As thousands of nurses join the growing list of essential workers striking over real-terms pay cuts, Hastings Trades Council has called a protest march on Saturday 19 November to support the strikes and demand a general election. Gabriel Carlyle reports.
Gabriel Carlyle reports on Saturday’s Enough is Enough! cost-of-living protest. Photographs by Paulo Figurelli.
Hastings Borough Council could be about to become the fifth local council in the UK to endorse the call for a Fossil Fuel Treaty – an international treaty to phase out fossil fuels (oil, coal and gas). Gabriel Carlyle from Divest East Sussex explains what this means and why it matters.
Encouraged as their politics pull in increasing numbers of new members and supporters, local Greens are contesting all Hastings wards and most East Sussex divisions in the hope of finally winning seats. Nick Terdre asked where they stand on major issues of local interest. All photos courtesy of the Green Party.
Last week, HOT’s Erica Smith dressed up and helped carry a giant cracker around town – appealing to local people and East Sussex County Council (ESCC) to see sense and realise that it’s crackers to invest in fossil fuels. This is her story…
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