We were delighted to have Caroline Lucas, Co-Leader of the Green Party, visit the North East in December. She spoke first at a public meeting in Durham on Thursday 8th […]
Druridge Bay: Green Party Submission to Public Inquiry
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Brasilia Man: Newcastle’s T. Dan Smith
Britain is playing with the idea of‘city bosses’, mayors with a much stronger political role, something quite common abroad. In the 1960s, T. Dan Smith did a similar job in […]
Police & Crime Commissioner Elections 2016 – North East Green Party Statement
The North East England region of the Green Party will not be contesting these elections. The deposit of £5,000 for each of the three candidates in our region is punitive, […]
Shirley Ford’s speech at the NE Climate March November 2015
A transcript of the speech Shirley Ford delivered at the NE Climate March in November 2015 […]
Green Party condemns undemocratic devolution deals for North East
The North East England Green Party has condemned the Government’s newly announced devolution deals for the North East as undemocratic and paltry. The party say they want much greater devolution […]
The North East Region: A Green History
The green movement in the North East in general and Tyneside in paricular scarcely appears in standard histories of the area. Yet it has existed for many years, green movement […]
Greens attack Newcastle Council over destructive Woolsington Plan
It is a bad day for Newcastle, for ordinary citizens of the city and for critical wildlife habitat when a Labour-dominated council and its planning committee back what is actually […]
The Green Party condemns threat to the Woolsington Woods from Cameron Hall development proposal
A battle is brewing over the future of long established woodlands on the NW edge of Newcastle at Woolsington Hall. The owner, Cameron Hall Developments, has put forward a wholly […]
Greens and environmental groups oppose new Gosforth Leisure complex
The Green Party strongly opposes the new Leisure development proposed near the Gosforth Nature Reserve by the American developers ‘Max a Millions’. There are several reasons why this development is of […]