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