton
Keen to encourage local people to get involved in decision-making about transport choices, Sustrans, the walking and cycling charity, has arranged a meeting to discuss these issues on Saturday 6 November. Julia Hilton, Green Party councillor for Old Hastings and Tressell, explains the background. Hastings has one of the lowest percentages of car ownership in […]
21st October 2021 / 3rd December 2021 by juliahilton
On 21 October 2021, Julia Hilton was a panelist on the ITV meridian politics show The Last Word. Panelists were asked ‘who should foot the bill for climate change?’. Cllr Julia Hilton said there will be costs, but unless those costs are addressed soon, they’ll become all the more significant if we postpone the awkward decisions.
