Green councillor accuses Exeter Labour of gambling with the truth 9th July 2025 / 9th July 2025 by exetergreenparty Green councillor Tess Read has accused Labour of misleading the public over how much money from the Exeter lottery actually goes towards good causes. The Exeter lottery website claims that “A ticket for Exeter Community Lottery costs £1 a week and 60p will go directly to good causes.” The City Council councillor says this is […] Read more »
Labour lacking commitment to School Streets schemes for Exeter, say Greens 23rd June 2025 / 23rd June 2025 by exetergreenparty Green councillors in Exeter have accused Labour of lacking commitment to School Streets – a scheme where roads outside a school operate temporary traffic restrictions at drop-off and pick-up times – despite cross-party support for the idea. Six months ago, Exeter councillors passed a Green proposed motion calling on Devon County Council “to work with […] Read more » Exeter Green Party transport
‘Greenwash’ – Greens denounce plans for new city centre car park to fund net zero work 13th June 2025 / 13th June 2025 by exetergreenparty Exeter Green Party have criticised plans to build a new car park on the site of the old bus station site in the city centre. Labour-led Exeter City Council has approved a budget of £75,000 to undertake the works to construct the car park and say income from parking charges will be ring-fenced to support […] Read more » climate change Exeter Green Party
Greens win unanimous support for motion on addressing housing crisis at full Council meeting 10th June 2025 / 10th June 2025 by exetergreenparty A motion proposed by the Green Party calling on the Labour government to modernise the Local Housing Allowance (LHA) has won unanimous cross-party support at Exeter City Council’s full council meeting. The LHA sets the amount that private renters in receipt of housing benefit or Universal Credit get in benefits to help with rent costs. […] Read more » #Exeter Green Party housing
Greens call on Labour to work with community to find a way to protect Northbrook swimming pool 4th June 2025 / 4th June 2025 by exetergreenparty Following discussions with community campaigners, Green Party councillors on Exeter City Council have challenged the Labour administration to work with the community to find ways to protect the Northbrook Swimming Pool from closure. The closure of the pool was included in Labour’s February budget [1]. The Progressive Group – made up of both Green and […] Read more » #Exeter Green Party
Exeter Green Party welcomes Dartmoor wild camping legal ruling 22nd May 2025 / 22nd May 2025 by exetergreenparty The Green Party in Exeter has welcomed a Supreme Court ruling which means that wild camping will be allowed to continue on Dartmoor. The court ruled that a multimillionaire landowner was wrong to ban it on his land. Green councillor for Heavitree in Exeter, Catherine Rees, who has supported the campaign for wild camping on […] Read more »
Join a union to ‘Reform-proof’ your job, urge Green Party 5th May 2025 / 5th May 2025 by exetergreenparty Exeter’s Green councillors are using the May Day holiday marking International Labour Day to call on Council workers in Devon and elsewhere to ‘Reform proof’ their jobs by joining a union if they haven’t already done so. Newly elected Green councillor on Devon County Council, Andy Ketchin, said: “Nigel Farage has pledged to impose an […] Read more » #Exeter Green Party Unions
Greens offer positive alternative to Labour and the real antidote to Reform after ‘stunning’ Exeter results 3rd May 2025 / 9th July 2025 by exetergreenparty The Green Party in Exeter is celebrating three gains in the Devon County Council elections, a third of the entire city – all previously Labour seats. The Green candidate in St David’s and Haven Banks, City councillor Andy Ketchin (left), won by a landslide, achieving 46% of the vote, compared to Labour’s 24%. In St […] Read more » #Exeter Green Party local election 2025
Greens on course to win more seats than Labour in Devon 27th April 2025 / 27th April 2025 by exetergreenparty The Green Party in Devon believe they are on track to win more seats than Labour across the county next Thursday. Greens say they are hopeful of winning their first seats in Exeter, retaining councillors in East and South Devon and winning new seats in North Devon, Torridge and Mid Devon. Local Green parties in […] Read more » #Exeter Green Party Heavitree
South West Water should ‘be front of the queue’ for nationalisation, say Green Party candidates 25th April 2025 / 25th April 2025 by exetergreenparty Green County Council candidates in Devon are calling for the nationalisation of South West Water. The call comes in the wake of water bills increasing by a third and Environment Agency data showing the company released sewage for more hours than any other water company in England during 2024. In Salcombe Regis a South West […] Read more » #Exeter Green Party