30th March 2022 / 19th March 2024 by sallypickering
Changing our Council’s approach: community and climate come first This article, by Councillor Robin Bennett, Leader of South Oxfordshire Council’s Green Group – where the Greens share power with the Lib Dems – was published in GreenWorld on 29th March 2022 South Oxfordshire is a large rural district stretching from Oxford to Henley and the […]
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1st February 2022 / 30th March 2022 by sallypickering
Since the 2021 May elections, Greens made the largest net gain of council seats in local authority by-elections of any party. What is behind this extraordinary statistic, and how have Green councillors helped these successes to happen? There are complex factors at play here. Firstly, the sentiment on the ground is favourable to Greens: more […]
15th December 2021 / 19th March 2024 by sallypickering
What Greens Can do in Power The AGC recently caught up with three of Glastonbury’s Green Councillors, Mayor Jon Cousins, Lindsay MacDougall, and Mike Smyth. Jon and Lindsay are also District Councillors and were keen to tell us about the difference having a Green-run Town makes. Greens started as a minority administration in 2015 and […]
8th November 2021 / 19th March 2024 by sallypickering
Green Council Leader wins prestigious LGA award Green Leader of Brighton and Hove Council, Phelim Maccafferty, has won the prestigious Local Government Association Clarence Barrett Award. The Clarence Barrett Award is the highest award presented to LGA Independent Group Members, and recognises those councillors who go above and beyond in their work, to contribute something […]
4th November 2020 / 4th November 2020 by sallypickering
Cllr Simon Grover was asked to write a short piece about being St Albans District Council’s only Green councillor, and leader of the 5-strong Independent & Green group. Ever keen on recycling, we thought we’d pop it on here too. “I want to be in the room where it happens”, sings frustrated politician Aaron Burr […]
11th September 2020 / 19th March 2024 by sallypickering