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15th November 2018 / 19th March 2020 by sallypickering
A respected conservative councillor on Waveney District Council in Suffolk has defected and joined the Greens, only weeks after a prominent Labour Councillor also defected and joined the Greens in Dover.
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12th November 2018 / 19th March 2020 by sallypickering
After four year's of campaigning, the Save Our Meadows group in Suffolk have won a victory as the County Council announces that they are shelving plans to build a bypass across the water meadows west of Sudbury.
The Leader of the Opposition on Dover District Council has joined the Green Party.
5th November 2018 / 19th March 2020 by sallypickering
The Chancellor’s budget statement on Monday afternoon fails to tackle the urgent issues that are making life difficult for Shropshire’s residents
22nd October 2018 / 19th March 2020 by sallypickering
Popular Green Party petition will be heard by all parties and triggers Council debate after thousands of Brighton and Hove residents signed a petition calling for a ‘People’s Vote’ on any Brexit deal.
19th September 2018 / 19th March 2020 by sallypickering
Iolo Jones has just been elected as the first Green Town Councillor in North Wales in the town of Llanfairfechan. Congratulations Iolo!
17th September 2018 / 19th March 2020 by sallypickering
New Government proposals that would allow fracking companies to bypass Council planning approval must be opposed, say the Green Group of Councillors in Brighton and Hove.
13th August 2018 / 19th March 2020 by sallypickering
It's 100 days days since the local elections and a whole host of new Green Councillors were elected. One of those new councillors celebrates that success and describes what electing a Green means.
19th July 2018 / 19th March 2020 by sallypickering
Green Councillors in Exeter gain unanimous support for motion banning the use of single-use plastics by the Council.
22nd June 2018 / 19th March 2020 by sallypickering
Long-standing member of Stroud & District Green Party, Sally Pickering, took on the role of AGC Co-ordinator at the start of June when Robert Lindsay moved on be a Regional Field Organiser and concentrate on his councillor work. Sally has previously worked in community development roles where she supported a membership network of voluntary and […]
Expert work to preserve and enhance some of the Stroud District’s most important wildlife habitats has won a top nature accolade. Stroud District Council principal planning officer Conrad Moore was presented with a Natural England award for strategies drawn up for how Rodborough Common and the Severn Estuary cope with rising numbers of people living […]
18th May 2018 / 19th March 2020 by sallypickering
The class of 1991 kept the Green flag flying during the flat years of the mid 1990s
6th April 2018 / 19th March 2020 by sallypickering
Green By-election win on Taunton Deane Borough
11th December 2017 / 19th March 2020 by sallypickering
Ellie Chowns wins seat rural Herefordshire Council seat from Conservatives while Chelsea Renton has reclaimed a Lewes Town Council seat for the Greens
28th November 2017 / 19th March 2020 by sallypickering
The Government is proposing yet more restrictions on people wanting to stand for their local council. In response Green councillors have said there should be a right of recall for residents, rather than more legal barriers
16th November 2017 / 19th March 2020 by sallypickering
Alison Teal describes Labour Sheffield's attempt to jail her as "bullying" and "frightening for democracy"
19th September 2017 / 19th March 2020 by sallypickering
Twin Green by-election win in Lewes and Cannock Chase
4th July 2017 / 19th March 2020 by sallypickering
Line up also includes top strategist Chris Williams, manual author James Burn and GPEx chair Clare Phipps
2nd March 2017 / 19th March 2020 by sallypickering
Beavers and boars help Green oust UKIP
8th December 2016 / 19th March 2020 by sallypickering
The annual Green councillor conference will in 2017 be in Solihull on 7th and 8th July
21st September 2016 / 19th March 2020 by sallypickering
Cllr Simon Grover persuaded his council to use Government funds to help resettle homeless Syrian families
16th September 2016 / 19th March 2020 by sallypickering
Paul Woodhead has revealed Labour's plan to outsource burials and cremations in Cannock Chase
6th June 2016 / 19th March 2020 by sallypickering
Greens win sixth seat on Mid Suffolk Council in by-election
9th May 2016 / 19th March 2020 by sallypickering
Labour's bulldozing of a dual carriageway through virgin countryside has led to it losing Green backing