Green Party takes over Brighton council

  • Author, Peter Henley
  • Role, Political editor, South of England

They have been elected on a promise to "resist the cuts".

However the Brighton Green Party has many other ideas, ranging from better insulation programmes to meat-free Mondays on council premises.

Just moving from opposition to power on is an historic step - they are the first council in the country to be controlled by the .

I was filming "behind the scenes" in the run up to this week's handover.