9 November 2021 / 18 March 2024 by Matt Edwards
The Green Party of England and Wales has officially backed calls for a referendum in the state of Jammu and Kashmir following calls by Khalid Mahmood from Bradford Green Party. Khalid Mahmood, the Green Party candidate for Heaton Ward in Bradford District, put forward a motion to the parties national conference in Birmingham. The motion confirms the […]
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25 June 2021 / 18 March 2024 by Matt Edwards
Green Party councillors from Bradford, Leeds and Kirklees have today sent a letter (Download here) to the new mayor for West Yorkshire asking her to announce a review of the road building schemes being funded by WYCA. This comes after the Welsh government announced on Wednesday that it is freezing new road-building projects as part of […]
12 March 2021 / 18 March 2024 by Matt Edwards
Green campaigners accuse Doncaster Council of going back on their word after tree-felling incident in Cantley. Campaigner Kate Needham says that she received a call from a resident in Cantley that workmen were chopping the cherry tree down close by her house on Willow Avenue – contrary to the new street tree policy. The new […]
2 March 2021 / 18 March 2024 by Matt Edwards
Doncaster Conservative Councillor Jonathan Wood has today defected to the Green Party. Councillor Wood who has been a Councillor representing the rural Sprotborough Ward for the last twelve years. Councillor Wood said, “I’m proud to be a new member for the Green Party. For some time, it has been clear to me that the interests […]
11 February 2021 / 18 March 2024 by Matt Edwards
The Green Party candidate for Mayor of West Yorkshire has criticised the decision to approve Leeds Bradford Airport’s expansion plans, warning it does not make sense in a climate emergency. This was one of Yorkshire’s most controversial planning applications in decades due to the negative environmental damage airport expansion would cause. Planning officers had recommended […]
15 January 2021 / 18 March 2024 by Matt Edwards
The Green Party’s candidate in this year’s West Yorkshire Mayoral Election has called for councils across West Yorkshire to look at alternative measures to tackle the fly tipping epidemic across the county. Councillor Andrew Cooper, who is also a councillor from Huddersfield has called for the local authorities to look at what other areas are […]
25 November 2020 / 18 March 2024 by Matt Edwards
The Chancellor must reverse the decade-long cuts and hand greater control over taxes to local authorities in the Autumn Spending Review on Wednesday, a senior Green councillor has urged. Ahead of Rishi Sunak’s announcement today, the Greens have highlighted how the centralisation of power and funding has hampered the country’s response to the coronavirus and […]
24 November 2020 / 18 March 2024 by Matt Edwards
Tree campaigners accuse Councillor Joe Blackham of misleading the public following statement yesterday regarding the felling of trees on Middlefield Road, in Bessacarr. So far, 60 healthy street trees along the road have been felled with only four remaining. Campaigners have said they would continue to peacefully protest and adhere to Covid-19 guidelines. Councillor Douglas […]
20 November 2020 / 18 March 2024 by Matt Edwards
Hawarun Hussain, who was a councillor for Shipley for 14 years, and a former Deputy Lord Mayor of Bradford, has called on Bradford residents to ask an inspirational woman to stand for elected office on “#AskHerToStand Day”. Ask Her To Stand Day, which falls on the 21st November, is an initiative by the organisation ‘50:50 […]
6 November 2020 / 18 March 2024 by Matt Edwards
The Green Party has criticised Doncaster Council for the timing of the controversial decision to fell ‘healthy and mature lime trees’ on Middlefield Road in Bessacarr. Kate Needham, a Green Party campaigner has said, “This is not only bad for our environment, but offers poor value for money for taxpayers here in Doncaster. “Doncaster Council […]
