News

Greens urge residents to take ‘whole neighbourhood approach’ in response to Queen Street social distancing proposals

08 December 2020

Exeter St David’s Green Party councillor, Diana Moore, is urging residents to back a whole neighbourhood approach to proposed temporary social distancing measures for Queen Street and the surrounding area.

Small Business Saturday: Greens call for extra support to help Exeter’s small businesses survive and thrive

05 December 2020

This Small Business Saturday, Exeter Green Party is calling on the government to introduce a five-point plan to support small businesses, many of which have suffered heavy losses during the coronavirus pandemic.

Greens welcome bid to call in Harlequins Co-Living development

05 December 2020

Green councillor, Diana Moore, has welcomed a request to the Secretary of State to call in the Co-Living development on the Harlequins site.

Labour’s fishy Co-living experiment will fail the city

17 November 2020

The Progressive Group has decried the decision by the Exeter City Council Planning Committee to allow another co-living development in the city as forcing people to live in cramped accommodation while allowing developers to maximise profits.

Statement from Exeter Green Party in response to Exeter Transport Strategy

11 November 2020

This strategy has been a long time coming. It is disappointing therefore that it fails to address the multiple problems associated with transport with sufficient urgency.

Co-Living experiment on Harlequins Centre site is ‘white flag’ to developers

27 October 2020

Progressive Group councillors have been left in a ‘state of disbelief’ over the unconditional backing given by a majority of Labour councillors to proposals to build a giant ‘Co-Living’ tower block and hotel on the Harlequins Centre site in central Exeter.

Labour and Tories unite to block motion on electoral reform for local elections

21 October 2020

A motion calling for a system of Proportional Representation (PR) for local elections, brought before Exeter City councillors last night, was blocked when both the Labour and Conservative groups refused to back it.

Call to change election system in Exeter

19 October 2020

Exeter councillors will be asked to back a new voting system for local elections at the Full Council meeting this Tuesday.

Councillors reassured after meeting with Public Health Director

16 October 2020

Agencies in Exeter are making every effort to contain the corona virus outbreak in the city and keep residents safe, say members of the Progressive Group following a meeting with the Director of Public Health for Devon.

Call for Exeter to become a ‘zero-emissions transport city’ and ‘electric bike capital of the South West’

25 September 2020

The Progressive Group of councillors on Exeter City Council have called on both Exeter City and Devon County Councils to work together and take advantage of a new government cycling and walking strategy which could see Exeter become a pioneering zero carbon emissions transport city.