AGC Summer Conference 2-3 July 2022 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 […] Read more »
Success breeds success for Green Councillors 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 […] Read more »
What Greens can do in Power 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 […] Read more »
Green council leader wins prestigious award 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 […] Read more »
Deputy Mayor defects to Greens in Camden 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 […] Read more »
Green Councillors criticise new Department for ‘Levelling Up’ 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 […] Read more »
Hundreds of local people could lose right to vote under unfair Elections Bill, warns Green councillor 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, […] Read more »
Tonbridge and Malling gains another Green Councillor 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 […] Read more »
AGC Annual Gathering and AGM 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. Read more »
Lib Dem Councillor joins Greens in Bath and NE Somerset to “rejoin her true political home” 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 […] Read more » councillor defection