Andrew Cooper Ann Forsaith Bradford District Green Party David Blackburn Farnley & Wortley Green Party Kirklees Green Party Leeds Green Party Martin Love Matt Edwards Road Building
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 […]
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Andrew Cooper WY Mayoral Election 2021
26 March 2021 / 18 March 2024 by Matt Edwards
The Green candidate for the first mayor of West Yorkshire has criticized the excessive salary agreed by the West Yorkshire Combined Authority and pledged to only take part if elected. Andrew Cooper, Green Party candidate for Mayor of West Yorkshire has branded the figure – £105,000 a year as “excessive” and has pledge to only […]
Doncaster Green Party Tony Nicholson
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 […]
4 March 2021 / 18 March 2024 by Matt Edwards
Green Mayoral candidate has accused chancellor of “putting his party first” as his affluent Richmond constituency is given priority in new fund before Kirklees and Calderdale. Rishi Sunak has been accused of “putting his party first” after the council in his own affluent constituency was given top priority in the allocation of a new £4.8bn […]
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 […]
Airport Expansion Andrew Cooper Bradford District Green Party David Blackburn Farnley & Wortley Green Party Leeds Green Party
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 […]
9 February 2021 / 18 March 2024 by Matt Edwards
Green Party Candidate for West Yorkshire Mayor, Councillor Andrew Cooper has called for a faltering Government scheme to make homes ‘greener’ to be brought under regional control. It has been revealed that under the Green Homes Grant only 5% of the allocated £1.5bn budget for householders has been awarded. The scheme was launched in September […]
Andrew Cooper Bradford District Green Party Farnley & Wortley Green Party Leeds Green Party WY Mayoral Election 2021
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 […]
Andy D'Agorne National Issues York Green Party
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 […]
Doncaster Green Party Douglas Johnson Tony Nicholson
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 […]
Bradford District Green Party Elections Hawarun Hussain WY Mayoral Election 2021
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 […]
Andrew Cooper Bradford District Green Party Elections Uncategorised WY Mayoral Election 2021
10 October 2020 / 18 March 2024 by Matt Edwards
The Green Party’s West Yorkshire mayoral candidate has visited an innovative project in Bradford to highlight the potential for community energy schemes. Bradford Community Energy has been established to help groups install renewable energy technologies on their buildings to save money on their energy bills and do their part to tackle our climate crisis. Councillor […]
Andrew Cooper Elections Hawarun Hussain People WY Mayoral Election 2021
16 September 2020 / 18 March 2024 by Matt Edwards
The Green Party has become the first national party to announce its candidate for the 2021 West Yorkshire Mayoral elections – and in what is thought to be a first, will run on a double ticket for both Mayor and Deputy Mayor. Andrew Cooper, the leader of the Green Group on Kirklees Council was selected […]
Ann Forsaith Farnley & Wortley Green Party Leeds Green Party Local Parties
16 August 2020 / 18 March 2024 by Matt Edwards
A Green Party councillor has written to the Yorkshire Post to protest a wraparound advert from a hunting lobby group. Councillor Ann Forsaith, a Green Party Councillor from Leeds has written to the Yorkshire Post to protest a recent wrap around advert from the group British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) In her letter, […]
Airport Expansion Andrew Cooper Leeds Green Party
27 February 2020 / 18 March 2024 by Matt Edwards
A senior Green Party councillor has called for West Yorkshire Combined Authority to rethink its support for expansion at Leeds Bradford Airport following the Court of Appeal verdict today. The court of appeal has ruled that plans for a third runway at Heathrow airport are illegal because ministers have failed to adequately take into account […]
Natalie Bennett Railways
2 January 2020 / 18 March 2024 by Matt Edwards
The Green Party in Yorkshire has cautiously welcomed the announcement by the Transport Secretary that Northern Rail is set to be stripped of its franchise. Sheffield-based Green peer and former Party Leader Natalie Bennett has said “Commuters in the North deserve better rail services and we welcome the news that we are finally going to […]
Bradford District Green Party Martin Love Natalie Bennett Railways
Leader of the Green Group on Bradford Council Martin Love is calling for a radical overhaul of rail across Yorkshire following another year of “woeful” service for rail users across Yorkshire and a failure to implement targets to replace older trains. Councillor Love is calling for a halt of the annual rail fare increases after […]
Natalie Bennett Sheffield Green Party
11 September 2019 / 18 March 2024 by Matt Edwards
Green Party members are this morning celebrating the appointment of former leader Natalie Bennett to the House of Lords. Green Party co-leader Sian Berry said: “This is recognition of the views of the two million Green voters in this year’s European elections, the huge numbers who backed us in the council elections, and the 1.1 […]
Andrew Cooper
28 June 2019 / 18 March 2024 by Matt Edwards
Following pressure from Green Party councillors, the West Yorkshire Combined Authority (WYCA) has formally announced a climate emergency, calling for urgent action in the region to tackle climate breakdown. Earlier this month, all of the Green Party councillors from across the council areas covered by WYCA signed a letter (included below) demanding more action by […]
