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 […]
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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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
19th April 2025 / 19th April 2025 by exetergreenparty
The leader of the group of Green party councillors, Diana Moore, has called on Exeter City Council to undertake a review of the impact of the Supreme Court ruling on “the legal definition of a woman” which they say is “defined by biological sex under equalities law.” Councillor Moore said: “Exeter has a high proportion […]
9th April 2025 / 9th April 2025 by exetergreenparty
The Green Party in Exeter has welcomed planned improvements to city bus services planned for April using Bus Service Improvement Plan (BSIP) funding awarded to Devon County Council [1]. However, they point to reduced services by Stagecoach on unsubsidised routes which, they say, strengthens the case for public control of buses. Green Party candidate for […]
26th March 2025 / 26th March 2025 by exetergreenparty
Exeter Green Party have slammed the Labour-led City Council for a decision to create a temporary car park on the old bus station site [1]. A survey run by Exeter Greens to which 270 people responded found no appetite for a car park, with residents instead calling for a range of creative ideas for the […]
