Greens show support for Kashmir 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 […] Read more »
Greens call for road building pause following similar move in Wales 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 […] Read more »
Green candidate shuns “excessive” mayoral salary 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 […] Read more »
Doncaster Council accused of going back on their word over tree-felling 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 […] Read more »
Kirklees and Calderdale miss out on funding as Chancellor is “putting his party first” with new ‘Levelling Up Fund’. 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 […] Read more »
Conservative councillor defects in Doncaster 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 […] Read more »
Greens react to Leeds Bradford Airport approval 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 […] Read more »
Green Party Mayoral Candidate calls for failing Green Homes scheme to be brought under Regional control 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 […] Read more »
Bradford and Leeds Greens warn housebuilding plans for Tong Valley could lead to more flooding in West Leeds 8 February 2021 / 18 March 2024 by Matt Edwards Green campaigners have warned Bradford Council to rethink plans to allocate large areas of the Tong Valley for housing following flooding downstream in Pudsey and Wortley. Over the weekend, flood warnings were in place at Pudsey Beck where water levels have risen as a result of the recent persistent rainfall. In Wortley, the lower ring […] Read more »
Green Party mayoral candidate calls for new ideas to tackle fly-tipping epidemic 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 […] Read more »
