Green Party now has 545 councillors on 166 local authorities Party has won a total of 124 seats including a net gain of 78 seats from Labour, Conservative, Liberal Democrats […]
Changing our Council’s approach: community and climate come first
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 […]
AGC Summer Conference 2-3 July 2022
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 […]
Success breeds success for Green Councillors
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 […]
What Greens can do in Power
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 […]
Green council leader wins prestigious award
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 […]
Deputy Mayor defects to Greens in Camden
Deputy mayor: Why I’ve left Labour, joined the Greens and ‘come home’ Lorna Russell with Sian Berry After making the ‘difficult decision’ to leave the Labour Party, Councillor Lorna Russell […]
Green Councillors criticise new Department for ‘Levelling Up’
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 […]
Hundreds of local people could lose right to vote under unfair Elections Bill, warns Green councillor
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 […]
Tonbridge and Malling gains another Green Councillor
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 […]
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