Green Councillors in Brighton and Hove have succeeded in securing further government funding for the city’s Housing First programme, which will expand the scheme by 30 properties to re-ho...
"Council Housing should be the best: in choice of materials, level of safety, energy efficiency, innovation. So, why are we settling for below-par standards, let alone those that put peop...
This week saw the first meeting of the Brighton and Hove City Council’s new Climate Assembly, bringing 50 residents together to discuss transport and how the city can reach its climate go...
Julian Mellor explores how the government’s proposed planning reforms could hand power to US developers by removing the decision-making power of local planning committees.
“Just when we need to be strengthening communities, defending the environment, and planning for our children’s futures; the new planning laws being rushed through by the Government threat...
“Neither Labour nor the Conservatives are doing enough nationally. Those who have been unable to pay rent because of lost earnings during lockdown are still expected to pay it back under ...
“The UK is facing its biggest economic shock for a generation. Meanwhile, the global crisis of climate change is accelerating. We have a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to address these ur...
“A Green Mayor would give Londoners control over how our city develops to provide the homes we need”. Following her runs for Mayor in 2008 and 2016, Green Party Co-leader Sian Berry has a...
‘It is shameful that in a nation as rich as the UK thousands are still facing freezing temperatures on the streets.’ Figures published today show that the number of people sleeping on the...
The Campaign to Protect Rural England has blamed ‘unrealistic’ housing targets for the increased release of Green Belt land for development, after it conducted an analysis of government d...
