No green spaces in Exeter safe under Labour, warn Greens 9th August 2025 / 9th August 2025 by exetergreenparty Green councillors have warned that green spaces in Exeter are under threat. The warning comes after the Deputy prime minister, Angela Rayner, gave the green light for councils to sell off allotments to raise funds [1], and a decision locally by Exeter’s Labour-run council that will require them to sell twice as much of a […] Read more » Exeter Green Party green spaces
Exeter is a city of sanctuary: asylum seekers and refugees welcome here 9th August 2025 / 9th August 2025 by exetergreenparty Ahead of threatened demonstrations this weekend outside hotels housing asylum seekers in Devon, leader of the Green group of councillors in Exeter, Diana Moore, said: “The protests we are seeing outside hotels housing asylum seekers and in our communities are unacceptable. These protests are the result of the deliberate spread of myths and lies about […] Read more » asylum Exeter Green Party
Labour lacking commitment to School Streets schemes for Exeter, say Greens 23rd June 2025 / 23rd June 2025 by exetergreenparty Green councillors in Exeter have accused Labour of lacking commitment to School Streets – a scheme where roads outside a school operate temporary traffic restrictions at drop-off and pick-up times – despite cross-party support for the idea. Six months ago, Exeter councillors passed a Green proposed motion calling on Devon County Council “to work with […] Read more » Exeter Green Party transport
‘Greenwash’ – Greens denounce plans for new city centre car park to fund net zero work 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 […] Read more » climate change Exeter Green Party
Green light for city centre car park “only Exeter Labour wants” 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 […] Read more » #Exeter climate change Exeter Green Party transport
Exeter Green Party comment on red warning heatwave 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 […] Read more » climate change Exeter Green Party heatwave
