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13 November 2014 / 19 March 2021 by North East Green Party
Shirley Ford, Green Party parliamentary candidate for South Shields, took part in More Power to the North? debate on BBC1 on 5 November. She challenged the lack of democracy in local government, with power having been centralised into the hands of cabinets of a very few councillors, and argued for a layer of community councils […]
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22 October 2014 / 19 March 2021 by North East Green Party
Green Dreams for Better Buses move a step closer Green Party welcomes yesterday’s decision by North East Council Leaders in favour of the regulation of bus services in Tyne and Wear.Affordable and reliable buses are a key part of Green transport policies, and are essential for encouraging the much more sustainable and lesspolluting option of […]
2 September 2014 / 19 March 2021 by North East Green Party
Dear Sir/Madam In response to the article about food banks in the Saturday edition, can I make a suggestion? Lets cut through all the complexity, conditionality, sanctions and means testing of the benefit system and give every UK resident- man, woman and child- a Citizen’s or basic income, whether on no wage, low or high wage,carer, part-time worker, […]
12 June 2014 / 19 March 2021 by North East Green Party
Roads to Nowhere Green Party statement on Newcastle-Gateshead Core Strategy Examination and Transport Policy Planned new roads and new road lanes[i] are no solution Serious threat to public health from poor air quality caused by traffic levels 124 deaths occurred in Newcastle alone last year due to air pollution (4.9% of all deaths of people over […]
22 May 2014 / 19 March 2021 by North East Green Party
Today voters in the North East go to the polls in one of the closest fought, and most important, European elections in years. The sessions of the European Parliament take place a long way from the North East. Yet the laws it passes affect all of us, every single day and, on balance, for the better. Whether it’s setting air quality rules, international […]
18 May 2014 / 19 March 2021 by North East Green Party
Green MEPs have consistently worked to make Europe a force for peace and justice in the world. We will continue to work to ensure that the EU, as it currently is, will use its power for good. However, we believe that foreign policy and defence policy ought to be determined by national governments, not the EU. […]
15 April 2014 / 19 March 2021 by North East Green Party
A reminder to anyone who is free on the evening of 29th April – tickets are on sale for this event at Sage Gateshead (£7/£5) and it would be great to get as many GP members and friends there as possible, to support the musicians and raise important questions during the discussion. It’s a chance […]
31 March 2014 / 19 March 2021 by North East Green Party
Shirley Ford speaks out against fracking
14 March 2014 / 19 March 2021 by North East Green Party
Sustainability, Transport & Local Traffic The road to sustainability will be a hard and at times tempestuous one. There is the big picture that reveals the depth and breadth of the ecological crisis ahead, one that may well cause severe economic disruption and social dislocation. Fuel prices, for example, seem set to rise and rise […]
30 August 2013 / 19 March 2021 by North East Green Party
Shirley Ford, lead Green Party Euro-candidate for North East England writes: The Government backing for ‘extreme energy’ development such as coal gasification under the sea (£1bn energy scheme, The Journal, October 23) is symptomatic of the desperation of the main parties, big business and others to keep a failing show on the road. This backing […]