Under orders from national Labour, council leader Paul Barnett has reluctantly ended Hastings Borough Council’s red/green co-operative alliance after less than six months and relieved the two Green portfolio holders of their positions and Cabinet posts. HOT’s Chris Connelley reports.
The government’s plan to send asylum-seekers to Rwanda for processing and settlement has provoked strong reactions, not only nationally but also in Hastings. Nick Terdre reports.
HOT has asked the four local parties for a brief rundown of their policies and reasons why you should vote for them. Here is the response from the Green Party, who marked their election campaign launch last month with a visit from MP Caroline Lucas.
Hastings Borough Council has scrapped plans to sell Tilekiln Fields in Hollington to Hastings United Football Club for redevelopment as its new football stadium. Its justification of the move – that green spaces need to be protected – was met with scepticism in some quarters. Nick Terdre reports.
The Green Party is riding high, in Hastings as elsewhere after winning their first borough council seat last May. Newly elected co-leader Carla Denyer was in town last week to meet local supporters and add heft to the campaign to win more seats in elections this May. Chris Connelley reports.
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.
Around 50 people, including representatives of the Green and Conservative parties, turned up for Seachangewatch’s protest meeting against Sea Change Sussex’s plans to build speculative industrial units on its North Queensway site. Bernard McGinley was among them.
The Green Party’s Cllr Julia Hilton has added her voice to the many objections lodged against Sea Change Sussex’s plan to develop the North Queensway Innovation Park, complaining of the council’s lack of scrutiny of the company. Meanwhile Sea Change envisages having the Queensway Gateway road in operation by November, and has been granted funding for the Bexhill Enterprise Park North. Nick Terdre reports.
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