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Govt delays final Gatwick decision
Green councillors based near Gatwick Airport have accused the government of “dereliction of duty” towards its climate commitments for saying today it was “minded to approve” the second runway at the airport. And the Greens said that delaying a decision on the details until the autumn is “shortsighted political indecision”. Cllr Jonathan Essex, leader of…
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Gatwick is still Big Enough
Local protestors highlight the case against development and use of the emergency runway at Gatwick Airport to increase flights and passenger numbers in the face of the need to reduce carbon emissions. The impact on the local area in terms of noise, air pollution, amenity areas, increased traffic needs to be considered against the purported…
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Surrey Council elections postponed. Green Party reacts
Greens across Surrey have reacted with anger to the news that the Surrey County Council elections due to be held in May have been cancelled. Cllr Jonathan Essex, county councillor for Redhill East, said: “Cllr Tim Oliver, Conservative leader of the council, tried to have these elections cancelled, because the Surrey Conservatives are scared to…
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Greens demand urgent action to refurbish Harlequin Theatre and provide temporary venue
Greens today called for urgent action to provide the 500-seat temporary theatre venue in Redhill centre that was promised in November. They also demanded that ‘concrete plans’ for refurbishment are fast-tracked after a ‘promise’ by Reigate & Banstead Council last night (January 9) to ring-fence £10 million of council reserves for the work. This pledge…
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Postponing county elections undermines democracy
Surrey County Council’s ruling Conservative cabinet proposes to postpone the county elections which are due after four years without a public vote in order to plan for local government reorganisation. This denies the democratic opportunity for Surrey residents to vote anew for their representatives and to provide input to reorganisaton proposals. Surrey Green Party leaders…
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Government must force councils to meet net zero
Government must mandate councils to meet net zero targets, say Surrey Greens. Surrey County Council will now demand more help from central government to achieve local net zero targets, thanks to a Green Party motion agreed today. The council has a target of 2050 to achieve zero emissions (and 2030 for the Council itself) but…
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Greens slam Government’s flawed housing plans
Cllr McKenna (Green, Redhill East) said, in response to the Government’s new housing policies published on Thursday, “The Housing Minister’s promise that the new mandatory housing targets will deliver the genuinely affordable homes needed is fatally flawed. Nearly tripling our overall targets in Reigate and Banstead will not deliver the affordable homes needed and will…
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Surrey council asks for family support
Surrey County Council is to ask for more government funding for local authorities to intervene earlier in children’s services across the UK to plug the gaps created by the closure of the Sure Start Children’s Centres by the previous government. This is the result of a Green motion proposed at the council meeting this morning…
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Reinvigorate Redhill with Meanwhile leases says Green Councillor Neha Boghani
Councillor Neha Boghani brought a motion to Reigate and Banstead COuncil to embrace Meanwhile leases to reinvigorate Redhill. Allowing a simpler form of temporary lease means that councils can save money on business rates, utilities and insurance and local organisations including charities can benefit from using council owned shops or office space. She said: “Let’s…
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Greens call for Thames Water to be nationalised over sewage ‘disgrace’
Thames Water must be brought into public ownership to end the “disgraceful” pollution of local waterways by raw sewage discharges, say the Greens on Reigate & Banstead Borough Council. A Green motion to be debated tonight (Thursday) at the full council meeting will explain that untreated sewage was released into the River Mole or its…
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