28th February 2022 / 30th March 2022 by sallypickering
AGC Summer Conference 2-3 July 2022 This annual event for all Green Councillors at whatever level of local Government they sit, is a valuable opportunity to network, learn new skills and information to help you be a more effective Green Councillors but also to network, build a support network of fellow Green councillors and feel […]
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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 […]
14th October 2021 / 19th March 2024 by sallypickering
Deputy mayor: Why I’ve left Labour, joined the Greens and ‘come home’ After making the ‘difficult decision’ to leave the Labour Party, Councillor Lorna Russell explains in her own words why she has made the switch Last night I took the difficult decision to resign from the Labour Party. This is something that has been […]
28th September 2021 / 29th September 2021 by hannahclare
Following the Government’s announcement of Michael Gove’s appointment as Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities and the removal of ‘Local Government’ from his ministerial title, Green Councillors call for re-affirmation and acknowledgement of the crucial role of local councils. Greens welcome the idea of better funding communities. The Government’s definition however, falls […]
20th September 2021 / 19th March 2024 by sallypickering
Hundreds of voters who live in the Stroud area could lose their right to vote if the government’s Elections Bill, which goes back to the House of Commons for its second reading on 7 September, becomes law, Stroud District Green Party is warning. “The Bill’s stated aim is to ensure that UK elections remain ‘secure, […]
10th September 2021 / 19th March 2024 by sallypickering
Nick Stapleton, elected as one of three Councillors to represent the West Malling and Leybourne ward in 2019, has today announced he has joined the Green Party. Nick is well known in the community for working hard to ensure residents have a strong voice, and for holding the Council to account. Now, he has made […]
9th September 2021 / 19th March 2024 by sallypickering
AGC Annual Gathering and AGM Saturday 11th September 2021 The AGC’s Annual Gathering and AGM will take place this Saturday, September 11th 2021, at the LGAI offices in London and also via Zoom.
24th June 2021 / 21st June 2023 by sallypickering
Bath and North East Somerset’s Councillor Joanna Wright has rejoined the party after a two year period as a member of the Liberal Democrats. Her defection resulted from disillusionment with the Liberal Democrats’ handling of active travel schemes on the council, which she considered to contravene commitments set out by the Party in their 2019 […]
15th March 2021 / 21st June 2023 by sallypickering
Green Councillors have had quite an influence on Council budgets across the country in this year’s budget-setting process. Where Green are in Power, they have been able to secure investment for ambitious Green Recovery plans. In Brighton & Hove, the Green-led Council has approved its budget for 2021-22 (with support from labour and conservative councillors), […]
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 […]