As Local Election results come in across the Region, there have been a number of good results for local residents as more Green Councillors are elected. We can celebrate wins in Durham, Northumberland and South Tyneside. These wins mean that we have doubled our number of Elected Representatives in the Region. We can also celebrate […]
Green Party selects Rachel Featherstone as Hartlepool by-election candidate
Rachel Featherstone: “Every green vote will be a message that things can’t go on the way they have been” The Green Party has selected Rachel Featherstone as their candidate for the forthcoming Hartlepool by-election. Featherstone, who has lived in the north east her entire life, will stand for the seat on the promise to fight […]
North East Green Party – website update
We are pleased to announce the launch of our new website. We hope that you find it interesting and informative. If you have any comments – or want to get in touch – please visit the ‘contact‘ page or email enquiries@neengland.greenparty.org.uk You may notice that the date shown in brackets on some news items does […]
Government’s industrial decarbonisation strategy “aimed low and will still miss its target”, Greens warn
Councillor Carla Denyer: “It is depressing to see how, yet again on a vital green issue, the government has aimed low and will still miss its target.” The government’s new industrial decarbonisation strategy [1] goes nowhere near far enough and lacks the proper plan and finance to achieve its aims, the Green Party has warned. […]
Greens support call for ‘State of Nature’ amendment in Environment Bill
Caroline Lucas: “What action the UK takes on climate and biodiversity this year matters more than ever” The Green Party has reiterated a call for a ‘State of Nature’ clause being included in the delayed Environment Bill which would require the government to set a legally-binding target of 2030 to halt and reverse the decline […]
Green Party responds to Met mismanagement of Sarah Everard vigil
The Green Party has condemned the harmful and shocking Metropolitan police action on Clapham Common this weekend. Responding to policing at the vigil, Green Party co-leader and candidate for Mayor of London Sian Berry said: “I can’t think of a more shameful way for an organisation to have handled this whole situation. “There was literally no […]
Road building and airport expansion must be scrapped say Greens
Jonathan Bartley: “Increasing road capacity discourages the use of public transport and puts thousands of acres of countryside under threat” The Green Party has reiterated its call for the government to scrap its £27bn road building programme and all airport expansion, which severely undermines efforts to cut air pollution and carbon emissions. Green Party co-leader […]
Green Party supports calls for 15% pay rise for NHS workers
Party members vote for emergency motion at Spring Conference The Green Party has backed calls for a 15% pay rise for NHS workers following the Government’s derisory proposal for a miserly 1% increase. The emergency motion, brought to the party’s Spring Conference today [Saturday], sets out how the 1% pay rise, which would mean a […]
Greens demand VAT for retrofit is cut to ensure warmer homes for communities
Greens demand VAT for retrofit is cut to ensure warmer homes for communities Molly Scott Cato: “The government has the ability to decide now if it wants to benefit all of society, or if it wants to continue prioritising big business at the expense of everybody else” The Green Party is calling on the government […]
Greens warn banning campaigning hinders free and fair elections
Jonathan Bartley: “For any election to be free and fair then it is vital political parties have the ability to campaign so the public can engage with the choices on offer” The Green Party has warned of the threat to democracy as a result of the Government’s advice that on the ground campaigns for this […]
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