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24th February 2021 / 19th March 2024 by exetergreenparty
The Progressive Group of councillors on Exeter City Council – which includes Green councillor Diana Moore – have refused to back Labour’s budget for the coming year. While the Conservatives gave their backing, the Progssive Group challenged the Labour-led council on its ‘direction of travel.’ Cllr Kevin Mitchell, leader of the Progressive Group, said: “This […]
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All Green Spaces
2nd February 2021 / 1st December 2021 by exetergreenparty
Exeter Green Party has said it is alarmed at the ‘enthusiasm for the privatisation of our green spaces’ being shown by Labour-run Exeter City Council, in response to the Council’s consultation on their draft Parks and Green Space Strategy. The Strategy specifically highlights USA and Australia models, “where corporations find their public image enhanced and […]
23rd January 2021 by exetergreenparty
We acknowledge that there has been increased interest in the issue of leafletting by political parties in recent weeks. Media reports have indicated that local police forces have interpreted the Covid-19 lockdown rules differently. It is also clear that different Political parties have sought and offered advice to their local groups on carrying out political […]
16th December 2020 / 1st December 2021 by exetergreenparty
*Labour councillors, backed by Conservatives, block motion to develop a local planning policy on Co-living *Labour say policy will form part of the review of the Local Plan, but this could take four years Progressive Group Councillors have slammed Exeter Labour and Tory councillors over voting down a motion seeking backing for a local planning policy […]
10th December 2020 / 19th March 2024 by exetergreenparty
Progressive Group councillors, representing St James and St David’s, have accused Labour of a cavalier attitude towards dramatic increases in levels of graffiti in Exeter in recent weeks. The criticism follows responses from Labour councillors to a question from Cllr Michael Mitchell, raised at the Council’s Scrutiny Committee. Cllr Mitchell asked when the full graffiti […]
8th December 2020 / 19th March 2024 by exetergreenparty
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. A Devon County Council consultation, offering three options with varying levels of footway widening and one-way systems for traffic, ends on Thursday 10th December. Cllr […]
5th December 2020 / 19th March 2024 by exetergreenparty
This Small Business Saturday, Exeter Green Party is calling on the government to introduce a five-point plan to support small businesses [1], many of which have suffered heavy losses during the coronavirus pandemic [2]. Green Party candidate for St David’s, Amy Sparling, who has worked in the hospitality sector and helped to build supportive communities as manager […]
Cllr Diana Moore, the Green Party councillor for St David’s ward which includes the city centre, has welcomed a request to the Secretary of State to call in the Co-Living development on the Harlequins site. The Planning Committee, dominated by members of Labour’s ruling Executive, granted planning permission for the 251-bedspace accommodation block in October. […]
17th November 2020 by exetergreenparty
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. The 133-room development at the former ambulance station site on Gladstone Road was backed by seven councillors, with four […]
11th November 2020 by exetergreenparty
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. Both Devon County Council and Exeter City Council have declared a climate emergency and set dates for achieving carbon neutrality. Yet there are no targets in the strategy for […]
31st October 2020 / 19th March 2024 by margaretpickering
Diana Moore, Green councillor for St David’s, has 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. She describes the decision by the Planning Committee to grant […]
All Elections
21st October 2020 / 19th March 2024 by exetergreenparty
A motion calling for a system of Proportional Representation (PR) for local elections, brought before Exeter City councillors last night [1], was blocked when both the Labour and Conservative groups refused to back it. Diana Moore, the Green councillor who proposed the motion on behalf of the Progressive Group of councillors, expressed alarm at the […]
19th October 2020 / 19th March 2024 by exetergreenparty
Exeter councillors will be asked to back a new voting system for local elections at the Full Council meeting this Tuesday. The Progressive Group, consisting of a Green councillor, an Independent and two Liberal Democrat councillors, will put forward a motion [1] calling for a system of Proportional Representation (PR) to replace First Past the […]
18th October 2020 / 19th March 2024 by margaretpickering
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. The meeting was attended by city centre councillors and representatives from Public Heath Devon, the University and Exeter […]
Air quality All Traffic
3rd October 2020 / 19th March 2024 by margaretpickering
25th September 2020 by exetergreenparty
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. The ‘Gear Change’ strategy calls for a “a step-change in cycling […]
9th September 2020 / 6th November 2020 by margaretpickering
8 September 2020 A petition signed by over 4200 people online, including 2081 Exeter residents, to ‘stop developers destroying Historic Exeter’ has made Councillors “sit up and listen”, claim its organisers. The petition was presented to the Exeter City Council planning committee on 7th September by Green Councillor Diana Moore. The petition demands that Exeter City Council put […]
8th September 2020 by exetergreenparty
A petition signed by over 4200 people online, including 2081 Exeter residents, to ‘stop developers destroying Historic Exeter’ has made Councillors “sit up and listen”, claim its organisers. The petition was presented to the Exeter City Council planning committee on 7th September by Green Councillor Diana Moore. The petition demands that Exeter City Council put […]
26th August 2020 / 19th March 2024 by exetergreenparty
Following weeks of ‘dither and delay’ Greens say their pressure on the Labour-run City Council to release air pollution figures has paid off. Green councillor, Diana Moore, requested air pollution figures for the lockdown period at a Council scrutiny meeting in July. She was told at the time that raw data could not be released […]
All Climate action
19th August 2020 / 19th March 2024 by margaretpickering
Greens have questioned Labour-led Exeter City Council’s commitment to the climate emergency and to making the energy used in its operations carbon neutral by 2022 because of its refusal to consider renewable energy as part of refurbishing the Riverside Leisure centre. Green Councillor, Diana Moore challenged Council Leader, Cllr Phil Bialyk, to carry out a ‘return […]
21st July 2020 by exetergreenparty
Exeter City Councillors will be asked to vote for the introduction of parking charges at all Leisure Centres and public open space car parks in the city, with the income generated being earmarked for Housing Needs and Homelessness services. The proposal will form one of two amendments being proposed by the Progressive Group of councillors […]
21st July 2020 / 19th March 2024 by margaretpickering
Exeter City Councillors will be asked to vote for the introduction of parking charges at all Leisure Centres and public open space car parks in the city, with the income generated being earmarked for Housing Needs and Homelessness services. The proposal will form one of two amendments being proposed by the Progressive Group of councillors to an […]
17th July 2020 by exetergreenparty
The Progressive Group of councillors on Exeter City Council are demanding that a new Board which has been asked to shape the future of the city be more open and transparent with both councillors and the people of Exeter. The Place Board was established in 2019 by the Labour Executive of Exeter City Council to […]
1st July 2020 by exetergreenparty
The Progressive group of councillors on Exeter City Council have welcomed a U-turn by the ruling Labour group which will see the city’s leisure facilities brought back under council control. The current leisure contract runs out in September, and the Council has decided in the wake of the Covid-19 crisis, to bring the services back […]
