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19th May 2017 / 20th March 2021 by timdavies
Stroud District Green Party is urging all progressive voters in Stroud to vote positively.
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9th May 2017 / 20th March 2021 by timdavies
Greens – Progressive Alliance - ‘We tried to work with other parties for the common good’.
5th May 2017 / 20th March 2021 by timdavies
Eva Ward (Stroud Central) and Rachel Smith (Minchinhampton have been elected from the Stroud District to Gloucestershire County Council, doubling the Green Party representation at Shire Hall.
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25th April 2017 / 16th August 2019 by timdavies
The co-leaders of the National Green Party, Caroline Lucas and Jonathan Bartley, have written to the leaders of the Labour and Liberal Democrats urging them to unite to stop the Tories ‘wrecking Britain’. Lucas and Bartley are calling for a meeting between party leaders to discuss ways to beat the Tories at the General Election and deliver a fairer voting system. We are waiting to see if there is any interest from Labour and Liberal Democrats.
20th April 2017 / 20th March 2021 by timdavies
In February, Green Party volunteers went door-to-door across the local area with a survey on local priorities: talking to local citizens about the issues that matter most. Here’s some of the things we heard from the 405 survey responses in Minchinhampton Division, and from talking on the doorstep - and ways we are committed to taking action.
16th April 2017 / 20th March 2021 by timdavies
On the 3rd of April, members of the Green Party of Korea, in the UK for the Global Greens Congress in Liverpool, took time out of their schedules to visit Stroud, and to explore many of the environmental and social innovations in the local area. Below is a letter from Youngmee reflecting on the visit - and highlighting the importance of a global green movement for sustainable, resilient communities.
12th April 2017 / 20th March 2021 by timdavies
At the recent discussion with Larry Sanders, Sarah Lunnon, who was chairing the discussion, ended the evening with a memorable phrase: “We can all see the potholes in the roads, but there are also potholes in our care system; just because they are harder to see doesn't mean they are not there”
11th April 2017 / 20th March 2021 by timdavies
Stroud District Green Party are delighted to welcome National Green Party Deputy Leader, Amelia Womack, to Stroud this Wednesday, 12th April, to promote their County Council election campaign.
Gloucestershire Green Parties have published their Manifesto 2017 for the Gloucestershire County Council Elections. Greens elected to Gloucestershire County Council will defend communities, protect public services and cherish the countryside, towns and villages of the county. We will invest in clean energy and a low carbon economy, promote local food production and end secrecy around multi-million-pound contracts.
30th March 2017 / 20th March 2021 by timdavies
The future of the sub rooms is in doubt following council budget cuts
24th March 2017 / 20th March 2021 by timdavies
Meet our County Council candidates and discuss how we can tackle the social care crisis locally
16th March 2017 / 20th March 2021 by timdavies
Newly revealed contract shows we are to pay over the odds, locked for decades into feeding the incinerator with waste that could be recycled.
14th March 2017 / 20th March 2021 by timdavies
Jonathan Edmunds on the Chancellor's "String Vest" Budget
Recycling for Stroud District is up, landfill is down, and we are creating valuable energy from our food waste.
3rd February 2017 / 20th March 2021 by timdavies
We have seen the incinerator contract and know why the Tory Councillors were so desperate to keep it secret!
30th January 2017 / 20th March 2021 by timdavies
"Redacted" details in the incinerator contract are not so secret after all.
New EEA Report makes "terrifying reading"
29th January 2017 / 16th August 2019 by timdavies
Extra funding claims are "smoke and mirrors"
28th January 2017 / 16th August 2019 by timdavies
Taking Britain out of the single market is reckless and a big gamble
17th January 2017 / 20th March 2021 by timdavies
A powerful letter from Green Party member Rod Nelson. He argues that there is a brief window when the rush to Brexit can be slowed, halted and reversed..
9th January 2017 / 20th March 2021 by timdavies
Eva, former social worker and long-term Stroud resident, standing to replace Sarah Lunnon
8th January 2017 / 20th March 2021 by timdavies
The public still has no idea what they'll be spending on the incinerator - because all the documents are heavily redacted, including the value for money analysis.
10th December 2016 / 20th March 2021 by timdavies
Our Tory-dominated County Council pushes forward with "Austerity"
6th December 2016 / 20th March 2021 by timdavies
Sarah Lunnon challenges the County Council to tell us what we're paying out on secretive private contracts