Green councillor Martin Osborne said that renters needed greater protection from the effects of the continuing pandemic. Councillor Osborne said: “Although I appreciate the temporary eviction bans, that have been welcome from the government, it seems they are trying their best to get away with doing the minimum. “They keep extending the ban for short timescales with the hope that the number of cases of covid will fall so they can restart the evictions as soon as possible. “What renters need instead is some long-term security.” He said that a six-month breathing space would allow the vaccination programme to take effect and the economy to recover.
Madeira Drive in Brighton has been closed to motorists since April Conservative councillors were labelled “Trump-like” when they called for a focus on “value for money”. The comments came in response to six examples cited by the Tories as examples of how the Greens and Labour had wasted taxpayers’ millions. Councillor Samer Bagaeen said that money saved through the proposed value for money programme could be spent on things like ridding the city of graffiti. Brighton councillor Samer Bagaeen warns of element of risk as lockdown eases He said that value for money was the relationship between economy, efficiency and effectiveness which all residents had the right to expect.