Senior Green warns Chancellor must reverse cuts to local authorities in spending review 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 […] Read more »
Tree campaigners accuse council of misleading the public over trees 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 […] Read more »
Former Deputy Lord Mayor of Bradford has called for people to ask ‘inspirational women’ to stand for elected office 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 […] Read more »
Greens call on Doncaster Council to not repeat Sheffield’s mistakes and ditch tree felling programme 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 […] Read more »
Our mayoral candidate visits Bradford project looking to harness ‘people power’ 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 […] Read more »
Green Party select candidates for West Yorkshire Mayoral Election 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 […] Read more »
Green councillor protests hunting advert in Yorkshire Post 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, […] Read more »
Green Party councillor calls for rethink of Leeds-Bradford Airport expansion following Heathrow verdict 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 […] Read more »
Greens respond to news that government is going to ditch Northern 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 […] Read more »
Senior Green Party Councillor urges government to overhaul Yorkshire’s railways and put rail users first. 2 January 2020 / 18 March 2024 by Matt Edwards 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 […] Read more »
