Progressive Group calls for accountability as another council company runs into trouble 28th May 2024 by andrewbell The Progressive Group of Councillors on Exeter City Council will this week seek to reduce the financial risks racked up by the Labour-led Council and demand long promised measures to oversee council companies are properly put in place. The call comes as yet another Council connected Company, Exeter Science Park Ltd, runs into trouble. At […] Read more »
General Election: It’s Greens or Labour in Exeter, says Green Party candidate Andrew Bell 22nd May 2024 by andrewbell The Green Party parliamentary candidate in Exeter, Andrew Bell [1], says the forthcoming General Election is a chance for voters in the city to choose hope and practical solutions to the crises facing the country. Pointing to the local election results in May within the new parliamentary boundary, Andrew Bell says the choice in Exeter […] Read more »
Green councillors call again for city centre Police Office as crime figures rise 21st May 2024 / 21st May 2024 by andrewbell Green Councillors in Exeter have called for a new Police Enquiry Officer to be based in the city centre as records show 316 crimes in March alone this year. The three Green councillors in St David’s ward have written to the re-elected Police and Crime Commissioner, Alison Hernandez, calling for the Officer to be located […] Read more »
Heavitree councillors react to reports that Active Streets Trial may be shelved 16th May 2024 by andrewbell Responding to reports that Devon County Council may seek to abandon the Heavitree and Whipton Active Streets Trial, Heavitree’s two Green Party councillors, Catherine Rees and Carol Bennett, have issued the following statement: “The last set of evidence provided to HATOC showed that the Active Streets Trial had broadly achieved its principal aims of making […] Read more »
Progressive Group: continuing to do politics differently in Exeter 10th May 2024 by andrewbell The Green Party and Liberal Democrats are to continue their alliance on Exeter City Council following local elections which saw each Party gain a councillor – the Green Party in Newtown & St Leonard’s and the Liberal Democrats in St James & Duryard [1]. The Greens now have seven councillors and the Liberal Democrats four […] Read more »