19th August 2025 / 19th August 2025 by Susan Fenton
Volunteers are needed to take part in an ambitious project to litter pick more than 13 miles of the Stroudwater Canal and the Thames and Severn Canal, from where the waterway enters to where it exits Stroud District. Volunteers can travel by kayak, paddleboard, canoe, bicycle or on foot, and will be pulling litter out […]
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11th August 2025 / 11th August 2025 by Susan Fenton
Government suggestions that local councils should sell off allotments to raise money are deeply disturbing, say local Greens. The local party spoke out at the start of National Allotment Week (August 11-17) after Housing Secretary Angela Rayner announced new ‘flexibility’ for councils to sell off assets, including allotment plots. Some sites around the country have […]
7th August 2025 / 7th August 2025 by Susan Fenton
A cross-party group of local councillors have today written to Prime Minister Keir Starmer urging that he recognise the state of Palestine immediately – in view of the horrific and ever worsening conditions being endured by the people of Gaza – instead of delaying until September. They also ask that he makes the promised recognition […]
21st July 2025 / 21st July 2025 by Susan Fenton
Clear political divisions emerged at Stroud District Council’s full meeting last week, as the Green administration successfully passed a motion opposing the Labour Government’s proposed rollback of environmental protections. The motion, proposed by Deputy Council Leader Cllr Catherine Braun, criticised Part III of the Planning & Infrastructure Bill, which would allow developers to bypass on-site […]
20th July 2025 / 20th July 2025 by Susan Fenton
Gloucestershire County Council is to ask central government to consider nationalising failing water and wastewater provider Thames Water, thanks to a Green Party motion. The motion at the full meeting on Wednesday (July 16) called on Government to review the case for nationalisation of Thames Water and the wider UK water industry, including the potential […]
12th July 2025 / 12th July 2025 by Susan Fenton
Local Green councillors and supporters gathered outside Ecotricity in Stroud yesterday evening in a show of support for the company’s Palestinian flag, which has been attracting attention recently. See our previous message of solidarity here. Stroud Greens have also this week written to Ecotricity owner Dale Vince to express our backing for his decision to […]
10th July 2025 by Susan Fenton
Background: Stroud District Council (SDC), after receiving several complaints about energy company Ecotricity displaying a Palestinian flag on its Stroud HQ building, has asked the company to apply for planning permission. Stroud District Green Party was subsequently asked by a journalist if this action by minority Green-led SDC conflicted with the local Green Party’s earlier […]
5th July 2025 / 5th July 2025 by Susan Fenton
Local Greens have reacted with anger and concern to the Government’s draconian decision to proscribe the political protest and civil disobedience group Palestine Action as a terrorist organisation, and the cynical manoeuvring used to force the vote through Parliament on July 2. Stroud District Green Party says the decision dangerously conflates direct action with terrorism, […]
1st July 2025 / 1st July 2025 by Susan Fenton
All welcome to join our next Cloud Cafe online discussion, from 7.30-9pm on Wednesday July 9. The world has changed dramatically since Donald Trump became U.S. President.Britain now faces a shifting global landscape shaped by the war in Ukraine, tensions over Israel and Palestine, and the rapid rise of the Reform Party at home.These developments […]
Open letter to Jim McMahon MP, Minister of State for Local Government and Devolution, from the Stroud District Council Green group Dear Minister On June 24, you announced that the Government intends to abolish the committee system within local government, and force those councils currently operating this model (including Stroud District Council) to transition to […]
