Labour reject amended budget put forward by Progressive Group 27th February 2020 / 19th March 2024 by exetergreenparty Councillors from the Progressive Group on Exeter City Council have expressed their dismay after Labour councillors voted down their amendments to the Council’s budget last night. The group proposed to reopen public toilets and create two new officer posts; one to ensure Exeter City Council implement a city-wide plan to tackle the climate emergency and […] Read more »
Alternative budget to protect climate, enforce planning conditions and reopen public toilets 24th February 2020 / 19th March 2024 by exetergreenparty The Progressive Group on Exeter City Council is proposing amendments to the Council’s budget which would see public toilets reopened and two new officer posts; one to ensure Exeter City Council implements a city wide plan to tackle the climate emergency and another to enforce planning conditions to protect the city’s built and natural environment. […] Read more »
Secrecy and zero progress on tackling air quality 22nd February 2020 / 19th March 2024 by exetergreenparty Exeter Green Party has said the refusal by the City Council to answer questions about progress on implementing the Air Quality Action Plan, agreed back in November 2018, suggests no progress has been made in cleaning up Exeter’s serious air pollution. Lynn Wetenhall, prospective Green Councillor for Heavitree, a ward with one of the most […] Read more »
Greens and Lib Dems agree cooperative arrangement 17th February 2020 / 19th March 2024 by exetergreenparty In a first for Exeter, the Greens and Liberal Democrats have agreed to work cooperatively in this May’s city council elections in a bid to make the Progressive Group the official opposition on Exeter City Council. The two parties have worked together over the last year in the council under the progressive banner, together with […] Read more »