Grow a Greener, Fairer Exeter
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3rd June 2024 / 3rd June 2024 by andrewbell
Following a vote by councillors in the Exeter HATOC committee to end the Active Streets Trial in Heavitree ahead of the original plan for it to run until February 2025, Green councillors in the ward have challenged both the Labour-led Exeter City Council and the Conservative-led Devon County Council to explain what they plan to […]
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28th May 2024 by andrewbell
The Progressive Group of Councillors on Exeter City Council will this week seek to reduce the financial risks racked up by the Labour-led Council and demand long promised measures to oversee council companies are properly put in place. The call comes as yet another Council connected Company, Exeter Science Park Ltd, runs into trouble. At […]
22nd May 2024 by andrewbell
The Green Party parliamentary candidate in Exeter, Andrew Bell [1], says the forthcoming General Election is a chance for voters in the city to choose hope and practical solutions to the crises facing the country. Pointing to the local election results in May within the new parliamentary boundary, Andrew Bell says the choice in Exeter […]
21st May 2024 / 21st May 2024 by andrewbell
Green Councillors in Exeter have called for a new Police Enquiry Officer to be based in the city centre as records show 316 crimes in March alone this year. The three Green councillors in St David’s ward have written to the re-elected Police and Crime Commissioner, Alison Hernandez, calling for the Officer to be located […]
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 […]
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 […]
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16th March 2024 / 9th April 2024 by andrewbell
The Progressive Group on Exeter City Council have welcomed the announcement to propose £8m investment in the Material Reclamation Facility (MRF) – which will update machinery and include increased capacity to receive city-wide food waste [1] – and have challenged the Labour-led Council to achieve at least a 65% recycling rate within three years. Co-leader […]
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 […]