Burnley Greens first 100 days in administration 8th March 2024 / 19th March 2024 by jenniesmith Celebrating Northern Voices We’re Councillors Scott and Jack from Burnley Green Party and as part of the Northern Voices initiative, we want to tell you how we have gone from winning our first Council seat, to becoming part of the administration in just six short years. Burnley is a former Lancashire mill town and one […] Read more »
A message to new Councillors – Have you had all your MEALS today? 21st June 2023 / 19th March 2024 by jenniesmith Have you had all your MEALS today? The elections are behind us and the adrenaline which fed us through the past few months has now gone down. I came short of four votes so my life is back to normal for the next four years (or until the by-elections which aren’t unusual here in Warwickshire) […] Read more »
Green budget wins to fund e-bikes, bike storage, cleaner rivers & footpaths 16th February 2023 / 19th March 2024 by sallypickering Gloucestershire County Council’s four-strong Green Group has secured a whopping £400k of amendments this year. A residents’ e-bike loan/discount purchase scheme worth £150k will be rolled out across the county. The hire scheme is expected to allow residents to trial e-bike ownership over a number of months, with the option to purchase the bike […] Read more »
AGC Annual Summer Conference 2023 23rd January 2023 / 19th March 2024 by sallypickering The highlight of the Green Councillor year – the AGC Summer Conference – will be taking place this year from Friday June 23rd to Sunday June 25th in Sheffield, where we will be hosted by the City’s Green Group who are part of the city’s Ruling Administration. All Green Councillors are welcome to attend, whatever […] Read more »
Green councillors call on Michael Gove to properly fund local services 2nd December 2022 / 19th March 2024 by sallypickering Green councillors in ruling administrations in England and Wales have written to Michael Gove, Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, [1] calling on him “to ensure proper funding of local services and… sound policy that works for people, not profit.” The Green cabinet members and committee chairs who have signed the letter […] Read more »
Leading Green Councillors call on new Business Secretary to order a restart to ‘wrong-headed’ Net Zero Review. 26th October 2022 / 19th March 2024 by sallypickering Leading Green Party councillors from across the country have today written to Grant Shapps, the new Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, to pause the Net Zero Review ordered under Liz Truss. They have described the current terms for the review as ‘a thinly disguised attempt to prioritise profit making over action […] Read more » net-zero
Social rent cap must not leave councils out of pocket, say Green Party councillors 12th October 2022 / 19th March 2024 by sallypickering Social rent cap must not leave councils out of pocket, say Green Party councillors Green Party councillors who are members of ruling administrations in England have written to Simon Clarke, the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, asking for a guarantee that councils will not be out of pocket as a result […] Read more »
Green councillors call on local Tories to join them in disowning government attack on nature 12th October 2022 / 19th March 2024 by sallypickering Green councillors call on local Tories to join them in disowning government attack on nature Hundreds of Green Party councillors have sent an open letter to local Conservative councillors in their area, calling on them to disown the government’s ‘attack on nature.’ Greens have decried Kwasi Kwarteng’s recent ‘mini-budget’ as a ‘three-pronged assault”. As the […] Read more »
Green Party celebrate record breaking success across England and Wales in Local Elections 9th May 2022 / 19th March 2024 by sallypickering The Green Party of England and Wales is celebrating another round of record breaking local elections, with at least 542 councillors now sitting on 164 local authorities. The party has so far made a net gain of 75, gaining seats from Labour and Conservatives in areas as far ranging as Burnley, Hastings, Hackney, Somerset, Plymouth […] Read more »
Changing our Council’s approach: community and climate come first 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 […] Read more »
