22nd February 2025 / 3rd March 2025 by simongittus
Former Children’s Centre Manager and Green Party campaigner, Kay Mitchell, is calling for assurances from Southend City Council regarding the future of family centres and libraries following the announcement of the council’s budget. With phrases like “right-sizing” and “fit-for-purpose” being used by the Labour-led administration in relation to services, Ms. Mitchell fears they could be code for further budget cuts that threaten vital community resources.
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13th January 2025 / 13th January 2025 by simongittus
Kay Mitchell, who previously served as Deputy Leader of Southend City Council and who was formerly a Labour Councillor in Milton ward, has joined the Green Party citing the party's progressive and forward-thinking policies at both local and national levels.
12th December 2024 / 10th December 2024 by simongittus
Green Party campaigner and former publican, James Vessey-Miller, has called on Southend City Council to consider urgent action to support nightlife and live music venues within the City.
24th November 2022 / 24th November 2022 by James Vessey-Miller
SHOCKING new video shows Southend Council spraying carcinogenic herbicides on Seafront. The Green Party is today releasing this footage taken on 23.11.22, which shows a council worker blanket-spraying the carcinogenic herbicide Glyphosate across the promenade. This area of the seafront by the attractions is very popular with families and dog walkers, and frequently sees young […]
7th October 2022 / 19th November 2022 by James Vessey-Miller
In July this year, the South East Essex Green Party launched a petition and community campaign to save the Railway Hotel Southend from inappropriate development. Leading members of the local Green Party submitted the paperwork officially nominating The Railway Hotel to be considered an Asset of Community Value by Southend City Council, and additionally launched […]
6th June 2022 / 6th June 2022 by James Vessey-Miller
The Green Party's Fiona Clapperton, Tilly Hogrebe, and James Vessey-Miller attended the opening of Southend’s first Climate Hub today.
16th March 2021 / 17th March 2021 by James Vessey-Miller
Over the past few months, the council and residents have been embroiled in an unproductive debate over car parking in Southend town centre, the associated parking charges, and what impact this will have on the town's businesses as we recover from the COVID pandemic. As the town's large seafront businesses lobby the council for increasingly lowered car parking rates and the under-pressure council eyes up more locations for new and larger car parks, new insight from the Green Party suggests the obvious solutions no-one is talking about.
12th March 2021 / 12th March 2021 by James Vessey-Miller
11th January 2021 / 14th January 2021 by James Vessey-Miller
Our team removed the ones that we found, but some might still remain. Local Green Party members have been asked to remain vigilant and remove or report any more such stickers if found.
16th November 2020 / 16th November 2020 by James Vessey-Miller
Southend Council has recently launched a public consultation of residents’ views on the introduction of a compulsory Landlord Licensing scheme across Southend.
