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6th February 2023 / 25th April 2023 by andrewbell
Progressive Group Councillors on Exeter City Council say that proposed changes to the Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL), which the Council recently consulted on, will fail to make the city a fairer and greener place to live. CIL is a charge levied by councils on new developments which is then used to help fund vital infrastructure […]
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7th December 2022 / 19th March 2024 by andrewbell
The Green Party in Exeter has condemned as ‘feeble’ the penalty imposed on Stagecoach South West for months of poor service provision. The West of England Traffic Commissioner has instructed the company to offer four days’ free travel within the Exeter Plus ticket zone on the weekends of 10-11 and 17-18 December, a penalty valued […]
26th November 2022 / 19th March 2024 by andrewbell
Responding to a new study by the University of Sheffield which names Exeter as the greenest urban centre in the UK [1], Cllr Tess Read, a Green Party councillor in the St David’s ward which is in the heart of the city, said: “We welcome the fact that Exeter has been named as the greenest […]
31st October 2022 / 19th March 2024 by andrewbell
The Progressive Group of councillors has welcomed the backing by Exeter City Council for proportional representation to be used for General Elections, but accused Exeter Labour of double standards by forcing an amendment that blocked the same rights for people in local authority elections. Green Councillor Carol Bennett put forward the motion calling on councillors […]
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12th October 2022 / 19th March 2024 by andrewbell
Exeter Green Party has accused Labour of allowing developers to run circles round the Council, after a planning application, which was originally refused, has now been ‘deferred.’ The application for the development of the former Police Station on Heavitree Road into student accommodation and ‘co-living’ was refused by councillors on the planning committee on 5th […]
4th October 2022 / 19th March 2024 by andrewbell
The Progressive Group of councillors on Exeter City Council have sent an open letter to their Conservative colleagues calling on them to disown the government’s ‘attack on nature’ [1]. They say Kwasi Kwarteng’s ‘mini-budget’ was a ‘three-pronged assault’. Government plans include ‘investment zones’ which would make it easier to get planning permission; a ‘sunset clause’ […]
20th July 2022 / 19th March 2024 by andrewbell
After “blowing hot and cold,” Labour have finally agreed to work on a plan to insulate Exeter’s homes, a move warmly welcomed by the Progressive Group of Green, Liberal Democrat and Independent Councillors on Exeter City Council. The announcement came at the Council meeting held on the hottest day of the year in response to […]
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18th July 2022 / 19th March 2024 by andrewbell
Commenting on the Red warning for extreme heat from the Exeter based Met Office, Green Party councillor for St David’s ward in the city, Diana Moore said: “The Met Office is clear: the unprecedented heatwaves we are witnessing, not just in the UK but across Europe, are a result of human induced climate change. “Rather […]
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21st June 2022 / 19th March 2024 by andrewbell
The Progressive group of councillors are pressing the Labour-led Council to up their game on achieving the net zero target by 2030 in response to a stark Exeter University report presented to the Council’s Strategic Scrutiny Committee. Progressive Group Councillors on the committee submitted a series of bold recommendations in response to the report [1] […]
7th May 2022 / 19th March 2024 by andrewbell
The Green Party is the only Party in Exeter to have made net gains, winning three seats in the Local elections on Thursday May 5. Greens won a third seat in St David’s ward and, in the greatest upset of the evening, won both seats up for election in Heavitree. Greens won 21.4% of the […]
