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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 […]
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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 […]
15th April 2024 by andrewbell
Exeter Green Party have launched their local election campaign, pledging to give communities in Exeter a better say in helping shape a greener, fairer city and to fight cuts to vital services that support people in greatest need. The Party is also proposing some creative ideas such as developing a modern market in the city […]
26th March 2024 by andrewbell
Green Party councillors in St David’s ward in Exeter have described the planned conversion of council flats into ‘New York style luxury flats’ [1] as a ‘disgrace.’ Concord House on South Street had 28 flats that were let as social housing, but tenants were moved out last year due to concerns over the safety of […]
20th February 2024 / 19th March 2024 by andrewbell
The Progressive Group on Exeter City Council will present amendments to the Labour administration’s proposed budget at the Full Council meeting on Tuesday which they say will focus on improving services for residents [1]. The proposals by the official opposition group of Green and Liberal Democrat Councillors on the City Council include investment in street […]
12th December 2023 / 9th April 2024 by andrewbell
Green councillors will propose a motion to Exeter’s Full Council meeting on Tuesday urging councillors to back a motion which calls on the UK government to press for an “urgent permanent ceasefire in Gaza, Israel and the rest of Palestine.” It also commits councillors to “explore how the Council can better support and facilitate events […]
All Elections
1st December 2023 / 9th April 2024 by andrewbell
The Green Party has announced that Andrew Bell has been chosen by local members to fight the Exeter parliamentary seat at the next general election. Andrew Bell has lived in Exeter for over 20 years; his children were born in the city and attended local schools. He is a former teacher and previously worked as […]
15th November 2023 / 19th March 2024 by andrewbell
Ahead of an SNP motion being put to MPs in parliament today calling for a ceasefire in the Israel-Palestine war, Green Party councillors in Exeter have written to Ben Bradshaw urging him to back a ceasefire. 15th November 2023 Dear Mr Bradshaw, URGENT: Palestine and Israel conflict – amendments to the King’s speech We write […]
All Cost of Living Crisis Housing Development
30th August 2023 / 9th April 2024 by andrewbell
Progressive Group councillors have raised alarm at the outcome of a planning inspection of new Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) rates proposed by Exeter’s Labour-run Council. The Progressive Group of Green and Liberal Democrat Councillors on Exeter City Council put forward strong objections to Labour’s proposed CIL rates which, they say, won’t fund the infrastructure needed to […]
22nd June 2023 / 19th March 2024 by andrewbell
Green Party Councillor Diana Moore has written to Exeter City Council auditors asking them to urgently review the funding and oversight of a significant project designed to put Council assets into a property development fund. The so-called Exeter Development Fund was proposed by Labour-led Exeter City Council and a company it set up, Exeter City […]
