Brasilia Man: Newcastle’s T. Dan Smith 13 July 2016 / 19 March 2021 by North East Green Party 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 the NE and it was one that ought not to be repeated. Read more »
Police & Crime Commissioner Elections 2016 – North East Green Party Statement 28 April 2016 / 19 March 2021 by North East Green Party 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, restricting candidatures to organisations with rich backers. This is quite undemocratic. The position itself is not only too centralised but also too isolated from other […] Read more »
Shirley Ford’s speech at the NE Climate March November 2015 1 December 2015 / 19 March 2021 by North East Green Party A transcript of the speech Shirley Ford delivered at the NE Climate March in November 2015 Read more »
Green Party condemns undemocratic devolution deals for North East 25 October 2015 / 19 March 2021 by North East Green Party 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 for local communities instead. Read more »
The North East Region: A Green History 16 July 2015 / 19 March 2021 by North East Green Party 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 in the North East in general and Tyneside in particular. Indeed one of the fist mass movements with a strong environmental element was the local […] Read more »
Greens attack Newcastle Council over destructive Woolsington Plan 20 June 2015 / 19 March 2021 by North East Green Party 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 a speculative business development in Green Belt land at Woolsington Hall. It is a scheme by tycoon Sir John Hall that will only cater for […] Read more »
The Green Party condemns threat to the Woolsington Woods from Cameron Hall development proposal 30 April 2015 / 19 March 2021 by North East Green Party 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 unsustainable and socially regressive scheme. Despite the same old promises of ‘jobs and growth’, this development is the epitome of what the area does not […] Read more »
Greens and environmental groups oppose new Gosforth Leisure complex 29 March 2015 / 19 March 2021 by North East Green Party 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 the wrong kind and in the wrong place. Such land should be used to enhance outdoor opportunities (walking, jogging, cycling, wildlife conservation work, etc.), all […] Read more »
A new chapter for rail in the North – in public hands 27 February 2015 / 19 March 2021 by North East Green Party The rail network should be brought back into public ownership and the East Coast Mainline should not have been privatised again says the North East England Green Party. The North East Green Party urges the House of Commons to vote for the Bill for a publicly owned railway being presented by the Green MP Caroline […] Read more »
Greens welcome Inspector’s finding that Durham Plan is ‘unsound’ 20 February 2015 / 19 March 2021 by North East Green Party County Durham Green Party is celebrating success following today’s release of the Inspector’s Interim Report on the ‘soundness of the County Durham Plan’, having played a central role along with other Durham groups in raising concerns with the plan. The Green Party, along with numerous other Durham based organisations and community groups, spent many months […] Read more »